Apr 17, 2006 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook Updated: Mon Apr 17 17:33:38 UTC 2006 Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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SPC AC 171732 DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1232 PM CDT MON APR 17 2006 VALID 181200Z - 191200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE MID MS VALLEY INTO NRN MS/AL... ...MID MS VALLEY... UPPER LOW WILL SHIFT ACROSS THE BLACK HILLS INTO CNTRL SD AND DEEPEN DURING THE DAY2 PERIOD AS UPPER SPEED MAX ADVECTS INTO WRN IA. THIS FEATURE WILL MAINTAIN STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATE PLUME ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS...WHICH SHOULD SPREAD DOWNSTREAM INTO THE MID MS VALLEY WHERE CONVECTION WILL BE CAPPED MUCH OF THE PERIOD. FORECAST SOUNDINGS VERIFY THIS WARM LAYER SUGGESTING THUNDERSTORMS WILL STRUGGLE TO DEVELOP ALONG COLD FRONT FROM ERN KS INTO NERN OK UNTIL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. FARTHER NORTH...STRONG WARM ADVECTION WILL HOWEVER AID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT EARLY IN THE PERIOD ACROSS THE MIDDLE MO VALLEY...WITH ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO SPREAD/DEVELOP SEWD INTO NRN MO BY MID AFTERNOON. BOUNDARY LAYER HAS MOISTENED SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS SERN TX/LA/AR...AND THIS MOISTURE SHOULD RETURN INTO PORTIONS OF MO/ERN KS WHERE MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP...SBCAPE AOA 3000J/KG. LATEST THINKING IS WARM SECTOR WILL BE SLOW TO CONVECT...BUT WITH TIME THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD FORM...MOST LIKELY FROM ERN KS INTO CNTRL MO AROUND 00Z. A CONCENTRATED CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS...POTENTIALLY SUPERCELLULAR...WILL SPREAD ESEWD INTO WRN TN DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. FARTHER SOUTH...VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP ALONG TRAILING COLD FRONT INTO NERN TX. CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE MET ACROSS THIS REGION. CONVERGENCE ALONG ADVANCING COLD FRONT SHOULD AID ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT INTO ENVIRONMENT WHERE RELATIVELY HIGH BASED CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE. ...FL... PENINSULA SHOULD WARM RAPIDLY WITHIN WNWLY FLOW REGIME TUESDAY. IF THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP ALONG SEA BREEZE ENHANCE WIND SHIFT...A FEW MAY ORGANIZE SUFFICIENTLY FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE. WILL MONITOR THIS REGION FOR A POTENTIAL UPGRADE BUT AT THIS TIME WILL MAINTAIN LOW PROBABILITIES GIVEN THE LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. ..DARROW.. 04/17/2006 CLICK TO GET WUUS02 PTSDY2 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0800Z |