Apr 5, 2009 0730 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook
Updated: Sun Apr 5 07:24:42 UTC 2009
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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20090405 0730 UTC Day 3 Outlook Graphic
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20090405 0730 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
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   SPC AC 050722
   
   DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0222 AM CDT SUN APR 05 2009
   
   VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   DEEP UPR TROUGH ACROSS THE ERN STATES MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL SEND A
   CDFNT THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO BY TUESDAY AFTN.  DRY AIR MASS
   FOLLOWING THE FRONT WILL KEEP TSTM CHANCES LOW TO NIL FROM THE
   ROCKIES EWD.  NEXT UPR LOW WAS CROSSING 140W AND WILL ARRIVE IN OR
   NEAR THE CNTRL CA CST SOMETIME ON TUESDAY/EARLY WEDNESDAY.
   
   ...CNTRL CA...
   THERE ARE TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 00Z NAM/GFS/ECMWF WITH THE
   ARRIVAL OF THE UPR LOW ALONG THE CNTRL CA CST /ECMWF SLOWEST/. 
   SPRINGTIME SYSTEMS SIMILAR TO THIS ARE OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY A BELT
   OF MODEST PWATS AND A BAND OF CONVECTION ALONG THE OCCLUDED/COLD
   FRONT.  POST-FRONTAL REGIME...IF MAKING IT INLAND...WILL LIKELY BE
   SHOWERY WITH LOWERING WBZ LEVELS/STEEP LAPSE RATES...POSSIBLY
   CONTRIBUTING TO STRONGER STORMS WITH HAIL/BRIEF TORNADOES. 
   HOWEVER...AS MENTIONED... PREDICTABILITY IS LOW AND ANY LATER TIMING
   WILL NOT NECESSARILY COINCIDE WITH PEAK HEATING TUESDAY AFTN/EVE. 
   AS SUCH...SVR PROBABILITIES HAVE NOT BEEN INTRODUCED ATTM.
   
   ..RACY.. 04/05/2009
   
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