Nov 15, 2020 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Sun Nov 15 16:29:39 UTC 2020 (20201115 1630Z Day 1 shapefile | 20201115 1630Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20201115 1630 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Day 1 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 59,645 45,226,451 New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Columbus, OH...Baltimore, MD...Washington, DC...
MARGINAL 132,661 35,356,299 Detroit, MI...Boston, MA...Virginia Beach, VA...Pittsburgh, PA...Toledo, OH...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20201115 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
No Risk Areas Forecast
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20201115 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 % 59,599 45,197,127 New York, NY...Philadelphia, PA...Columbus, OH...Baltimore, MD...Washington, DC...
5 % 132,920 35,401,478 Detroit, MI...Boston, MA...Virginia Beach, VA...Pittsburgh, PA...Toledo, OH...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20201115 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
No Risk Areas Forecast
   SPC AC 151629

   Day 1 Convective Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1029 AM CST Sun Nov 15 2020

   Valid 151630Z - 161200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PARTS OF OH AND
   THE NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC STATES...

   ...SUMMARY...
   Strong to severe wind gusts will remain possible with low-topped
   showers and thunderstorms from the Lower Great Lakes to the
   Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States through early tonight.

   ...Lower Great Lakes to Mid-Atlantic/Northeast...
   Scattered thunderstorms are ongoing across southeast Lower MI into
   western OH with a history of widespread strong to isolated severe
   wind gusts. This initial activity may struggle to further intensify
   owing to boundary-layer dew points in the lower 50s within a narrow
   spatial corridor ahead of this convection. It should eventually
   outpace this narrow wedge of surface-based instability as it spreads
   east/north of Lake Erie later this afternoon.

   A more pronounced squall line is expected to develop around 21-23Z
   from central NY to central VA and sweep east-northeast across the
   Northeast and New England coast through early tonight within an
   intense shear/minimally buoyant environment. This squall should
   develop as the robust cold front impinges on low-level moisture
   advecting north from the Carolinas/South Atlantic Coast. Between
   00-03Z, mid 50s boundary-layer dew points should reach as far north
   as eastern PA into southern New England along the track of secondary
   cyclogenesis. While low-level lapse rates will probably remain
   weaker relative to the Lower Great Lakes region, the comparatively
   richer low-level moisture should compensate. It is plausible that
   lightning generation may be confined to areas farther north amid
   scant elevated buoyancy and greater large-scale ascent.
   Nevertheless, the presence of a low-topped squall line amid 50-60 kt
   925-mb winds suggest strong to severe wind gusts are possible even
   in the absence of lightning. As such, this region has been upgraded
   to Slight Risk.

   ..Grams/Dean.. 11/15/2020

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