Nov 5, 2006 1100 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook
Updated: Sun Nov 5 07:09:34 UTC 2006
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
Categorical Graphic
20061105 1100 UTC Day 3 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Graphic
20061105 1100 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
   SPC AC 050707
   
   DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0107 AM CST SUN NOV 05 2006
   
   VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   
   FULL LATITUDE UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE EAST THROUGH THE OH VALLEY
   AND SERN U.S. TUESDAY...REACHING THE ATLANTIC COAST TUESDAY NIGHT.
   SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES EXIST WITH HANDLING OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH
   ALONG SRN BRANCH OF THIS FEATURE. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF AMPLIFY THE
   SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE SERN STATES...WITH THE GFS BEING THE MOST
   AMPLIFIED AND LEAST PROGRESSIVE. THE NAM MAINTAINS AND OPEN WAVE AND
   IS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE. ACCORDINGLY...SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES EXIST
   IN THE SURFACE PATTERN. THE MORE AMPLIFIED SOLUTIONS OF THE GFS AND
   ECMWF RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT OF A WEAK SURFACE LOW OVER THE SERN U.S.
    DURING THE DAY AS WELL AS SECONDARY CYCLOGENESIS ALONG THE CAROLINA
   COASTS TUESDAY NIGHT.
   
   ...NERN GULF COASTAL AREA THROUGH NWRN FL...
   
   THE MORE AMPLIFIED SOLUTIONS OF THE GFS AND ECMWF WOULD RESULT IN A
   STRONGER SLY LOW LEVEL WIND COMPONENT AND RICHER MOISTURE ADVECTING
   FARTHER INLAND ALONG THE NERN GULF COAST. HOWEVER...EVEN WITH THESE
   SOLUTIONS...LOW LEVEL CYCLOGENESIS AND ASSOCIATED LOW LEVEL JET ARE
   NOT EXPECTED TO BE PARTICULARLY STRONG/PERSISTENT. WEAK INSTABILITY
   WILL BE POSSIBLE JUST INLAND OF THE COAST. HOWEVER...POTENTIAL FOR
   AREAS OF ONGOING CONVECTION...WIDESPREAD CLOUDS AND WEAK LAPSE RATES
   DOWNSTREAM FROM EWD ADVANCING UPPER TROUGH WILL LIMIT INSTABILITY.
   IF SURFACE HEATING CAN DEVELOP...SOME POTENTIAL MAY EXIST FOR
   ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS. AT THIS TIME ANY SEVERE THREAT APPEARS
   TOO MARGINAL TO WARRANT INTRODUCING ANY SEVERE PROBABILITIES.
   
   ...NC COAST...
   
   WEAK CYCLOGENESIS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG BAROCLINIC
   ZONE JUST OFFSHORE OF THE CAROLINA COASTS. VERTICAL WIND PROFILES
   WOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR ROTATING STORMS NEAR AND JUST N OF THE
   SURFACE LOW. HOWEVER...MOST LIKELY SCENARIO WOULD BE FOR THE DEEPER
   CONVECTION TO REMAIN OFFSHORE ALONG THE GULF STREAM WATERS WITH
   LIMITED POTENTIAL FOR DESTABILIZATION INLAND.
   
   ..DIAL.. 11/05/2006
   
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