Jun 8, 2009 0600 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Updated: Mon Jun 8 06:01:46 UTC 2009
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   SPC AC 080558
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1258 AM CDT MON JUN 08 2009
   
   VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE
   CNTRL/SRN PLNS TO THE MID-SOUTH...
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE MID-ATLC REGION...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   THE MID-LVL SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE CNTRL PLNS
   IS EXPECTED TO PHASE WITH THE NRN STREAM AND TRANSLATE ACROSS THE
   CNTRL APLCNS...GRTLKS AND NY STATE ON TUESDAY.  UPSTREAM...RESIDENT
   UPR TROUGH RESTRENGTHENING OFF THE CA CST WILL BEGIN TO BODILY EJECT
   NEWD TOWARD THE DESERT SW/GRT BASIN TUESDAY AFTN...THEN INTO THE SRN
   ROCKIES BY 12Z WED.  WEAK IMPULSES WILL LIKELY PRECEDE THIS WAVE
   ACROSS THE CNTRL/SRN PLNS.  IN THE LWR LVLS...A CDFNT ASSOCD WITH
   THE ERN STATES TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE SEWD INTO NY AND THE
   CNTRL APLCNS.  TAIL-END OF THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE
   MID-SOUTH...SRN OZARK PLATEAU AND SRN PLNS BEFORE RETURNING NWD
   AGAIN AS A WRMFNT TUESDAY EVE.  
   
   ...CNTRL PLNS TO MID-SOUTH...
   A SEASONABLY STRONG CDFNT CURRENTLY MOVG SWD THRU THE PLNS SHOULD
   HAVE NO DIFFICULTY MOVING INTO THE MID-SOUTH AND OK BY EARLY
   TUESDAY.  RELIED HEAVILY ON THE 00Z NAM THIS FCST CYCLE WITH
   ANTICIPATION THAT IT HAS A BETTER HANDLE ON FRONTAL PLACEMENT. 
   RAPIDLY DEVELOPING RETURN FLOW WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN ELEVATED
   CONVECTION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY MORNING FROM
   SRN/CNTRL KS SEWD INTO ERN OK...SRN MO AND AR.  THIS WILL LIKELY
   REINFORCE THE FRONT...LENDING INCREASED CONFIDENCE THAT THE FRONT
   WILL NOT RETURN AS QUICKLY NWD AS THE GFS/ECMWF MODELS SUGGEST. 
   
   CAP SHOULD REBUILD ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR WHERE SFC DEW POINTS WILL
   BE IN THE MID-UPR 60S...RESULTING IN A POTENTIALLY VERY UNSTABLE AIR
   MASS FROM PARTS OF SWRN/SCNTRL KS INTO CNTRL/ERN OK BY LATE AFTN. 
   WEAK SELY UPSLOPE FLOW...SUSTAINED FRONTAL CONVERGENCE/MOIST INFLOW
   WILL LIKELY BE IMPETUS FOR BREACHING THE CAP WITH SCTD SFC-BASED
   TSTMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE NE PERIPHERY OF STRONGER HEATING FROM
   SWRN/SCNTRL KS INTO NRN/CNTRL OK BY LATE AFTN.  WLY H5 FLOW AOA 40
   KTS ATOP SELY LLVL FLOW WILL CREATE SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR SUPERCELLS
   WITH LARGE HAIL...DMGG WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. 
   
   A STG SSWLY LLJ IS PROGD TO DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN AN
   EXTENSIVE ZONE OF WARM/MOIST ADVECTION NE OF THE FRONT.  THIS SHOULD
   SUPPORT SEVERAL NOCTURNAL TSTM CLUSTERS...EVOLVING FROM BOTH HIGH
   PLNS STORMS IN SWRN NEB/NWRN KS/ERN CO AND FROM ACTIVITY ACROSS
   CNTRL/ERN KS AND MO. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL...WITH
   PERHAPS A DMGG WIND THREAT ALONG SRN EDGES OF THE MCS/S.  SVR
   THREATS MAY CONTINUE DOWNSTREAM...REACHING THE MID-SOUTH BY EARLY
   WEDNESDAY.
   
   LATER OTLKS WILL NEED TO ADDRESS THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGHER SVR
   PROBABILITIES...ONCE FRONTAL PLACEMENT IS BETTER RESOLVED. 
   
   ...MID-ATLC REGION...
   INCREASING WAA/MOIST ADVECTION AND WEAK DCVA WILL LIKELY DRIVE
   CONSIDERABLE SHWRS/TSTMS EARLY TUESDAY OVER ERN PA...NJ NWD INTO NY.
   WARM SECTOR SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM SPREADING NWD AS FAR N AS SERN
   PA/DE IN WAKE OF EARLY DAY PCPN.  VERY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND
   STRONG HEATING ALONG/E OF THE LEE TROUGH SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO
   MLCAPES 2000+ J/KG WITH MINIMAL CINH.  TSTMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP
   EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE AND EVOLVE INTO MULTI-CELL CLUSTERS/LINES
   WITH DMGG WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE CST BY LATE AFTN.
   SLGT RISK COULD BE EXPANDED N IN LATER OTLKS...ONCE QUESTIONS
   REVOLVING AROUND EARLY DAY CLDS/PCPN AND THEIR POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON
   DESTABILIZATION ARE BETTER UNDERSTOOD. 
   
   ...WRN NY STATE SWWD TO THE MID-OH VLY...
   AIR MASS DESTABILIZATION WILL HINGE ON HOW RAPIDLY WAA DERIVED
   PCPN/CLOUDS CAN DEPART AWAY FROM THE CDFNT TUESDAY AFTN. 
   EXPECTATION IS THAT MODEST BUOYANCY WILL DEVELOP WITH WDLY SCTD
   TSTMS FORMING BY EARLY AFTN.  ISOLD STORMS MAY CONTAIN HIGH
   WINDS/HAIL.
   
   ..RACY.. 06/08/2009
   
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