Oct 10, 2009 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Updated: Sat Oct 10 16:39:41 UTC 2009
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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20091010 1730 UTC Day 2 Outlook Graphic
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20091010 1730 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
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   SPC AC 101638
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1138 AM CDT SAT OCT 10 2009
   
   VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   
   A BROADLY CYCLONIC LARGE-SCALE REGIME WILL BE MAINTAINED OVER MUCH
   OF THE CONUS THROUGH THE DAY TWO PERIOD.  WITHIN THIS BROADER
   PATTERN...A STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL PROGRESS EWD FROM THE NRN
   INTERMOUNTAIN REGION INTO THE NRN PLAINS.  ELSEWHERE...A LOWER
   LATITUDE IMPULSE WILL WEAKEN WHILE MOVING FROM THE LOWER CO
   VALLEY/BAJA INTO THE SRN PLAINS.  AT THE SURFACE...PRIMARY
   BAROCLINIC ZONE INITIALLY FROM SRN GA/NRN FL WSWWD INTO THE NWRN
   GULF OF MEXICO WILL RETREAT SLOWLY NWD THROUGH THE PERIOD.
   
   ...SRN GA/NRN FL...
   
   DIURNAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ALONG AND S OF
   SURFACE BOUNDARY WITHIN A MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR MASS WITH MLCAPE OF
   1000-1500 J/KG.  GENERALLY WEAK VERTICAL SHEAR AND LAPSE RATES
   SHOULD LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER.
   
   ...SRN PLAINS INTO CNTRL GULF COAST STATES...
   
   MASS RESPONSE TO SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH NRN MEXICO/SRN
   ROCKIES WILL SERVE TO ENHANCE SWLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW ABOVE SHALLOW
   FRONTAL INVERSION LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. 
   ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN MOIST AND THERMAL ADVECTIONS ALONG THIS
   INTENSIFYING AIR STREAM WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DECREASING STABILITY AND
   THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED...ELEVATED TSTMS DURING THE LATTER HALF
   OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.  NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
   
   ..MEAD.. 10/10/2009
   
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