SPC AC 150635
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0135 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2013
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER-LEVEL ANTICYCLONE WILL EXTEND FROM THE SWRN STATES AND GREAT
BASIN EWD INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION ON WEDNESDAY. STRONG
MID/UPPER-LEVEL WLYS WILL BE CONFINED N OF THIS FEATURE FROM THE PAC
NW ACROSS SRN CANADA...WHILE SEVERAL WEAK ELY WAVES DRIFT ACROSS THE
NERN GULF REGION AND NRN MEXICO. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERS WILL
BE POSITIONED OVER THE MID-SOUTH...AS WELL AS THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE
PROVINCES...WITH A BAROCLINIC ZONE LOCATED IN BETWEEN OVER THE
N-CNTRL CONUS INTO QUEBEC.
...NRN ROCKIES/HIGH PLAINS...
LOW-LEVEL ELY FLOW OVER THE NRN HIGH PLAINS WILL AID IN ESTABLISHING
DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S OVER MUCH OF MT BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS
MOISTURE COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND THE PRESENCE OF STEEP
MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL YIELD WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY OVER
WRN MT INTO NWRN WY. AS A RESULT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON. MIDLEVEL
SWLY FLOW RANGING FROM 20-40 KT COMBINED WITH THE BACKED LOW-LEVEL
WINDS WILL SUPPORT SHEAR PROFILES SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS.
THUS...ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE.
...NEW ENGLAND...
MIDLEVEL HEIGHT FALLS AND INCREASING UPPER-LEVEL WLYS ARE FORECAST
TO SPREAD ACROSS A MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER /PW VALUES NEAR 1.75
INCHES...SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S/ OVER NEW
ENGLAND DURING WEDNESDAY. A CONFLUENT SURFACE FLOW REGIME AHEAD OF A
COLD FRONT ENTERING SRN QUEBEC COMBINED WITH THE VERY MOIST AND
MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL AID IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REGION. DEEP-LAYER WLY WIND PROFILES WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR MULTICELL CLUSTERS...WHICH COULD POSE A THREAT FOR
ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
...SRN APPALACHIANS...
THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SRN APPALACHIANS
DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE CAPE AND A HOT/MOIST BOUNDARY
LAYER AIRMASS MAY SUPPORT A MARGINAL THREAT FOR DAMAGING DOWNBURSTS.
..GARNER.. 07/15/2013
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