SPC AC 080431
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1031 PM CST FRI NOV 07 2014
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SUMMARY...
A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...THE RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE U.S. APPEARS NEGLIGIBLE.
...SYNOPSIS...
BROADLY CYCLONIC MID/UPPER FLOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS MUCH
OF THE NORTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHEASTERN U.S...ON THE SOUTHERN
PERIPHERY OF A DEEP CLOSED LOW OF ARCTIC ORIGINS...WHICH IS FORECAST
TO TURN SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN ONTARIO SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...A SHORT WAVE IMPULSE EMERGING FROM THE
NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC APPEARS LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRANSITION
TO INCREASINGLY CYCLONIC MID/UPPER FLOW FROM THE CANADIAN ROCKIES
THROUGH THE NORTHERN U.S. ROCKIES...WHICH MODELS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL
PLAINS. STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW
LIKELY WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LATTER DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN INTO CENTRAL PLAINS. HOWEVER...LITTLE FURTHER MOISTENING
IS ANTICIPATED...AS SUBSTANTIVE MID TO LOWER TROPOSPHERIC DRYING IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF BASIN...IN THE WAKE OF
A SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE TROUGH PIVOTING ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO TOWARD THE FLORIDA PENINSULA.
...FLORIDA...
ALTHOUGH AN INITIAL WEAK SURFACE WAVE MAY BE IN THE PROCESS OF
MIGRATING WELL EAST OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA BY 12Z SUNDAY...WITH
THE UPPER IMPULSE LAGGING TO THE WEST...THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL ZONE
MAY BE SLOW TO PROGRESS THROUGH SOUTHERN FLORIDA AND THE KEYS.
GIVEN THE POSSIBLE CONTINUING PRESENCE OF THE FRONT...AND A MODESTLY
MOIST...WEAKLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS AHEAD OF IT...THE RISK FOR
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
DEEP LAYER SHEAR BENEATH MODERATE TO STRONG CYCLONIC MID/UPPER FLOW
COULD BECOME FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED SUPERCELLS. HOWEVER...MUCH
DEPENDS ON THE FRONTAL POSITION...WHICH REMAINS UNCERTAIN.
AND...GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED MARGINAL NATURE OF THE THERMODYNAMIC
ENVIRONMENT...SEVERE PROBABILITIES STILL APPEAR LESS THAN 5 PERCENT
AT THE PRESENT TIME.
..KERR.. 11/08/2014
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