Nov 15, 2006 0800 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Updated: Wed Nov 15 06:37:34 UTC 2006
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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20061115 0800 UTC Day 2 Outlook Graphic
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20061115 0800 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
   SPC AC 150635
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1235 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006
   
   VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE CNTRL/ERN CAROLINAS
   NWD INTO PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION...
   
   ...ERN CAROLINAS NWD INTO THE NERN STATES...
   STRONG UPPER LOW WILL TRANSLATE NEWD FROM THE DEEP S TO THE MID-OH
   VLY THU AFTN...THEN TO THE GRTLKS REGION BY 12Z FRI.  A POWERFUL
   100+ KT H5 WIND MAX WILL WRAP ALONG THE ERN PORTIONS OF THIS LOW
   FROM THE CAROLINAS INTO THE NERN STATES WHILE A SLY LLJ OF 60+ KTS
   TRANSLATES EWD FROM THE APPALACHIANS TO THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD. IN
   THE LWR LEVELS...A SFC LOW WILL TRACK NEWD FROM KY AT 12Z THU...TO
   THE UPPER OH VLY BY 00Z FRI AND TO WEST OF CYYZ AT 12Z FRI. 
   TRAILING THE LOW...AN OCCLUDED FRONT WILL SWEEP EWD WITH AN ASSOCD
   BAND OF CONVECTION.
   
   STRONG WARM AND MOIST ADVECTION WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
   SQUALL LINE WITH 60S SFC DEW POINTS COMMON ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND
   COASTAL PLAINS OF THE CAROLINAS NWD INTO SCNTRL/SERN PA BY THU
   MORNING.  STRONGER BUOYANCY WILL EXIST ACROSS ERN NC INTO SERN VA
   WHERE MLCAPES COULD APPROACH 750-1000 J/KG WITH ANY LOCALIZED
   HEATING. FARTHER N...POTENTIAL INSTABILITY WILL BE MUCH LESS...BUT
   100-200 J/KG MUCAPES CAN BE EXPECTED INTO SCNTRL/SERN PA.  AS STRONG
   LARGE SCALE HEIGHT FALLS SPREAD ATOP THIS INSTABILITY AXIS...THE
   SQUALL LINE WILL REINTENSIFY AS IT MOVES ENEWD INTO THE COASTAL
   PLAINS OF THE ECOAST FROM PA/NJ TO THE ERN CAROLINAS.
   
   THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT SHEAR TO SUPPORT EMBEDDED SUPERCELL
   STRUCTURES AND POSSIBLY ISOLD DISCRETE CELLS JUST AHEAD OF THE LINE.
    THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE AT LOCATIONS FARTHER S WITHIN THE
   STRONGER INSTABILITY WHERE RISKS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE
   TORNADOES WILL EXIST.  FARTHER N...CONVECTIVE LINE WILL PROBABLY BE
   WEAKER AND RESEMBLE A NARROW COLD FRONTAL RAINBAND WITH AT LEAST
   ISOLD DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FROM NRN PA INTO NY AND SRN NEW ENGLAND.
   
   ...MID-UPPER OH VLY INTO CNTRL PA...
   A SEPARATE AREA OF POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER MAY EVOLVE FROM LATE THU
   MORNING INTO MID-AFTN ACROSS THE MID-UPPER OH VLY TO CNTRL PA. 
   MID-UPPER LEVEL DRY SLOT WILL ADVANCE NEWD INTO THIS REGION IN WAKE
   OF THE SQUALL LINE WITH BOUNDARY LAYER DEW POINTS REMAINING IN THE
   50S.  AS THE COLD POOL ALOFT ASSOCD WITH THE UPPER LOW SPREADS
   NEWD...THE COLUMN WILL DESTABILIZE WITH ARCS OF TSTMS POSSIBLY
   DEVELOPING ALONG A SECONDARY TROUGH.  THESE STORMS WILL MOVE/DEVELOP
   ENEWD INTO PARTS OF WRN/CNTRL PA THU AFTN AND MAY PRODUCE ISOLD
   DAMAGING WINDS/BRIEF TORNADOES.  GIVEN DISAGREEMENT AMONG MODELS
   WITH RESPECT TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE SFC LOW AND INSTABILITY
   GRADIENTS...ONLY LOW PROBABILITIES ARE JUSTIFIED ATTM.
   
   ..RACY.. 11/15/2006
   
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