ZCZC SPCSWODY1 ALL ACUS01 KWNS 051959 SPC AC 051959 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0259 PM CDT SUN OCT 05 2003 VALID 052000Z - 061200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 NW JCT 65 WSW SJT 10 SW INK 10 NW CNM 20 SSW ROW 30 NE ROW 35 SSE CVS 25 ESE PVW 50 SSE CDS 35 ENE SEP 15 NNE TPL 35 WSW TPL 15 NW JCT. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 WSW FHU 80 WNW TCS 30 WSW GNT 50 NNW GUP 30 E NFL 20 NNE SVE 25 N LMT 25 NNW RDM 15 N PDT 30 SE S80 55 SSW JAC 25 SW CSM 30 SSE FSI 20 NNW DUA 35 SE FSM JBR 20 SW CKV 30 W CSV 40 ESE CHA 15 SW ATL 20 NE MGM 30 NNW LUL 10 S ESF 40 NW BPT 55 SSE AUS 20 WSW HDO DRT. ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST AND NCNTRL TX... ...WEST AND NCNTRL TX... SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A STATIONARY FRONT POSITIONED FROM JUST SOUTH OF ACT WWD TO LBB AND NWD INTO THE TX PANHANDLE. MTN CONVECTION IS ONGOING ACROSS SERN NM AND FAR W TX. OTHER CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN AN AREA OF LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN W TX LATE THIS AFTERNOON. OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWS MLCAPE VALUES CURRENTLY AROUND 1500 J/KG NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. THIS COMBINED WITH INCREASING LARGE-SCALE ASCENT AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST...WILL AID CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AS IT DRIFTS EWD INTO WCNTRL TX THIS EVENING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW 30 TO 40 KT OF 0-6 KM SHEAR WHICH WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. SFC HEATING AND COLD AIR ADVECTION AT THE MID-LEVELS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO STEEPEN LAPSE RATES MAKING LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE CONVECTION. A STORM CLUSTER IS EXPECTED AFTER DARK WHICH SHOULD SPREAD EWD INTO NCNTRL TX. DECREASING INSTABILITY AND LESSENING LAPSE RATES WILL CAUSE THE SEVERE THREAT TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. ..BROYLES.. 10/05/2003 ...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. $$ |