SPC AC 191935
Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0135 PM CST Sun Dec 19 2021
Valid 192000Z - 201200Z
...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST...
...SUMMARY...
Severe thunderstorms are not expected through tonight.
...20Z Outlook Update...
Modest to weak pre-frontal flow near the surface through around 850
mb has gradually veered to an increasing westerly component across
much of Florida. An area of scattered weak, but deepening,
convection is evident just ahead of the front, to the west and
southwest of the Jacksonville area. This seems to provide the
primary lingering risk for renewed thunderstorm development, with a
moist boundary layer across northern Atlantic coastal areas (as far
south as Daytona Beach) now appearing characterized by moderate CAPE
on the order of 1500 J/kg. However, large-scale forcing for ascent
is generally weak, and remaining risk for thunderstorms probably
will diminish after 00Z.
..Kerr.. 12/19/2021
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1027 AM CST Sun Dec 19 2021/
...Northern Florida/southeast Georgia...
A moist and modestly unstable air mass precedes an
east/southeastward-advancing cold front. Widely scattered showers
and thunderstorms will remain a possibility, with the potential for
thunderstorms to redevelop along the front this afternoon in the
wake of more prevalent activity in the predawn hours. While a strong
wind gust or two could occur, the potential for severe-caliber
storms is likely to remain minimal given weak lapse rates aloft and
the marginality of overall buoyancy.
...South Texas...
As per the 12Z observed sounding from Brownsville, thermodynamic
profiles ahead of an approaching upper trough over northern Mexico
will be marginally supportive of isolated elevated thunderstorms
today into tonight, particularly in closer proximity to the Rio
Grande.
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