New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Baltimore, MD...Washington, DC...Kansas City, MO...
SPC AC 190712
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0212 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID MS
VALLEY AND NRN OH VALLEY...
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE CNTRL AND
NRN PLAINS...
...SUMMARY...
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ON SUNDAY FROM THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY WHERE
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. OTHER MARGINALLY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL POTENTIAL MAY OCCUR
ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHEASTERN STATES. MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS
WITH HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF
THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS...LOWER TO MID MISSOURI VALLEY AND
IN THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS ON SUNDAY.
...MID MS AND OH VALLEYS...
A LONG STRETCH OF WEST TO NORTHWEST MID-LEVEL FLOW IS FORECAST ON
SUNDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE NRN CONUS. AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS
FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE NRN PLAINS AS A BELT OF STRONG MID-LEVEL
FLOW SPREADS EWD ACROSS THE NCNTRL STATES. AT THE SFC...A
QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT IS FORECAST TO BE IN PLACE FROM THE CNTRL
PLAINS EWD INTO NRN PARTS OF THE OH VALLEY...ALONG WHICH
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DUE TO
THE MID-LEVEL FLOW WHICH IS FORECAST TO BE PARALLEL TO AN ELONGATED
EAST TO WEST FETCH OF STRONG INSTABILITY...A DAMAGING WIND EVENT CAN
NOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY AND NRN OH VALLEY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. NAM FORECAST SOUNDING FOR 21Z/SUNDAY FROM CNTRL IL EWD
INTO SRN OH SHOW SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S F...MLCAPE VALUES OF
3000 TO 4500 J/KG WITH 30 TO 40 KT OF 0-6 KM SHEAR. THIS WOULD BE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS ESPECIALLY IF A FORWARD PROPAGATING
BOWING LINE SEGMENT CAN DEVELOP LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS
POINT...THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SEVERE THREAT REMAINS UNCERTAIN AND
COULD BE DRIVEN BY MESOSCALE FACTORS. THE THREAT OF A SEVERE MCS
APPEARS GREAT ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE ADDITION OF A SLIGHT RISK AREA
EXTENDING EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE OH VALLEY STATES.
...NORTHEASTERN STATES...
A SUBTLE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE EWD INTO THE NERN
STATES ON SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCES SEWD INTO THE LOWER GREAT
LAKES REGION. MODERATE INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND INCREASING
LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE SHOULD RESULT IN THE INITIATION OF
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE BOUNDARY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS
CONVECTION IS FORECAST TO MOVE EWD ACROSS NRN PA...NY AND INTO WRN
NEW ENGLAND DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS IN THE
HUDSON VALLEY OF ERN NY AT 00Z/MONDAY SHOW SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE
UPPER 60S F WITH MLCAPE NEAR 1500 J/KG AND 25 TO 30 KT OF 0-6 KM
SHEAR. THIS MAY BE ENOUGH FOR AN ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE THREAT WITH
THE STRONGER MULTICELL LINE SEGMENTS.
...NRN AND CNTRL PLAINS...
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE EWD INTO THE NRN PLAINS ON
SUNDAY AS A COLD FRONT ADVANCES SEWD ACROSS THE REGION. AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...MODERATE INSTABILITY SHOULD DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON WITH
THUNDERSTORMS INITIATING ALONG THE BOUNDARY. ALTHOUGH MODERATE
DEEP-LAYER SHEAR IS FORECAST ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS WHICH COULD BE
SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERE STORMS...MODEL SOLUTIONS VARY CONCERNING THE
TIMING OF THE FRONT AND MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT.
FOR THIS REASON...WILL KEEP THE THREAT AT MARGINAL ACROSS THE CNTRL
AND NRN PLAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS SHOULD
BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THE MORE INTENSE CELLS.
..BROYLES.. 06/19/2015
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