Jul 6, 2013 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Sat Jul 6 01:03:40 UTC 2013
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20130706 0100 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20130706 0100 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
20130706 0100 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
20130706 0100 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 80,890 2,646,672 Salt Lake City, UT...West Valley City, UT...Provo, UT...West Jordan, UT...Rock Springs, WY...
   SPC AC 060059

   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0759 PM CDT FRI JUL 05 2013

   VALID 060100Z - 061200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS PORTIONS NRN GREAT
   BASIN/INTERMOUNTAIN REGION...

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   IN MID-UPPER LEVELS...SYNOPTIC PATTERN CONTINUES TO FEATURE STG
   ANTICYCLONES OVER WRN N ATLC AND AZ/NM.  PERSISTENT/QUASISTATIONARY
   TROUGHING ALOFT EXTENDS FROM MID-UPPER MS VALLEY REGION SSWWD ACROSS
   NRN LA AND WRN GULF OF MEXICO...WITH PRIMARY CIRCULATION CENTER AND
   VORTICITY MAXIMUM DRIFTING EWD ACROSS MO ATTM.  PRIMARY BELT OF FLOW
   IS RESTRICTED TO EITHER SIDE OF CANADIAN BORDER FROM NRN PLAINS TO
   PAC COAST...THEN EWD TO ENEWD ACROSS ERN CANADA.  EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE
   TROUGH -- NOW EVIDENT IN MOISTURE CHANNEL IMAGERY FROM NWRN MT SWWD
   ACROSS ERN WA AND CENTRAL/SWRN ORE -- IS FCST TO DEAMPLIFY SOMEWHAT
   THROUGH REMAINDER PERIOD.  STRONGER NRN PORTION OF THIS PERTURBATION
   WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS NRN ID AND WRN MT THEN ENEWD TO N-CENTRAL/NERN
   MT BY 12Z.  WEAKER PERTURBATION IS EVIDENT OVER PORTIONS SERN
   MT...WRN SD...ERN WY AND NWRN CO...CONTRIBUTING TO GEN TSTM
   OCCURRENCE IN THAT CORRIDOR. 

   AT SFC...LEE TROUGHING E OF CENTRAL/SRN ROCKIES INCLUDES ELONGATED
   AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER ERN CO THAT IS EXPECTED TO CONSOLIDATE
   INTO LEE CYCLONE NEAR NWRN KS/ERN CO BORDER.  MEANWHILE...DIFFUSE
   FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDS SEWD FROM LOW OVER SERN MT...ACROSS WRN SD. 
   FRONTAL ZONE FARTHER E AND NE OVER SD HAS BECOME ILL-DEFINED AMIDST
   INFLUENCES OF EARLIER PRECIP/CONVECTION. 

   ...NRN GREAT BASIN/INTERMOUNTAIN REGION...NRN PLAINS...
   SCATTERED TSTMS IN MIXED MODES OF CLUSTERS...SMALL BANDS AND
   DISCRETE CELLS ARE MOVING GENERALLY EWD ACROSS PORTIONS ERN NV...SRN
   ID...NRN UT..AND WRN WY...WITH POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING GUSTS AND
   ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.  RIW/SLC RAOBS SHOWED DEEP/WELL-MIXED SUBCLOUD
   LAYERS IN SUPPORT OF WIND POTENTIAL...AMIDST 30-40 KT EFFECTIVE
   SHEAR MAGNITUDES.  REF WW 392 AND RELATED MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS FOR
   LATEST NEAR-TERM GUIDANCE.  SVR THREAT BECOMES MORE MRGL DUE TO
   LOWER TSTM COVERAGE AND AREAS OF LOWER CAPE/STRONGER CINH NWD ACROSS
   MT...THOUGH ISOLATED SVR GUSTS/HAIL REMAIN POSSIBLE.  INITIALLY
   SEPARATE BAND OF TSTMS FROM SERN MT NEWD ACROSS WRN SD ALSO POSES
   RISK OF ISOLATED SVR HAIL AND DAMAGING GUSTS...HOWEVER ITS
   ENVIRONMENT ALSO IS CHARACTERIZED BY MRGL BUOYANCY AND WEAK DEEP
   SHEAR COMPARED TO FARTHER W. 

   OVERALL SVR THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY AFTER ABOUT
   04Z...AMIDST COMBINED STABILIZING INFLUENCES OF CONVECTIVE OUTFLOWS
   AND SFC DIABATIC COOLING.

   ...NERN CONUS...
   NARROW CORRIDOR OF MRGL SVR POTENTIAL REMAINS WITH LOOSELY ORGANIZED
   BAND OF SCATTERED TSTMS FROM ERN VT WWD ACROSS PORTIONS W-CENTRAL
   NY.  MAIN CONCERN WILL BE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND GUSTS GENERALLY
   BELOW SVR LIMITS...BUT STILL CAPABLE OF DAMAGE TO TREES AND
   STRUCTURAL CLADDING. 1000-1500 J/KG MLCAPE AND 30-40 KT EFFECTIVE
   SHEAR MAGNITUDES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR
   ORGANIZED MULTICELL TSTMS WITH SPORADIC/TRANSIENT MIDLEVEL ROTATION
   POSSIBLE.  TSTM COVERAGE/INTENSITY SHOULD DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY
   AFTER ABOUT 03Z WITH UNFAVORABLE DEGREES OF STABILIZATION OF AMBIENT
   BOUNDARY LAYER.

   ..EDWARDS.. 07/06/2013

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