Oct 27, 2020 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
Updated: Tue Oct 27 17:22:37 UTC 2020 (20201027 1730Z Day 2 shapefile | 20201027 1730Z Day 2 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20201027 1730 UTC Day 2 Outlook Graphic
Day 2 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
SLIGHT 18,876 1,903,660 Mobile, AL...Gulfport, MS...Pensacola, FL...Biloxi, MS...Panama City, FL...
MARGINAL 28,104 2,296,487 New Orleans, LA...Montgomery, AL...Metairie, LA...Kenner, LA...Dothan, AL...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20201027 1730 UTC Day 2 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 2 Tornado Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
5 % 18,709 1,900,688 Mobile, AL...Gulfport, MS...Pensacola, FL...Biloxi, MS...Panama City, FL...
2 % 27,884 2,293,413 New Orleans, LA...Montgomery, AL...Metairie, LA...Kenner, LA...Dothan, AL...
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20201027 1730 UTC Day 2 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 2 Wind Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
No Risk Areas Forecast
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20201027 1730 UTC Day 2 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 2 Hail Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
No Risk Areas Forecast
   SPC AC 271722

   Day 2 Convective Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1222 PM CDT Tue Oct 27 2020

   Valid 281200Z - 291200Z

   ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
   THE CENTRAL GULF COAST...

   ...SUMMARY...
   A few tornadoes are expected from late in the day Wednesday through
   Thursday morning over parts of the central Gulf Coast states in
   association with Zeta.

   ...Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle...
   Zeta is forecast to make landfall late in the day on Wednesday over
   southeast Louisiana, and will weaken as it moves toward northwest
   Georgia by Thursday morning.

   Preceding landfall, southeasterly low-level winds will maintain 70s
   F dewpoints across southern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the
   Florida Panhandle. MUCAPE of 500-1000 J/kg will develop, and
   isolated thunderstorms cannot be ruled out during the day over
   southern Mississippi and southeast Louisiana. Shear at this time
   will be marginal for any severe threat, but weak rotation will be
   possible with any cells.

   A rapid increase in low-level shear resulting in large, looping
   hodographs will occur after 00Z along and east of the center track.
   SBCAPE may only be a few hundred J/kg near the center due to warming
   aloft, but strong lift and very strong shear immediately east of the
   center track may lead to rotating storms and a couple tornadoes.

   Between 06-12Z Thursday morning, continued low-level theta-e
   advection, convergence extending southward into the northern Gulf
   and favorable shear may support a line of supercells from southern
   Alabama into the Florida Panhandle where 0-1 SRH is expected to
   exceed 400 m2/s2. This will support a tornado threat as well, before
   winds rapidly veer with the passage of Zeta to the north.

   ..Jewell.. 10/27/2020

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