Mar 7, 2014 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Fri Mar 7 20:03:36 UTC 2014 (20140307 2000Z Day 1 shapefile | 20140307 2000Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20140307 2000 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20140307 2000 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
20140307 2000 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
20140307 2000 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 072000

   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0200 PM CST FRI MAR 07 2014

   VALID 072000Z - 081200Z

   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...

   ...20Z UPDATE...
   WHILE A FEW STRONGER WIND GUSTS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NM
   THIS AFTERNOON...FURTHER EVALUATION OF SHORT-TERM
   OBSERVATIONAL/MODEL DATA SUGGEST THAT THE OVERALL SEVERE POTENTIAL
   WILL REMAIN VERY MARGINAL.

   ..GUYER.. 03/07/2014

   .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1100 AM CST FRI MAR 07 2014/

   ...SYNOPSIS...

   PROGRESSIVE SPLIT FLOW SYNOPTIC REGIME WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE U.S.
   TODAY. SRN STREAM CUTOFF UPPER LOW MOVING INTO THE CAROLINAS WILL
   EXIT THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE FARTHER
   WEST A SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER WRN KS/OK WILL DEAMPLIFY AS IT MOVES
   THROUGH THE MS...TN AND OH VALLEYS TONIGHT. WEST OF THIS FEATURE A
   POSITIVE TILT SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE CNTRL AND
   SRN ROCKIES BEFORE EMERGING OVER THE SRN HIGH PLAINS LATE TONIGHT.
   AT THE SFC A COLD FRONT FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY SWWD THROUGH THE
   CNTRL HIGH PLAINS WILL CONTINUE SWD. BY 12Z SATURDAY THIS BOUNDARY
   WILL LIKELY EXTEND FROM THE GREAT LAKES SWWD INTO NRN OK AND THE
   HIGH PLAINS OF WRN TX. 

   ...CNTRL AND SRN ROCKIES THROUGH SRN PLAINS...

   PRECEDING THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW LOCATED OVER THE GREAT
   BASIN...LAPSE RATES WILL STEEPEN OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SRN
   ROCKIES IN RESPONSE TO DIABATIC WARMING AND ADVECT EWD THROUGH THE
   SRN HIGH PLAINS. DESPITE LIMITED LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE...THE STEEPENING
   LAPSE RATES...COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND MID-UPPER ASCENT PROMOTED
   BY THE PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AT LEAST
   MODEST 300-500 MUCAPE ACROSS THE SRN ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON.
   SCATTERED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP FROM ERN AZ
   THROUGH SRN CO AND NRN NM WITH STORMS LIKELY TO BE SLIGHTLY MORE
   NUMEROUS ACROSS NRN NM. GIVEN INVERTED-V BOUNDARY LAYERS...A FEW
   STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONG GUST WINDS. ACTIVITY WILL
   DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING WITH LOSS OF DIABATIC HEATING. 

   FARTHER EAST...STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL SPREAD EWD THROUGH
   NRN TX AND OK TONIGHT ABOVE THE SWD ADVANCING FRONT...RESULTING IN
   300-500 J/KG MUCAPE ROOTED AROUND 700-750 MB. ISENTROPIC ASCENT IN
   POST FRONTAL ZONE...AUGMENTED BY A VORT MAX EJECTING AHEAD OF THE
   MAIN UPPER TROUGH WILL LIKELY PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW
   ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS.

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