Jun 11, 2013 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook | |||||||||||||
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Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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SPC AC 111954 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0254 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2013 VALID 112000Z - 121200Z ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF SRN SD... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE NRN AND CNTRL PLAINS INTO THE MID-UPPER MS VALLEY REGION... ...NRN AND CNTRL HIGH PLAINS INTO THE MID-UPPER MS VALLEY AREA... HAVE MADE ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO CURRENT FORECAST AS SCENARIO STILL APPEARS TO BE ON TRACK. STORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE NRN ROCKIES. INCREASING ISENTROPIC ASCENT ON NOSE OF STRENGTHENING LLJ AND HEIGHT FALLS AHEAD OF EJECTING SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL PROMOTE ADDITIONAL STORMS OVER SD/WRN NEB THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF E-W BOUNDARY AND CONTINUING EWD INTO THE OVERNIGHT. ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY GROW UPSCALE INTO CLUSTERS AND LINE SEGMENTS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL LIKELY. ...CNTRL IL INTO THE OH VALLEY... A FEW STORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS CNTRL THROUGH NERN IL THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ACTIVITY IS ELEVATED ABOVE A CAPPING INVERSION. THE OVERALL SEVERE THREAT IN THIS REGION REMAINS CONDITIONAL...AND IT APPEARS UNLIKELY THAT STORMS WILL BE ABLE TO ROOT IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER GIVEN RELATIVELY HIGH LFCS...WEAK MESOSCALE FORCING AND WEAK COLD POOLS WITH ONGOING STORMS. WILL MAINTAIN 5% SEVERE PROBABILITIES GIVEN THE CONDITIONAL NATURE OF THE THREAT. ...SRN NEW ENGLAND... REF SWOMCD 1030 ..DIAL.. 06/11/2013 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1134 AM CDT TUE JUN 11 2013/ ...SYNOPSIS... ELONGATED SUBTROPICAL RIDGE NOW EXTENDING FROM THE SRN RCKYS INTO THE CNTRL/SRN PLNS WILL EXPAND EWD THIS PERIOD IN WAKE OF UPR IMPULSE THAT CROSSED THE TN VLY YESTERDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW OVER UT WILL CONTINUE ENE INTO THE NRN/CNTRL HIGH PLNS THIS EVE...BEFORE TURNING E AS IT CRESTS THE RIDGE TO REACH SD/NEB EARLY WED. GIVEN THE ABOVE PATTERN...EXPECT STOUT EML...WELL-DEPICTED IN THE MORNING RAOB DATA...TO REMAIN IN PLACE INTO TNGT FROM THE N CNTRL HI PLNS EWD INTO MID-MS/LWR OH VLYS. AT THE SFC...CNTRL HIGH PLNS LEE LOW SHOULD REMAIN NEARLY STNRY TODAY BEFORE ADVANCING E ACROSS SRN NEB TNGT AHEAD OF UPR TROUGH. A CORRIDOR OF FAIRLY RICH BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AND LOW-LVL ELY FLOW WILL PERSIST N OF A W-E FRONT EXTENDING E FROM THE LOW INTO MID-MS VLY. COMBINATION OF LOW-LVL MOISTURE INFLOW...SFC HEATING...AND APPROACHING UPR TROUGH LIKELY WILL LEAD TO STRONG TSTM DEVELOPMENT BY MID TO LATE AFTN OVER PARTS OF ERN WY AND WRN SD. THIS ACTIVITY LIKELY WILL GROW UPSCALE INTO A SVR MCS THAT MOVES GENERALLY E ALONG THE NRN FRINGE OF THE EML CAP AND ALONG LOW-LVL MOIST AXIS THROUGH EARLY WED. IN THE MEANTIME...SCTD AREAS OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SVR DIURNAL STORMS MAY OCCUR TODAY OVER PARTS OF THE EAST AND INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. IN ADDITION...WDLY SCTD ELEVATED STORMS WITH HAIL MAY OCCUR EARLY WED IN STRENGTHENING WAA ZONE ON NE FRINGE OF THE EML OVER THE OH VLY. ...N CNTRL HIGH PLNS TO MID MS VLY TODAY THROUGH EARLY WED... LOW-LVL MOISTURE WILL FURTHER INCREASE ACROSS SD...NRN NEB...ERN WY...AND SE MT TODAY IN ELY UPSLOPE FLOW N OF STALLED FRONT/LEE LOW. COUPLED WITH STRONG SFC HEATING AND INCREASING UPR LVL DIVERGENCE/DCVA WITH APPROACH OF UT UPR VORT...SETUP WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TSTM DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND ALONG LEE TROUGH AND BY MID TO LATE AFTN. COMBINATION OF STRONG INSTABILITY /MUCAPE TO 2500 J PER KG/ AND 40 KT WSWLY DEEP SHEAR LIKELY WILL YIELD SCTD SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY DMGG WIND...AND TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY IN SW SD...NE WY...AND NW NEB. GIVEN VERY DEEP/STRONG EML...PRESENCE OF 40-50 KT UNIDIRECTIONAL WLY MID/UPR-LVL FLOW...AND MOIST/ELY LOW-LVL FLOW...SETUP APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR UPSCALE DEVELOPMENT INTO A SVR FORWARD-PROPAGATING/ POSSIBLE DERECHO-PRODUCING CONVECTIVE SYSTEM. SUCH A SYSTEM COULD EXTEND A RISK FOR SVR WIND...HAIL..AND ISOLD TORNADOES E INTO NE NEB/NW A/SE SD AREA BY 12Z WED. FARTHER E...SMALLER...SOMEWHAT ELEVATED CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS/STORMS MAY FORM DURING THE OVERNIGHT OVER PARTS OF IL/IND/OH IN ZONE OF STRENGTHENING WAA/MOISTURE TRANSPORT ON NERN FRINGE OF EML. ...SRN NEW ENGLAND/LWR HUDSON VLY/NJ THIS AFTN... SFC HEATING IN NARROW CORRIDOR OF CLEARING ON SW SIDE OF CLOUD SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH CAPE COD AREA SFC LOW MAY SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF SCTD STRONG AFTN/EVE STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS IN ASSOCIATED ZONE OF WEAK LOW-LVL CONFLUENCE. ...PARTS OF GA/SC THIS AFTN... WDLY SCTD STRONG STORMS ALSO MAY FORM IN ZONE OF WEAK ASCENT ON TRAILING SW END OF UPR IMPULSE THAT CROSSED THE TN VLY YESTERDAY. WIND AND THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT MAY SUPPORT AN INSTANCE OR TWO OF LOCALLY DMGG WIND/MARGINALLY SVR HAIL. CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0100Z |