Aug 6, 2013 0600 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 060558 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1258 AM CDT TUE AUG 06 2013 VALID 061200Z - 071200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM THE SOUTH-CENTRAL PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST TO THE MIDDLE MS VALLEY... ...SYNOPSIS... A SPLIT UPPER FLOW REGIME WILL EXIST OVER THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE CONUS...WITH A NORTHEASTWARD MOVING UPPER LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WHILE ANOTHER UPPER LOW SLOWLY APPROACHES NORTHERN CA. MEANWHILE...ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF A CLOSED/SLOW-MOVING UPPER TROUGH CENTERED OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MANITOBA/ONTARIO...A BELT OF SEASONALLY STRONG WESTERLIES WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. ...UPPER MIDWEST/MIDDLE MO VALLEY TO SOUTH-CENTRAL PLAINS... A CLUSTER OF TSTMS IS EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIDDLE MO VALLEY/UPPER MIDWEST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD...POTENTIALLY AS FAR EAST-SOUTHEAST AS PORTIONS OF IA/PERHAPS MN. PENDING THE EXACT EVOLUTION/TIMING...A CONTINUATION/REINVIGORATION ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERNMOST CLUSTER/S CANNOT BE ENTIRELY DISCOUNTED DURING THE DAY INTO PORTIONS OF THE MIDWEST/UPPER MS VALLEY. OTHERWISE...THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL GRADUALLY DESTABILIZE ACROSS THE MIDDLE MO VALLEY INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST/UPPER MS VALLEY ALONG/AHEAD OF A SOUTHEASTWARD-ADVANCING COLD FRONT...WITH AS MUCH AS 1500-3500 J/KG OF MLCAPE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE SOUTH OF ANY EARLY DAY MCS ACTIVITY...WITH A MORE UNCERTAIN CONFIDENCE/QUANTITY OF DESTABILIZATION FARTHER NORTH NEAR THE FRONT/AN EXPECTED SURFACE LOW IN VICINITY OF NORTH-CENTRAL MN/NORTHERN WI. REGARDLESS...AIDED BY FRONTAL UPLIFT/FORCING FOR ASCENT...SURFACE BASED TSTMS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE THROUGH MID/LATE AFTERNOON...POTENTIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF MN/IA INTO EASTERN/SOUTHERN NEB. MORE THAN ADEQUATE VERTICAL SHEAR WILL EXIST FOR ORGANIZED STORMS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS...CAPABLE OF SEVERE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS A TORNADO. THE NATURE OF THE FORCING SUGGESTS THAT MULTIPLE SOUTHEASTWARD-MOVING LINE SEGMENTS/POTENTIAL BOWS SHOULD EVOLVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST/MS VALLEY THROUGH EARLY/MID EVENING...WITH AN ACCENTUATED POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS. FARTHER SOUTHWEST...OTHER STRONG/SEVERE TSTMS SHOULD DEVELOP IN VICINITY OF SURFACE BOUNDARY/POST-FRONTAL UPSLOPE ACROSS THE SOUTH-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. HERE...AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS/MODEST VERTICAL SHEAR WILL SUPPORT STORMS /INCLUDING SOME SUPERCELLS/ CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS. STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP/EXPAND EASTWARD INTO THE LOWER MO VALLEY/MIDDLE MS VALLEY TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL JET AIDED ASCENT INCREASES NEAR CONSOLIDATING FRONTAL SEGMENTS. ...OZARKS/LOWER MS VALLEY TO SOUTHEAST STATES... MULTIPLE CLUSTERS OF TSTMS /WITH ASSOCIATED OUTFLOW AND POSSIBLE MCV/ MAY PERSIST AND BE ONGOING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PARTS OF THE OZARKS/MID-SOUTH. RENEWED DIURNALLY-INTENSIFYING STORMS...AT LEAST IN AN ISOLATED/WIDELY SCATTERED SENSE...SHOULD OCCUR TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS EARLY DAY ACTIVITY WHERE STRONG HEATING/DESTABILIZATION OCCURS. MULTICELLULAR STORMS WITHIN AN APPRECIABLY UNSTABLE/MOIST ENVIRONMENT MAY YIELD A THREAT FOR DOWNBURSTS CAPABLE OF LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS PULSE-TYPE HAIL. ..GUYER/ROGERS.. 08/06/2013 CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1300Z |