Jun 15, 2013 0730 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook | |||||||||
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Probability of severe weather within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of significant severe within 25 miles of a point. |
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SPC AC 150728 DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0228 AM CDT SAT JUN 15 2013 VALID 171200Z - 181200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FOR THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS MON AFTERNOON/EVENING... ...SYNOPSIS... CONSISTENCY IS POOR IN BOTH RUN-TO-RUN VARIABILITY WITHIN EACH INDIVIDUAL MODEL AND IN THE BROADER SPREAD AMONG ALL GUIDANCE WITH THE HANDLING OF SHORT WAVE IMPULSES E OF THE ROCKIES. THIS BREEDS RATHER LOW CONFIDENCE IN DELINEATING SLIGHT RISK AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE HIGH PLAINS. ON THE LARGE-SCALE...THE AMPLIFYING TREND TO MID-LEVEL HEIGHTS SHOULD PERSIST FROM D2. A BROAD TROUGH WILL PERSIST ACROSS SERN CANADA. A RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EWD FROM THE ROCKIES TOWARDS THE HIGH PLAINS...AS AN UPSTREAM TROUGH APPROACHES THE PACIFIC NW COAST. ...CNTRL HIGH PLAINS... MODEST LOW-LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PERSIST AND SHOULD AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TSTMS ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN MON AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH AVAILABLE BUOYANCY WILL BE SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON EVOLUTION OF D2 CONVECTION...STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL LIKELY YIELD AT LEAST A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS. MID-LEVEL WLYS SHOULD BE A BIT WEAKER COMPARED TO D2 WITH APPROACH OF A RIDGE...BUT SUFFICIENT VEERING OF THE WIND PROFILE WITH HEIGHT SHOULD EXIST FOR ORGANIZED UPDRAFTS CAPABLE OF PRIMARILY LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED SEVERE WINDS. ...CNTRL/SRN PLAINS...MS VALLEY TO THE MID-ATLANTIC... EAST OF THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS...CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION IS UNCLEAR GIVEN BOTH SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE PREDICTABILITY ISSUES WITHIN GUIDANCE. A BELT OF MODERATE TO STRONG MID-LEVEL WLYS SHOULD BE MAINTAINED FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY TO THE UPPER MID-ATLANTIC. THIS APPEARS LARGELY TO REMAIN N OF THE MORE STRONGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ANTICIPATED TO RESIDE ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO THE MIDWEST. GIVEN AN ILL-DEFINED SURFACE PATTERN AS WELL AS DIFFERENCES IN HANDLING OF SHORTWAVE IMPULSES ROTATING WITHIN THE BROADER SERN CANADA TROUGH...WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT A VERY LARGE CORRIDOR OF LOW SEVERE PROBABILITIES ATTM. THERE ARE ALSO INDICATIONS THAT AN MCV MAY EMANATE OUT OF A CNTRL PLAINS MCS THAT MAY DEVELOP ON D2. IF THIS INDEED OCCURS...A FOCUS FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE POTENTIAL COULD BECOME EVIDENT SOMEWHERE FROM THE OZARK PLATEAU TO THE LOWER OH VALLEY ON MON. ..GRAMS.. 06/15/2013 CLICK TO GET WUUS03 PTSDY3 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 3 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0730Z |