Jul 16, 2005 1100 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook Updated: Sat Jul 16 07:23:33 UTC 2005
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SPC AC 160721 DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0221 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2005 VALID 181200Z - 191200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER GRTLKS AND MIDWEST... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS... ...LOWER GRTLKS SWWD TO THE MIDWEST... THE UPPER TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE UPPER GRTLKS REGION ON SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE TO DEAMPLIFY AND LIFT NEWD INTO ONTARIO ON MONDAY. ATTENDANT COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING EWD...REACHING SWRN ONTARIO...NWRN OH AND THE CNTRL PLAINS BY LATE MON NIGHT. A PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH AND/OR CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW WILL PROBABLY EXIST AHEAD OF THE MAIN FRONT AND BE THE IMPETUS FOR TSTMS. THOUGH MID-TROPOSPHERIC LAPSE RATES WILL NOT BE PARTICULARLY STEEP...HOT/MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AHEAD OF THE FRONTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MODEST INSTABILITY. TSTMS SHOULD FORM RATHER EARLY IN THE DAY GIVEN WEAK CINH EXPECTED AND PROBABLY EVOLVE INTO LINE SEGMENTS RAPIDLY. VERTICAL SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN WEAK...BUT GIVEN THAT THE REGION WILL RESIDE ALONG SRN PERIPHERY OF MODEST WLY FLOW ALOFT...A FEW STORMS MAY TEND TO BOW AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS HAIL. ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE ESEWD DURING THE EVENING... POSSIBLY REACHING WRN NY STATE AND THE MID-UPPER OH VLY OVERNIGHT. SEVERE THREATS SHOULD DIMINISH WITH TIME AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER STABILIZES DURING THE NIGHT. ...CNTRL HIGH PLAINS... SEGMENTED FRONTS/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES EXPECTED TO SURGE SWD IN WAKE OF THE UPPER TROUGH...WILL PROBABLY STALL SOMEWHERE OVER CNTRL MO...KS AND ERN CO BY MON. THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A MINIMUM IN SEVERE POTENTIAL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER PLAINS. LOW-LEVEL FLOW SHOULD BECOME DIVERGENT OVER THIS AREA AS THE FLOW TURNS UPSLOPE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS AND REMAINS WLY FARTHER TO THE EAST. STRONGEST RISK FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE TSTMS WILL BE ACROSS THE CO FRONT RANGE. TSTMS SHOULD FORM ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY LATE AFTN. MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW BENEATH NWLY H5 FLOW OF 30-35 KTS WILL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT VERTICAL SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL. OTHER ACTIVITY COULD FORM FARTHER E ON THE ADJACENT PLAINS OF CO INTO WRN KS WITH ISOLD LARGE HAIL. A SMALL MCS MAY ATTEMPT TO ORGANIZE MON NIGHT ACROSS ERN CO...BUT EVOLUTION DETAILS ARE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE ATTM. ..RACY.. 07/16/2005 ...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 WUUS03 PTSDY3 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 3 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1100Z |