Jan 21, 2014 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Tue Jan 21 16:18:35 UTC 2014 (20140121 1630Z Day 1 shapefile | 20140121 1630Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20140121 1630 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20140121 1630 UTC Day 1 Tornado Probabilities 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.
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20140121 1630 UTC Day 1 Damaging Wind Probabilities 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.
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20140121 1630 UTC Day 1 Large Hail Probabilities 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.
Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
No Risk Areas Forecast
   SPC AC 211613

   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1013 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014

   VALID 211630Z - 221200Z

   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...

   ...SYNOPSIS...

   A MULTI-STREAM LONG-WAVE TROUGH WILL BE MAINTAINED OVER ERN NORTH
   AMERICA THROUGH THE D1 PERIOD WITH THE PRIMARY FEATURE OF INTEREST
   BEING A STRONG SHORT-WAVE TROUGH OVER THE LOWER OH/TN VALLEYS WHICH
   WILL TRANSLATE EWD TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY LATE EVENING BEFORE
   TURNING NEWD AND DE-AMPLIFYING OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT. THIS SHORT-WAVE
   TROUGH WILL BE PRECEDED BY A LOWER-LATITUDE VORTICITY RIBBON WHICH
   WILL PROGRESS SEWD ACROSS THE NRN/CNTRL GULF OF MEXICO AND THE FL
   PENINSULA TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

   IN THE LOW LEVELS...A DEEPENING LEE CYCLONE ALONG THE VA-NC BORDER
   AS OF MID MORNING WILL DEVELOP NEWD OFF THE COAST BY MID TO LATE
   AFTERNOON WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT ADVANCING SEWD THROUGH THE SERN
   U.S.  

   ...FL TODAY...

   A PRE-FRONTAL BAND OF CONVECTION WITH EMBEDDED TSTMS IS CURRENTLY
   MOVING ONSHORE INVOF CTY WITHIN A ZONE OF LOW-LEVEL THETA-E
   ADVECTION AND DCVA ATTENDANT TO THE VORTICITY RIBBON MENTIONED
   ABOVE.  LATEST CONVECTION-ALLOWING MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT THIS
   ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE/DEVELOP EWD ACROSS NRN/CNTRL PARTS OF THE
   PENINSULA TODAY WITHIN A THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT MARGINALLY
   SUPPORTIVE OF ISOLATED TSTMS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

   ..MEAD/GARNER.. 01/21/2014

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