Apr 11, 2015 0600 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Updated: Sat Apr 11 05:45:52 UTC 2015 (20150411 0600Z Day 2 shapefile | 20150411 0600Z Day 2 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20150411 0600 UTC Day 2 Outlook Graphic
Day 2 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
MARGINAL 137,724 12,745,955 Houston, TX...San Antonio, TX...Austin, TX...Kansas City, MO...Wichita, KS...
Probabilistic Graphic
20150411 0600 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
Probability of severe weather within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of significant severe within 25 miles of a point.
Day 2 Prob. Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
5 % 136,271 12,664,929 Houston, TX...San Antonio, TX...Austin, TX...Kansas City, MO...Wichita, KS...
   SPC AC 110545

   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1245 AM CDT SAT APR 11 2015

   VALID 121200Z - 131200Z

   ...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS KS...WRN MO...NRN OK...

   ...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS SRN TX...

   ...SUMMARY...
   SCATTERED STORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS KANSAS...MISSOURI...OKLAHOMA AND
   TEXAS...WITH A FEW STRONG STORMS POSSIBLE. GENERAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE
   EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST AND FLORIDA.

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A LEADING SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM ERN KS INTO MO EARLY IN
   THE DAY AHEAD OF A POTENT LARGER-SCALE SHORTWAVE AFFECTING THE NRN
   PLAINS. A LOW-PRESSURE TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THE NRN SYSTEM WILL
   STRETCH FROM MN INTO THE OK/TX PANHANDLES AROUND 00Z...WITH SLY
   SURFACE WINDS HELPING TO INCREASE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WITH DEWPOINTS
   NEAR 60 F INTO KS.

   TO THE S...A SRN-STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL PROGRESS EWD ACROSS
   NRN MX AND INTO TX LATE IN THE PERIOD...WITH UPPER 60S F DEWPOINTS
   ACROSS MUCH OF SRN AND COASTAL TX. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL
   OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THIS NWD RETURN OF MOISTURE FROM TX EWD ALONG
   THE GULF COAST STATES.

   ...MUCH OF KS...NWRN MO...NRN OK...
   ELEVATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING ACROSS CNTRL/ERN KS INTO
   NRN MO WITH LIFT SUPPORTED VIA WARM ADVECTION WITH THE LOW-LEVEL
   JET. COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT MAY SUPPORT MARGINAL HAIL WITH THIS
   EARLY ACTIVITY.

   LATER IN THE DAY...STRONG HEATING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE LOW-PRESSURE
   TROUGH WITH CONVERGENCE LIKELY SUPPORTING AT LEAST ISOLATED
   THUNDERSTORMS. COOL TEMPERATURES ALOFT AS WELL AS SUFFICIENTLY
   STRONG SHEAR PROFILES WILL FAVOR A CONDITIONAL HAIL THREAT ALONG THE
   LENGTH OF THE BOUNDARY...BUT COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED.

   ...SRN TX...
   NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE ONGOING FROM TX EWD ALONG THE
   GULF COAST WITH SLY FLOW OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO. WIDESPREAD CLOUDS
   WILL LIMIT HEATING EXCEPT FOR SRN TX INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
   HERE...INSTABILITY WILL BUILD DURING THE DAY AND MAY SUPPORT
   ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL OR WIND AS THE UPPER TROUGH NEARS AND MID TO
   UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE ENHANCED. THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS MAY
   BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AN EWD PROGRESSION OF STORMS ACROSS THE RIO
   GRANDE DESPITE SOME CAPPING CONCERNS LATE.

   ..JEWELL.. 04/11/2015

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