SPC AC 100836
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0236 AM CST MON JAN 10 2005
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE ARKLATEX AND LOWER
MS VALLEY...
A VERY DYNAMIC UPPER-TROUGH WILL SWING QUICKLY EWD OUT OF THE
ROCKIES INTO THE SRN AND CNTRL PLAINS ON DAY 3. STRONG LOW-LEVEL
MOISTURE ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY
SHOULD BRING SFC DEWPOINTS INTO THE 60S F AS FAR NORTH AS NRN AR AND
THE SRN MO BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AS THE SYSTEM COMES OUT DURING
THE DAY...A PACIFIC FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS TX AND OK. AS THE STRONG
LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER-TROUGH CATCHES UP TO THE FRONT IN THE
AFTERNOON...CONVERGENCE ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY ALONG
WITH INSTABILITY FROM AFTERNOON HEATING WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID
STORM INITIATION FROM THE OZARKS EXTENDING SSWWD THROUGH THE ERN
HALF OF OK INTO NE TX. THE ETA FOR 00Z THU ACROSS THE ARKLATEX SHOWS
SBCAPE VALUES OF 1000-1200 J/KG WITH ABOUT 60 KT OF DEEP LAYER
SHEAR. THIS COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG LIFT MAY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD
SEVERE STORMS WITH SQUALL LINE DEVELOPMENT LIKELY DURING THE
EVENING. AVN FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR THE ARKLATEX AT 00Z THU SHOW
UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND PROFILES WHICH WILL BE FAVORABLE WIND DAMAGE AS
THE SQUALL-LINE MOVES EWD ACROSS FAR NE TX...AR AND NRN LA. THERE
WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES WITH ROTATING CELLS WITHIN
AND AHEAD OF THE LINE. THE HAIL POTENTIAL SHOULD BE BEST EARLY IN
THE FORMATION OF THE LINE WHEN INSTABILITY AND LAPSE RATES SHOULD BE
STEEPEST ACROSS ERN OK AND NE TX. THE SQUALL-LINE SHOULD CONTINUE
EWD WITH A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS REACHING
WRN MS AND WRN TN LATE.
..BROYLES.. 01/10/2005
...NOTICE...
FOR USERS DECODING THE POINTS PARAGRAPH HEREIN...LATITUDE AND
LONGITUDE POINTS FOR THE CATEGORICAL AND PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK
GRAPHICS ALSO ARE LOCATED IN A SEPARATE PRODUCT UNDER THE WMO
HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1...WUUS02 PTSDY2...AND WUUS03 PTSDY3. THE
INCLUSION OF POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DISCONTINUED.
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 3 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1100Z
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