SPC AC 090730
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0230 AM CDT FRI AUG 09 2013
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY AMPLIFIED OVER THE
CONUS THROUGH SUNDAY. AN UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE GENERALLY
NORTHWARD ALONG THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST...WHILE UPPER TROUGH
AMPLIFICATION OCCURS OVER THE GREAT LAKES.
...CENTRAL PLAINS...
MODESTLY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL EXIST OVER MUCH OF THE
PLAINS TO THE EAST OF THE ROCKIES UPPER RIDGE. POTENTIAL FOR EARLY
DAY/ONGOING SHOWERS AND TSTMS ASIDE...THE PRIMARY FOCUS WILL BE ON
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING DEVELOPMENT ALONG/IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF A
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS SURFACE LOW AND ANGLING FRONTAL ZONE.
NEAR-FRONTAL FORCING...UPSLOPE TRAJECTORIES...AND MODERATE
INSTABILITY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG/SEVERE
TSTMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SUFFICIENT SHEAR ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE REGION FOR SUSTAINED MULTICELLS AND A FEW SUPERCELLS. SEVERE
HAIL/WIND WOULD BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PORTIONS
OF WEST-CENTRAL NEB/KS MAY NECESSITATE A SLIGHT RISK IN SUBSEQUENT
OUTLOOKS.
...PACIFIC NORTHWEST/NORTHERN ROCKIES...
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NEAR-COASTAL/NORTHWARD-MOVING UPPER
LOW...FORCING FOR ASCENT AND COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT/STRONGER
MID-LEVEL WESTERLIES WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD EAST-CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF ORE/WA INTO NORTHERN ID ON SUNDAY. PENDING
TIMING/DESTABILIZATION DETAILS...AT LEAST A FEW STRONG/POTENTIALLY
SEVERE TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS SUCH AS EASTERN WA/FAR
NORTHEAST ORE INTO FAR NORTHERN ID/NORTHWEST MT...WITH HAIL/WIND
POSSIBLE. ADDITIONALLY...OTHER MORE ISOLATED TSTMS...A FEW POSSIBLY
SEVERE...MAY ALSO DEVELOP INTO ADDITIONAL PARTS OF CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST
MT WITHIN THE MOIST/INSTABILITY AXIS FOCUSED NEAR/NORTHEAST OF THE
MOUNTAINS.
...TN VALLEY TO CAROLINAS...
WEAK HEIGHT FALLS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE REGION ON THE SOUTHERN
FRINGES OF STRONGER CYCLONIC WESTERLIES ALOFT. WHILE THE EXACT
DEGREE/SPATIAL LOCATIONS OF STRONGER DESTABILIZATION ARE UNCERTAIN
AT THIS JUNCTURE...AT LEAST A FEW STRONGER/POTENTIALLY SEVERE TSTMS
WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITHIN A MOIST/MODESTLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
ALONG/SOUTH OF A PERSISTENT SLOW SOUTHWARD-SHIFTING EFFECTIVE
FRONTAL ZONE. DOWNBURSTS CAPABLE OF LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE MAY BE
SPORADICALLY POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
..GUYER.. 08/09/2013
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