Dec 5, 2011 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook | |
Updated: Mon Dec 5 19:44:08 UTC 2011 | |
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table |
Categorical Graphic |
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Probabilistic Tornado Graphic |
Probability of a tornado within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of EF2 - EF5 tornadoes within 25 miles of a point. |
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic |
Probability of damaging thunderstorm winds or wind gusts of 50 knots or higher within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% of greater probability of wind gusts 65 knots or greater within 25 miles of a point. |
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic |
Probability of hail 1" or larger within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of hail 2" or larger within 25 miles of a point. |
SPC AC 051940 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0140 PM CST MON DEC 05 2011 VALID 052000Z - 061200Z ...NO TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...LOWER MS VALLEY... HAVE REMOVED GENERAL TSTM AREA AS RISK HAS BECOME MINIMAL. SHORT WAVE IMPULSE CENTERED OVER THE MID-MS VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY PROGRESS NEWD TOWARDS THE NRN APPALACHIANS. AS LARGE-SCALE ASCENT DIMINISHES WITHIN A MEAGERLY BUOYANT WARM SECTOR...POTENTIAL APPEARS LOW FOR REDEVELOPING TSTMS. ..GRAMS.. 12/05/2011 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1026 AM CST MON DEC 05 2011/ ...SYNOPSIS... A POSITIVE TILT LARGE SCALE TROUGH...NOW ALONG AN AXIS FROM THE ERN DAKOTAS TO THE FOUR CORNERS...WILL MOVE SLOWLY EWD THROUGH TOMORROW. WITHIN THIS REGIME...A WEAKENING SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER NE TX WILL ACCELERATE NEWD TO THE OH VALLEY. AT THE SURFACE...A WEAK WAVE WILL DEVELOP NEWD FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY TO THE UPPER OH VALLEY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EJECTING/WEAKENING MIDLEVEL TROUGH. A NARROW MOIST WARM SECTOR RESIDES ACROSS LA/SRN MS/SW AL IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT...BUT REGIONAL 12Z SOUNDINGS REVEALED ONLY WEAK INSTABILITY WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR. THUS...THE OVERALL THUNDERSTORM RISK WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY MARGINAL WITH TIME...AND WHAT STORMS DO FORM WILL LIKELY REMAIN CONFINED TO THE IMMEDIATE COOL SIDE OF THE FRONT. CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0100Z