SPC AC 190544
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1144 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SUMMARY...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA INTO THE
WESTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY AFTER DARK.
...OK TO TN...
MID-LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD/DEVELOP SEWD ACROSS
THE ROCKIES TOWARD THE CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS AS SPEED MAX DIGS
TOWARD SRN NV. IN RESPONSE TO DEVELOPING WRN U.S.
TROUGH...FAVORABLE LOW-LEVEL TRAJECTORIES ACROSS THE WRN GULF BASIN
SHOULD ALLOW MODIFIED AIR MASS TO ADVANCE INLAND ACROSS EAST TX
TOWARD THE ARKLATEX...WHERE SFC DEW POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH
60F ACROSS THE WARM SECTOR. WHILE WARMING/MOISTENING IS EXPECTED
ACROSS EAST TX IT APPEARS THIS REGION WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CAPPED.
PRIMARY CONCERN FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE NORTH OF
RETREATING BOUNDARY WHERE WARM ADVECTION...AIDED BY STRONG BUT
VEERED LLJ...SHOULD INDUCE ELEVATED CONVECTION DURING THE LATTER
HALF OF THE PERIOD. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST PARCELS LIFTED NEAR
850MB WILL YIELD THE MOST INSTABILITY...WITH MUCAPE POSSIBLY IN
EXCESS OF 500 J/KG. GIVEN THE STRONG CLOUD-BEARING SHEAR THERE WILL
BE A PROPENSITY FOR ROTATION AND SMALL HAIL COULD CERTAINLY
ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST UPDRAFTS. PRIMARY LIMITING FACTOR FOR LARGE
HAIL IS THE MEAGER INSTABILITY...THUS HAIL SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY
SUB-SEVERE.
..DARROW.. 02/19/2015
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