Mar 27, 2006 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook Updated: Mon Mar 27 16:06:11 UTC 2006 Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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SPC AC 271603 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1003 AM CST MON MAR 27 2006 VALID 271630Z - 281200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS... COLD FRONT WHICH TRAILS SWWD FROM THE SURFACE AND UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS IA WILL DRAG SWD THRU THE TX HILL COUNTRY TODAY. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON FRONT EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM JUST S OF DAL TO S OF SJT THEN WWD INTO FAR SWRN TX. OVERNIGHT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS BEEN INCREASING OFF WRN GULF ON 30-40KT LOW LEVEL SLY JET INTO SRN AND CENTRAL TX. WHILE AFTERNOON HEATING WILL RAISE MLCAPES TO NEAR 1000 J/KG IN MOST UNSTABLE AIR ALONG AND S OF FRONTAL ZONE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY...THE HIGH CLOUDS IN ADVANCE OF WEAK UPPER TROUGH MOVING EWD ACROSS NRN MEX WILL LIMIT POTENTIAL FOR SURFACE BASED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. MODEL SOUNDINGS DO SUGGEST BY LATE AFTERNOON CIN WILL WEAKEN SUFFICIENTLY VICINITY LOWER TRANS PECOS REGION OF SWRN TX FOR SURFACE BASED CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. WITH WEAK UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING FROM NRN MEX PROVIDING SOME ASCENT...COUPLED WITH EXISTING STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND 35-40 KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM AS EARLY AS LATE THIS AFTERNOON VICINITY AND S OF STALLING FRONTAL ZONE FROM NRN HILL COUNTRY WWD INTO LOWER TRANS PECOS. SEVERE PARAMETERS ARE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT ISOLATED ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS THRU THE EVENING HOURS WHICH WILL ENHANCE POTENTIAL OF LOCALIZED SEVERE...PRIMARILY LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT SWRN TX SPREADING INTO CENTRAL TX WITH ANY SEVERE THREAT DIMINISHING A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET. ..HALES/GUYER.. 03/27/2006 CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 2000Z |