SPC AC 301231
Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0731 AM CDT Sat Oct 30 2021
Valid 301300Z - 311200Z
...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST...
...SUMMARY...
Organized severe thunderstorms are not forecast across the
contiguous United States today or tonight.
...Synopsis/Discussion...
The mid/upper-level pattern over the CONUS will be dominated by
three substantial perturbations this period:
1. A major synoptic-scale cyclone now over the Appalachians
forecast to continue filling while pivoting northeastward to NY and
Lake Ontario by 12Z tomorrow. The associated swath of elevated
low-level warm advection and related destabilization above the
boundary layer will support 200-800 J/kg MUCAPE and thunderstorm
potential from this afternoon into tonight across roughly the
eastern 3/4 of New England. Relatively stable air should remain in
the boundary layer, with the surface occlusion triple point
remaining just offshore, south through east of ACK. A few strong
gusts may penetrate to the surface, especially over coastal
southeastern MA and the nearby islands, but severe potential appears
too minimal for an unconditional outlook.
2. A northern-stream synoptic trough moving eastward over central
Canada and the adjoining northern Plains/Upper Midwest, with the
underlying air mass too dry for thunderstorms; and
3. A compact cyclone now evident in moisture-channel imagery west
of Cape Mendocino, CA. This circulation will move slowly
northeastward across the northwest tip of CA and over coastal OR
through the period. Downstream, strongly difluent flow aloft and
several small shots of DCVA, along with marginal midlevel moisture,
will continue to support sporadic thunder over portions of far
northern CA to central OR today, and perhaps parts of the northern
Great Basin region the last few hours of the period.
..Edwards/Mosier.. 10/30/2021
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