SPC AC 110726
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0226 AM CDT TUE AUG 11 2015
VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SUMMARY...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THURSDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
ROCKIES...THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION...AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST.
SEVERE WEATHER RISK APPEARS LOW ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
...SYNOPSIS...
SLOW EWD PROGRESSION OF THE LARGE-SCALE UPPER PATTERN IS FORECAST
DAY 3...PARTICULARLY OVER THE W WHERE THE UPPER LOW WHICH HAS
LINGERED OFF THE W COAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS IS PROGGED TO BEGIN
EJECTING NEWD INTO THE PAC NW THIS PERIOD. MEANWHILE...A LARGE
RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE ROCKIES/PLAINS STATES WHILE MEAN
TROUGHING PERSISTS OVER THE ERN STATES.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST NEAR A
LINGERING/REMNANT FRONT...AND ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES AND
VICINITY AS WEAK DISTURBANCES CONTINUE SHIFTING SEWD ACROSS THE AREA
IN NWLY FLOW ALOFT AROUND THE NERN FRINGE OF THE UPPER RIDGE. A
WEAK COOL FRONT SHIFTING SWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE WEAK SHORT-WAVE TROUGHING MAY FOCUS A FEW SHOWERS AND
STORMS...BUT SEVERE RISK APPEARS LOW IN BOTH AREAS.
FINALLY...DIURNAL STORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WRN CONUS. FAIRLY WEAK LARGE-SCALE
ASCENT IS PROGGED BENEATH THE UPPER RIDGE WHICH -- COMBINED WITH
WEAK CAPE -- SUGGESTS LITTLE TO NO SEVERE RISK IN MOST AREAS. ONE
EXCEPTION COULD BE ACROSS THE PAC NW VICINITY...WHERE STRONGER
ASCENT AND STRENGTHENING FLOW ALOFT WILL SPREAD INLAND IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER SYSTEM. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS
ATTM THAT WEAK INSTABILITY SHOULD LARGELY LIMIT STORM INTENSITY --
SUCH THAT INTRODUCTION OF EVEN LOW /5%/ SEVERE PROBABILITY AREA DOES
NOT APPEAR WARRANTED ATTM.
..GOSS.. 08/11/2015
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