Nov 26, 2005 0800 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook Updated: Sat Nov 26 05:59:37 UTC 2005 Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table in HTML, or PDF formats.
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SPC AC 260557 DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1157 PM CST FRI NOV 25 2005 VALID 271200Z - 281200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM TUL CNU MKC LWD OTM MLI MMO 35 NW LAF 10 SSE OWB 20 SE MKL UOX 10 SSE GWO 45 WNW JAN ELD TXK 20 W DEQ TUL. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 60 ESE GLS 30 NNE BPT 20 WSW LFK 30 NNE TYR DUA CHK MHK OTG BRD 60 ENE GNA 85 NE MQT 35 ENE APN MTC LUK HSV TOI 50 SSE AAF. ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS LATE SUN/SUN NIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.... MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE STRONG UPPER JET...NOW NOSING ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL PACIFIC COAST...WILL SUPPORT AMPLIFYING SHORT WAVE TROUGH ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND CENTRAL ROCKIES BY EARLY SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO PROGRESS EAST OF THE ROCKIES SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT...ACCOMPANIED BY SIGNIFICANT LOW/MID- LEVEL CYCLOGENESIS. CONSIDERABLE VARIABILITY EXISTS CONCERNING DETAILS OF THIS EVOLUTION. HOWEVER...AFTER LOWEST SURFACE PRESSURES NEAR CYCLONE CENTER LEVEL OFF LATE TODAY/TONIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...IT APPEARS ADDITIONAL RAPID DEEPENING MAY NOT COMMENCE UNTIL VERY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...MORE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT...AS LOW LIFTS TOWARD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS IS FORECAST TO OCCUR AS A SIGNIFICANT IMPULSE/JET STREAK ROTATES AROUND SOUTHERN/EASTERN PERIPHERY OF DEVELOPING MID-LEVEL CIRCULATION. MODIFICATION OF LOW-LEVEL ENVIRONMENT EAST OF THE ROCKIES ALREADY APPEARS UNDERWAY AS CENTER OF BROAD POLAR LOW CONTINUES TO RETREAT NORTHWARD THROUGH THE EASTERN CANADIAN PROVINCES. BOUNDARY LAYER IS SLOWLY MOISTENING FROM THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS...AND AT LEAST LIMITED RETURN FLOW /CHARACTERIZED BY MID 50S TO LOWER 60S SURFACE DEW POINTS/ IS LIKELY BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO WARM SECTOR OF CYCLONE ACROSS THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. CONVECTION MAY BE ONGOING EARLY SUNDAY EAST OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IN RESPONSE TO WEAKENING SOUTHERN STREAM IMPULSE EMANATING FROM THE MEXICAN PLATEAU. THIS ACTIVITY SEEMS LIKELY TO DIMINISH DURING THE DAY AS UPPER FEATURE PROGRESSES EASTWARD AND WEAKENS IN AMPLIFYING BROADER SCALE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST STATES. IN ITS WAKE...NORTHWARD RETURNING MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY CONSIDERABLE LOW CLOUD COVER FROM THE UPPER TEXAS/ LOUISIANA COAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS WILL LIMIT SURFACE HEATING AND MAGNITUDE OF POTENTIAL DESTABILIZATION. COMPLICATING MATTERS FURTHER...MODELS SUGGEST A TENDENCY FOR MID-LEVEL COLD POOL TO LAG TO THE WEST OF THE SURFACE COLD FRONT...WHICH IS PROGGED TO SURGE THROUGH THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DESPITE UNCERTAINTIES...LIKELIHOOD OF AT LEAST WEAK DESTABILIZATION AND STRONG FORCING/SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH 100 KT MID-LEVEL JET SUPPORTS RISK OF SEVERE STORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE OZARK PLATEAU THROUGH THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT. ...MISSISSIPPI VALLEY... INITIATION OF VIGOROUS CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR PRIOR TO 28/00Z...AHEAD OF COLD FRONT NEAR THE KANSAS/MISSOURI BORDER. HOWEVER...MODELS SUGGEST STRONGEST FORCING WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AFTER 28/00Z...FROM PARTS OF WESTERN ARKANSAS THROUGH CENTRAL MISSOURI...WHERE RAPID EVOLUTION OF A SQUALL LINE MAY OCCUR DESPITE CAPE ONLY ON THE ORDER OF 500 TO 1000 J/KG. TORNADO POTENTIAL IS UNCERTAIN...DUE TO POSSIBILITY OF AT LEAST SHALLOW STABLE LAYER NEAR SURFACE. HOWEVER...SHEAR BENEATH SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL JET /PROGGED TO STRENGTHEN IN EXCESS OF 70 KT SUNDAY EVENING/ WILL BE MORE THAN FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH TORNADOES. OTHERWISE...CONFIDENCE IS GROWING IN DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL ALONG SQUALL LINE...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY ADVANCE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BEFORE DIMINISHING BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. NEW CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. HOWEVER...STRONGER MID-LEVEL FORCING IS PROGGED TO LAG WELL BEHIND FRONT AT THAT TIME...AND ACTIVITY MAY BE BASED ABOVE/JUST TO THE WEST OF SURFACE COLD FRONT...LIMITING SEVERE THREAT. ..KERR.. 11/26/2005 ...NOTICE... THE STATION RELATIVE POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL BE DISCONTINUED ON 14 FEBRUARY 2006 BUT WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS: WMO HEADER: AWIPS ID: WUUS01 PTSDY1 WUUS02 PTSDY2 WUUS03 PTSDY3 A SERVICE CHANGE NOTICE ...SCN05-39... PROVIDES DETAILS ON THE TRANSITION. FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS SEE THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS USING LOWER CASE LETTERS: WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/NOTIF.HTM CLICK TO GET WUUS02 PTSDY2 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1730Z |