Sep 26, 2005 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Updated: Mon Sep 26 17:23:38 UTC 2005
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20050926 1730 UTC Day 2 Outlook Graphic
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20050926 1730 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
   SPC AC 261721
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1221 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005
   
   VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 65 SW GBN 50 SSE IGM
   60 NE NID 40 WNW BIH 20 ESE RNO 35 NNW LOL 20 N OWY 20 N PIH 35 NW
   LND 20 SW CPR 35 NNE CYS 40 ENE SNY 15 S BUB 20 SE OLU 35 WSW FNB 25
   WNW EMP 30 N P28 60 S LBL 10 W HOB 65 WNW MRF.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 ESE CRP 25 WSW NIR
   25 SSW AUS 45 NE ACT 50 SE PRX 35 WNW ELD 20 E MLU 30 N BTR 15 SSW
   GPT 20 SSE CEW 45 SSW AGS 20 SSW FLO 15 ENE ECG.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   
   LARGE SCALE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD EAST AND FLATTEN ACROSS THE SRN
   U.S. DURING THE DAY2 PERIOD AS GREAT BASIN UPPER TROUGH MOVES TOWARD
   THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.  AT THE SFC...ANY MEANINGFUL AREAS OF LOW LEVEL
   CONVERGENCE SHOULD EXIST ALONG FRONTAL ZONE STRETCHING FROM THE
   COASTAL CAROLINAS...SWWD ALONG THE CNTRL GULF COAST INTO THE COASTAL
   PLAINS OF TX.  AN ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR POTENTIAL CONVECTIVE
   DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR LATE ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS AS LEE TROUGHING
   AND ENHANCED WARM ADVECTION AID POTENTIAL ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS
   AFTER DARK.
   
   
   ...GREAT BASIN TO KS...
   
   SIGNIFICANT MID LEVEL COOLING ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROUGH WILL
   SPREAD ACROSS NV INTO WRN CO LATE IN THE PERIOD.  THIS FEATURE WILL
   UNDOUBTEDLY AID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE
   AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS AS LARGE SCALE FORCING SPREADS DOWNSTREAM. 
   VERY WARM 700MB TEMPERATURES...AOA 14C...WILL CAP RELATIVELY DRY
   BOUNDARY LAYER AIRMASS EAST OF THE ROCKIES ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS
   THROUGH EARLY EVENING. AFTER DARK...INCREASING LLJ AND WARM
   ADVECTION SHOULD RESULT IN ELEVATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG
   THE KS/NE BORDER...ESPECIALLY AS COLD FRONT SHARPENS AND SURGES
   SOUTH INTO THIS REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. MEAGER MOISTURE/INSTABILITY
   WILL LIMIT UPDRAFT STRENGTH/SEVERE PROBABILITIES ACROSS THIS REGION.
   
   
   ...GULF COAST/CAROLINA COAST...
   
   E-W ORIENTED FRONTAL ZONE WILL STALL ALONG THE GULF COAST REGION
   LATER IN THE DAY2 PERIOD AS SFC HIGH BUILDS EAST TOWARD THE MIDDLE
   ATLANTIC.  STRONG HEATING ALONG WRN/CNTRL PORTIONS OF THIS BOUNDARY
   WILL INCREASE INSTABILITY AND WEAKEN INHIBITION FOR POTENTIAL
   ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  IT APPEARS CONVERGENCE WILL BE
   MINIMIZED WITH LITTLE LARGE SCALE SUPPORT BENEATH UPPER RIDGE...THUS
   LIMITING COVERAGE/INTENSITY FOR ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS THIS
   REGION.
   
   ..DARROW.. 09/26/2005
   
   ...NOTICE...
   THE STATION RELATIVE POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT ARE NOW AVAILABLE
   SEPARATELY UNDER THE WMO HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1...
   WUUS02 PTSDY2...WUUS03 PTSDY3.  THE INCLUSION OF POINTS
   IN THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE DISCONTINUED AFTER THE 2005
   CONVECTIVE SEASON.  A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION STATEMENT (PNS)
   WILL PROVIDE DETAILS ON THE TRANSITION.
   
   CLICK TO GET WUUS02 PTSDY2 PRODUCT

   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0800Z