SPC AC 111212
Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0612 AM CST Tue Jan 11 2022
Valid 111300Z - 121200Z
...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST...
...SUMMARY...
Isolated thunder will be possible today along immediate coastal
areas of southeastern Florida.
...Synopsis/Discussion...
A mean trough will persist in mid/upper levels over the eastern
CONUS, with amplifying ridging over the West Coast States. A weak,
small, initially cut-off cyclone over southeastern NM and far west
TX will move eastward and rejoin the prevailing westerlies as a
deamplifying open wave. reaching the Sabine River vicinity by 12Z
tomorrow. With relatively dry and stable low-level conditions, this
feature should yield only midlevel convection to its east over
central/southeast TX and southwestern LA, with lightning potential
too isolated and low for a general thunder area.
At the surface, 11Z analysis showed a cold front across the northern
Bahamas and Straits of Florida, to the central Gulf. This front
should weaken as it drifts southward. A nearly collocated surface
trough, confluence/convergence zone and moist axis extended
northward between south FL and the Bahamas, which should continue to
focus isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms over/near the Gulf
Stream. Though lapse rates will be modest overall, ocean-air
thermal/moisture fluxes over the Gulf Stream and diurnal heating
inland should boost MLCAPE into the 500-800 J/kg range along the
immediate coastal area south of FLL across Biscayne Bay to Elliott
Key and Key Largo. 1000-1500 J/kg MLCAPE will be possible offshore,
based on modified MFL RAOB and model soundings. Though theta-e and
low-level lift will continue to be stronger over open water, where
the bulk of convection should remain, a few thunderstorms may reach
land before dissipating.
..Edwards/Leitman.. 01/11/2022
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