SPC AC 270714
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0214 AM CDT TUE OCT 27 2015
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SUMMARY...
A STRONG STORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
ON THURSDAY MORNING AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS ON
FRIDAY MORNING.
...SYNOPSIS...
VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES SHOULD EJECT TOWARDS
NRN NEW ENGLAND AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY EARLY FRI. OCCLUDING
SURFACE CYCLONE SHOULD TRACK FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TO QUEBEC
WITH ATTENDANT COLD/OCCLUDING FRONT PUSHING E OFF THE NEW
ENGLAND/NORTHEAST COAST THU MORNING. IN THE SOUTHWEST...A COUPLE OF
SHORTWAVE IMPULSES SHOULD AID IN AMPLIFICATION OF A MID-LEVEL TROUGH
TOWARDS THE GULF OF CA.
...SRN NEW ENGLAND...
A NON-ZERO BUT MINIMAL SEVERE PROBABILITY MAY EXIST DURING THE FIRST
COUPLE HOURS OF THE PERIOD PRIOR TO THE FRONT SWEEPING OFFSHORE.
GIVEN TIME OF DAY AND LIKELIHOOD FOR SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION TO BE ONGOING...SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY SHOULD BE
QUITE LIMITED TO NON-EXISTENT. WITH SUCH A SHORT TEMPORAL WINDOW FOR
STRONG LOW-LEVEL SHEAR TO OVERLAY A MARGINAL WARM SECTOR...WILL
DEFER TO LATER OUTLOOKS FOR A POSSIBLE CONDITIONAL SEVERE RISK OF
PRIMARILY DAMAGING WIND.
...RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF S-CNTRL TX...
AFTER A RECENT FRONTAL INTRUSION INTO THE WRN GULF WITH A DRY
CONTINENTAL AIR MASS TO THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY CHARACTERIZED BY
PW VALUES BELOW A HALF INCH PER CURRENT GOES/GPS DATA...AIR MASS
MODIFICATION/TRANSPORT WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL ON D2 INTO D3. NWWD
MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY PRONOUNCED LATE D3 AS A
LLJ INTENSIFIES DOWNSTREAM OF THE DESERT SW/GULF OF CA MID-LEVEL
TROUGH. MOST GUIDANCE APPEARS TOO ROBUST WITH SURFACE-BASED
INSTABILITY/BUOYANCY...ESPECIALLY GIVEN SWLY FLOW AROUND 700-800 MB
LIKELY INHIBITING SURFACE-BASED CONVECTION. WHILE ELEVATED
CONVECTION IS ANTICIPATED FARTHER N...MODEST MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES
SHOULD TEND TOWARDS SMALL HAIL.
..GRAMS.. 10/27/2015
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