Mar 29, 2011 0730 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook
Updated: Tue Mar 29 06:57:54 UTC 2011
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   SPC AC 290655
   
   DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0155 AM CDT TUE MAR 29 2011
   
   VALID 311200Z - 011200Z
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FL
   PENINSULA...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   
   UPPER PATTERN WILL HAVE TRANSITIONED TO HIGH AMPLITUDE BUT
   PROGRESSIVE TROUGH OVER THE SERN STATES WITH A CORRESPONDING
   UPSTREAM RIDGE IN THE WEST. A COLD FRONT WILL ADVANCE SEWD THROUGH
   MOST OF THE FL PENINSULA. 
   
   ...FL...
   
   ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF IMPULSES WILL ROTATE THROUGH BASE OF SERN
   U.S. UPPER TROUGH...INDUCING A WEAK SFC LOW ON FRONT OVER NRN FL OR
   SRN GA THAT WILL SUBSEQUENTLY DEEPEN AS IT DEVELOPS NEWD ALONG
   BAROCLINIC ZONE ACROSS THE GULF STREAM. WSWLY DEEP LAYER WINDS WILL
   STRENGTHEN...AND A 40-50 KT LLJ WILL MIGRATE THROUGH THE FL
   PENINSULA DURING THE DAY...MAINTAINING INFLUX OF GULF MOISTURE IN
   WARM SECTOR. PRIMARY CONCERN AND POSSIBLE LIMITING FACTOR WILL BE
   DEGREE OF INSTABILITY DUE TO WEAK MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND
   POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD CLOUDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CNTRL-NRN FL. IN
   RESPONSE TO INCREASING FORCING FOR DEEP ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE
   MIGRATING SHORTWAVE TROUGH...STORMS SHOULD FORM EARLY OVER THE GULF
   AND SPREAD INTO THE NRN AND CNTRL FL PENINSULA. SOME DIABATIC
   WARMING MAY OCCUR SOUTH OF THIS ACTIVITY...AND INFLUX OF HIGHER
   THETA-E AIR MAY CONTRIBUTE TO SOME INTENSIFICATION. STORMS WILL BE
   EMBEDDED WITHIN 40-50 KT WLY DEEP LAYER SHEAR SUPPORTIVE OF
   ORGANIZED STRUCTURES. DAMAGING WIND AND PERHAPS ISOLATED TORNADOES
   WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT ESEWD DURING THE DAY
   AS ZONE OF DEEPER FORCING MOVES TOWARD THE SERN ATLANTIC SEABOARD.
   
   ..DIAL.. 03/29/2011
   
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