Mar 9, 2006 0800 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook Updated: Thu Mar 9 06:59:34 UTC 2006 Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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SPC AC 090658 DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1258 AM CST THU MAR 09 2006 VALID 101200Z - 111200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SYNOPSIS... LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE CONUS THIS PERIOD. HOWEVER...A SERIES OF SHORT-WAVE TROUGHS -- ONE MOVING QUICKLY NEWD ACROSS THE NERN CONUS AND THE OTHER MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL/NRN PLAINS LATE -- WILL ALSO BE ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTIVE WEATHER THIS PERIOD. A STRONG COLD FRONT -- CORRELATED WITH THE NERN U.S. SHORT-WAVE TROUGH -- IS FORECAST TO MOVE EWD ACROSS NEW ENGLAND/THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. FURTHER W...A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND NEWD ACROSS NEB THROUGH THE PERIOD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UPPER FEATURE MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES. THOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS BOTH OF THESE AREAS...IT APPEARS ATTM THAT SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN LIMITED. ...FAR SRN NEW ENGLAND SWD INTO ERN NC... THOUGH STRONGEST FORCING ALOFT AND SHARPEST PORTION OF COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE NEWD ACROSS NEW ENGLAND...ONLY MINIMAL ELEVATED INSTABILITY IS FORECAST AT BEST. THOUGH GREATEST INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED FURTHER S INTO SC/GA/SRN AL...WEAKER WIND FIELD AND PERSISTENT SURFACE RIDGE SUGGESTS ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND LITTLE IF ANY SEVERE THREAT ACROSS THIS PORTION OF THE AREA. BETWEEN THE AREA OF STRONGER INSTABILITY OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND STRONGER UVV OVER NEW ENGLAND...A CORRIDOR OF MARGINAL DESTABILIZATION MAY OCCUR AHEAD OF COLD FRONT FROM EXTREME SRN NEW ENGLAND SWD INTO SRN VA/ERN NC. THOUGH STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED -- PARTICULARLY WITH SWD EXTENT...DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELD WILL REMAIN MORE THAN SUPPORTIVE OF SEVERE/SUPERCELL STORMS. ATTM...WILL MAINTAIN 5% SEVERE PROBABILITY...WITH GENERALLY WEAK LOW-LEVEL FORCING AND MARGINAL INSTABILITY EXPECTED ATTM BEING THE MAIN LIMITING FACTORS. SHOULD SOMEWHAT GREATER AIRMASS DESTABILIZATION OCCUR INTO NJ/THE DELMARVA REGION...SLIGHT RISK AREA MAY BE REQUIRED IN LATER FORECASTS. ...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL/NRN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MS VALLEY... ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING WITHIN ZONE OF WARM ADVECTION NE OF SURFACE LOW/AHEAD OF APPROACHING SHORT-WAVE TROUGH. INSTABILITY SHOULD REMAIN MARGINAL...AND THUS EXPECT ANY HAIL TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE THRESHOLDS DESPITE FAVORABLY-STRONG FLOW ALOFT. ...THE WEST... SHOWERS ARE FORECAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE WEST THIS PERIOD -- ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE AREA -- AS LARGE UPPER TROUGH RESIDES OVER THIS REGION. MINIMAL INSTABILITY SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY APPRECIABLE SEVERE THREAT...THOUGH A STRONGER/MARGINALLY-SEVERE CELL MAY AFFECT COASTAL SRN CA LATE IN THE PERIOD AS MID-LEVEL JET STREAK NOSES SEWD INTO THIS AREA. ..GOSS.. 03/09/2006 CLICK TO GET WUUS02 PTSDY2 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1730Z |