SPC AC 250651
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0151 AM CDT SUN AUG 25 2013
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...UPPER MS VALLEY/GREAT LAKES...
MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT REGARDING THE DOMINANT UPPER
HIGH THAT HAS SETTLED INTO THE MID SECTION OF THE U.S. DIFFERENCES
ARISE AMONG THE NAM/GFS/ECMWF REGARDING THE RIDGE-TOPPING SHORT-WAVE
TROUGH LATE MONDAY AND ITS ULTIMATE MOVEMENT DOWNSTREAM. 00Z NAM
ALLOWS FOR A BIT MORE DIGGING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THAN EITHER THE
GFS/ECMWF WHICH RESULTS IN SFC FRONT SAGGING SWD ACROSS MN/WI/LOWER
MI DURING THE PERIOD. OTHER SHORT-RANGE GUIDANCE IS MUCH SLOWER
WITH THIS SWD PUSH DUE TO SHORT-WAVE POSITION.
LATE DAY2 CONVECTION AND ITS STRENGTH/ORGANIZATION WILL CERTAINLY
INFLUENCE SWD PUSH OF SYNOPTIC FRONT ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. GIVEN
THE UNCERTAINTY OF THIS BOUNDARY HAVE OPTED TO INTRODUCE 5 PERCENT
SEVERE PROBS TO ACCOUNT FOR VARIANCES IN FRONTAL POSITION AND
ATTENDANT CONVECTIVE THREAT. STRONG HEATING WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN
TSTM DEVELOPMENT AS SFC TEMPERATURES SOAR WELL INTO THE 90S WHERE
LOW LEVEL FLOW VEERS JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STORMS THAT DEVELOP
NEAR THIS BOUNDARY WILL DO SO WITHIN MODEST DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND
ADEQUATE INSTABILITY ENVIRONMENT FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED DAMAGING
WINDS AND PERHAPS SOME HAIL.
..DARROW.. 08/25/2013
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