Virginia Beach, VA...Raleigh, NC...Tampa, FL...Norfolk, VA...Chesapeake, VA...
SPC AC 161730
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1130 AM CST SUN NOV 16 2014
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
FL/SOUTH GA...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
COASTAL SOUTHEAST STATES...
...SUMMARY...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY
FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA THROUGH SOUTH GEORGIA TO THE EASTERN
CAROLINAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD POSE A THREAT FOR ISOLATED
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.
...SYNOPSIS...
A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED/BLOCKY LONGWAVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
CONUS THROUGH MONDAY. THIS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED BY A PERSISTENT UPPER
RIDGE OVER WESTERN CANADA/CONUS...WITH A SLOW-EASTWARD-SHIFTING
LONGWAVE TROUGH EAST OF THE ROCKIES. A RELATIVELY MOIST AIR MASS
PRECEDING AN EASTWARD-MOVING COLD FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL...INCLUDING SOME SEVERE
RISK.
...NORTHERN FL/SOUTH GA...
LOW-LEVEL MOISTENING /60S F SURFACE DEWPOINTS/ WILL CONTINUE TO
OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF AN
EASTWARD-MOVING COLD FRONT. AIDED BY THE WARM CONVEYOR...IT APPEARS
THAT STRONGER-CALIBER STORMS INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS COULD BE
ONGOING AROUND THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF
OF MEXICO/APALACHICOLA VICINITY MONDAY MORNING. THESE EARLY DAY
STRONG/SEVERE STORMS COULD GRADUALLY SPREAD INLAND ACROSS PARTS OF
EASTERN FL PANHANDLE AND/OR THE NORTHERN FL PENINSULA DURING THE
DAY...WHILE OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POTENTIALLY DEVELOP/MATURE
IMMEDIATELY NEAR THE EASTWARD-MOVING COLD FRONT WITHIN A SOMEWHAT
LESS FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT ACROSS SOUTH GA. THE
INFLUENCE OF STRONG DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SOME
SUPERCELL/SUSTAINED LINE SEGMENT POTENTIAL WITH AN ASSOCIATED
DAMAGING WIND/ISOLATED TORNADO RISK...ALTHOUGH LOW-LEVEL WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO VEER DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER SYSTEM BEGINS TO
SPREAD AWAY THE REGION.
...EASTERN CAROLINAS/SOUTHEAST VA...
CONSIDERABLY STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS
DURING THE DAY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A STEADY INFLUX OF GULF STREAM
RELATED MOISTURE /LOW-MIDDLE 60S F SURFACE DEWPOINTS/ ACROSS THE
COASTAL PLAIN/PIEDMONT AREAS OF THE CAROLINAS/SOUTHEAST VA MONDAY.
ALTHOUGH MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL REMAIN WEAK...AFOREMENTIONED
LOW-LEVEL MOISTENING MAY CONTRIBUTE TO AS MUCH AS 500-1000 J/KG OF
MLCAPE WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR MONDAY LATE MORNING/AFTERNOON. GIVEN
THAT THESE STORMS WILL BE EMBEDDED WITHIN A VERY STRONG SHEAR
ENVIRONMENT...AT LEAST A CONDITIONAL/MARGINAL RISK FOR DAMAGING
WINDS/POSSIBLY A TORNADO WILL EXIST. PORTIONS OF THE REGION WILL BE
REEVALUATED FOR A CATEGORICAL SLIGHT RISK IN THE DAY 1 PERIOD.
...COASTAL MID-ATLANTIC STATES/SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...
AIDED BY ROBUST FORCING/VERTICAL SHEAR...A STRONGLY
FORCED/FAST-MOVING LOW-TOPPED CONVECTIVE LINE MAY EVOLVE BY LATE
MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING NEAR THE ADVANCING COLD FRONT. A FEW
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR POSSIBLE. CONVECTIVELY-ENHANCED WIND
GUSTS CANNOT BE ENTIRELY DISCOUNTED...ALTHOUGH A RELATIVELY STABLE
NEAR-SURFACE LAYER WILL TEND TO BE AN DETERRING FACTOR.
..GUYER.. 11/16/2014
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