May 29, 2020 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Fri May 29 15:41:01 UTC 2020 (20200529 1630Z Day 1 shapefile | 20200529 1630Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20200529 1630 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Day 1 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 143,153 31,328,528 Baltimore, MD...Washington, DC...Cleveland, OH...Pittsburgh, PA...Buffalo, NY...
MARGINAL 326,021 48,551,715 New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Detroit, MI...Columbus, OH...Charlotte, NC...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20200529 1630 UTC Day 1 Tornado Probabilities Graphic
Probability of a tornado within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of EF2 - EF5 tornadoes within 25 miles of a point.
Day 1 Tornado Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
2 % 78,902 19,783,212 Baltimore, MD...Washington, DC...Arlington, VA...Syracuse, NY...Alexandria, VA...
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20200529 1630 UTC Day 1 Damaging Wind Probabilities Graphic
Probability of damaging thunderstorm winds or wind gusts of 50 knots or higher within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% of greater probability of wind gusts 65 knots or greater within 25 miles of a point.
Day 1 Wind Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
15 % 143,167 31,340,534 Baltimore, MD...Washington, DC...Cleveland, OH...Pittsburgh, PA...Buffalo, NY...
5 % 321,960 48,499,186 New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Detroit, MI...Columbus, OH...Charlotte, NC...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20200529 1630 UTC Day 1 Large Hail Probabilities Graphic
Probability of hail 1" or larger within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of hail 2" or larger within 25 miles of a point.
Day 1 Hail Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
15 % 66,572 17,155,179 Baltimore, MD...Washington, DC...Arlington, VA...Syracuse, NY...Alexandria, VA...
5 % 383,257 52,922,546 New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Columbus, OH...Charlotte, NC...Cleveland, OH...
   SPC AC 291541

   Day 1 Convective Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1041 AM CDT Fri May 29 2020

   Valid 291630Z - 301200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST
   STATES...

   ...SUMMARY...
   Scattered severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and large hail
   are likely across parts of the Northeast states through about 9 PM
   EDT.

   ...Northeast...
   Scattered thunderstorms are expected across a broad swath of the
   region. These should be primarily focused along a cold front in OH,
   pre-frontal convergence zone off the Lower Great Lakes in western
   NY, and along a lee trough from eastern NY to northern VA. While
   mid-level lapse rates will remain weak, robust boundary-layer
   heating is underway, especially ahead of the lee trough. With
   strengthening mid-level southwesterlies, 30-50 kt effective shear
   will be supportive of a mixed mode of transient supercells embedded
   within clusters that should largely congeal into multiple linear
   segments. Scattered damaging winds should be the primary threat.
   Convection along the lee trough will have the best chance to produce
   severe hail given larger buoyancy with MLCAPE likely reaching
   1000-2000 J/kg, as well as the possibility of a tornado or two
   during the late afternoon and early evening. 

   ...Northwest...
   Isolated thunderstorms should develop at peak heating within an arc
   of ambient anticyclonic mid-level flow across the northern Rockies,
   most likely off the Sawtooths and Big Horns. Sufficient deep-layer
   shear and steep lapse rates will exist for a risk of localized
   severe gusts and marginally severe hail into this evening.

   ..Grams/Moore.. 05/29/2020

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