Jun 10, 2013 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Mon Jun 10 06:03:35 UTC 2013
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20130610 1200 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20130610 1200 UTC Day 1 Tornado Probabilities 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
20130610 1200 UTC Day 1 Damaging Wind Probabilities 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
20130610 1200 UTC Day 1 Large Hail Probabilities 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.
Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 107,553 25,417,071 Charlotte, NC...Baltimore, MD...Washington, DC...Nashville, TN...Raleigh, NC...
   SPC AC 100558

   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1258 AM CDT MON JUN 10 2013

   VALID 101200Z - 111200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE CNTRL/WRN CAROLINAS
   INTO VA...MD...FAR SRN PA...

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SRN KY INTO
   TN...

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE OH/TN VALLEYS DURING THE
   DAY...WITH UPPER FLOW INCREASING ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS BY LATE
   AFTERNOON. AT THE SURFACE...A MOIST AIR MASS WILL SPREAD NWD ACROSS
   THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...WITH UPPER 60S F DEWPOINTS AS FAR N AS SRN
   PA. AS A RESULT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY
   SEVERE...WILL OCCUR ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION MAINLY DURING THE
   DAYTIME. OTHER SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL MAY OCCUR UNDER THE UPPER
   TROUGH AXIS FROM KY INTO TN.

   TO THE W...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE CNTRL AND SRN HIGH
   PLAINS...WITH HOT TEMPERATURES AND ISOLATED HIGH BASED STORMS FROM
   ERN CO INTO WRN KS.

   STRONG ZONAL FLOW WILL EXIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE NRN ROCKIES WITH
   COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT RESULTING IN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FROM ERN ID
   INTO SRN MT AND NWRN WY. 

   ...CAROLINAS INTO VA...MD...PA...DE...
   SUBSTANTIAL CLOUDS AND AREAS OF PRECIPITATION WILL ADD UNCERTAINTY
   TO THE EVOLUTION OF STORMS TODAY. HOWEVER...A GENERAL INCREASE IN
   CONVECTION IS EXPECTED AS THE UPPER TROUGH NEARS AND POCKETS OF
   HEATING AND SWLY FLOW HELP TO DESTABILIZE THE WARM SECTOR. THERE
   WILL BE LITTLE IF ANY CAPPING...THUS SUBTLE FORCING MECHANISMS SUCH
   AS BOUNDARY LAYER CONFLUENCE WITHIN THE DEEPENING SURFACE TROUGH
   WILL BE ENOUGH TO FORCE STORMS.

   HODOGRAPHS WILL BECOME LONGER DURING THE DAY...WITH SUPERCELLS
   LIKELY. LOW LEVEL VEERING WILL NOT BE STRONG...BUT SUFFICIENT FOR A
   TORNADO OR TWO GIVEN MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER CONDITIONS. THE MOST
   CONCENTRATED AREA FOR SUPERCELLS SHOULD BE FROM CNTRL/ERN VA INTO MD
   AND SRN PA.

   ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO THREAT IS LESS FARTHER N INTO PA...THIS AREA
   MAY RETAIN THE LARGEST LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPHS DUE TO PASSAGE OF EARLY
   PRECIPITATION AND WARM FRONT. IN ADDITION TO SUPERCELLS...WHICH MAY
   FORM EITHER ALONG THE COLD FRONT OR ACROSS THE WARM
   SECTOR...MODERATE DEEP LAYER MEAN WINDS WILL FAVOR A FEW BOWS OR
   LINES WITH DAMAGING WINDS.

   ...TN INTO KY...
   UNDER THE UPPER TROUGH...COLD TEMPERATURES AND RELATIVELY HIGHER RH
   LEVELS WILL EXIST N OF THE DRY SLOT. AMPLE DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR A
   FEW SUPERCELLS WILL EXIST...IN MAINLY A DIURNAL FASHION. LARGE HAIL
   WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT...BUT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS COULD
   OCCUR ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE EVOLUTION AS STORMS MERGE AND COLD
   POOLS ARE PRODUCED.

   ...ERN CO/WRN KS...
   VERY STRONG HEATING WILL OCCUR BUT COOL PROFILES ALOFT WILL YIELD
   MARGINAL CAPE DESPITE LITTLE MOISTURE. WEAK CONVERGENCE IN A LEE
   TROUGH SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR A FEW HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM
   IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY. THESE STORMS SHOULD GENERALLY PROPAGATE EWD
   LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING...WITH SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL
   POSSIBLE.

   ...ERN ID...NWRN WY...SWRN MT...
   DAYTIME HEATING AND COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL RESULT IN A FEW
   THUNDERSTORMS FOCUSED MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. INSTABILITY
   WILL BE VERY WEAK...BUT A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS.

   ..JEWELL/COHEN.. 06/10/2013

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