Sep 6, 2009 0730 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook
Updated: Sun Sep 6 07:22:39 UTC 2009
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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20090906 0730 UTC Day 3 Outlook Graphic
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20090906 0730 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
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   SPC AC 060719
   
   DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0219 AM CDT SUN SEP 06 2009
   
   VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   
   THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN WILL CHANGE LITTLE FROM DAY 2. UPPER TROUGH
   WILL CONTINUE EAST THROUGH SRN CANADA...THE NRN PLAINS AND UPPER MS
   VALLEY ALONG WITH AN ATTENDANT COLD FRONT. CUTOFF LOW WILL PERSIST
   OVER THE OH VALLEY REGION.
   
   ...ERN ND AND NW MN THROUGH SD AND NEB...
   
   AN AXIS OF MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH 1000-1500 J/KG MLCAPE WILL BE
   POSSIBLE WHERE ERN EXTENT OF STEEPER LAPSE RATES OVERLAP MOIST AXIS
   WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S TO AROUND 60. STORMS WILL LIKELY ONCE
   AGAIN DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH FROM ERN
   ND SWWD THROUGH CNTRL SD AND WRN NEB AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER
   DESTABILIZES DURING THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF IMPULSES
   ROTATING TROUGH BASE OF UPPER TROUGH ALONG WITH ATTENDANT MID LEVEL
   JET STREAK WILL REMAIN POST FRONTAL. THIS WILL RESULT IN MODEST
   VERTICAL SHEAR IN WARM SECTOR...SUPPORTIVE OF MULTICELLS.
   NEVERTHELESS...SOME OF THE STORMS COULD EVOLVE INTO LINES OR
   CLUSTERS AND BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED STRONG WIND GUSTS
   AND HAIL THROUGH EARLY EVENING. LIKELIHOOD THAT THE STRONGER FLOW
   AND VERTICAL SHEAR WILL REMAIN POST FRONTAL COULD SERVE AS A
   POTENTIAL LIMITING FACTOR FOR A MORE ROBUST SEVERE EVENT. AT THIS
   TIME MORE THAN 5% SEVERE PROBABILITIES DO NOT APPEAR WARRANTED.
   
   ..DIAL.. 09/06/2009
   
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