ZCZC SPCSWODY1 ALL ACUS01 KWNS 120044 SPC AC 120044 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0644 PM CST THU DEC 11 2003 VALID 120100Z - 121200Z. ...NO TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SYNOPSIS... AS ONE STRONG SYSTEM BEGINS TO LIFT AWAY FROM THE NORTHEAST U.S. TOWARD ERN CANADA...THE NEXT IMPULSE OF CONSEQUENCE WAS DIGGING AND DEEPENING OVER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING. WHILE NEITHER ONE OF THESE DISTURBANCES HAS MUCH IN THE WAY OF CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH...STRONG ASCENT AND COMPACT MID LEVEL COLD POOL WITH THE SWRN U.S. SHORT WAVE COULD STILL RESULT IN ISOLD POCKETS OF CONVECTION OVER PARTS OF SRN CA AND AZ TONIGHT. HOWEVER...AREAL COVERAGE AND DURATION OF THIS ACTIVITY DOES NOT APPEAR TO WARRANT A TSTM AREA. A NARROW AXIS OF LOW LEVEL RETURN FLOW AND STRENGTHENING ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WRN GULF/SOUTHEAST TX TOWARD DAYBREAK AS LOW LEVEL SLY FLOW PERSISTS AHEAD OF THE FOUR CORNERS/SWRN TROUGH. EVENING SOUNDING FROM CRP SHOWS A STRONG CAPPING INVERSION AROUND 800MB WILL HAVE TO BE OVERCOME BEFORE DEEP CONVECTION CAN OCCUR IN THIS AREA. THEREFORE TSTM CHANCES ACROSS THIS REGION APPEAR LIMITED UNTIL AFTER FRIDAY MORNING. ..CARBIN.. 12/12/2003 ...NOTICE... FOR USERS DECODING THE POINTS PARAGRAPH HEREIN...LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE POINTS FOR THE CATEGORICAL AND PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK GRAPHICS ALSO ARE LOCATED IN A SEPARATE PRODUCT UNDER THE WMO HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1...WUUS02 PTSDY2...AND WUUS03 PTSDY3. THE INCLUSION OF POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DISCONTINUED. $$ |