ZCZC SPCSWODY1 ALL ACUS01 KWNS 301946 SPC AC 301946 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0146 PM CST THU OCT 30 2003 VALID 302000Z - 311200Z GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 WSW OGD 50 NNE EVW 10 S RWL 30 WSW EGE 15 SSE U28 40 ESE U24 20 WSW OGD. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM OTH 50 ESE CEC 25 NNE UKI 40 NW SFO. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 NW YNG 35 SW CMH 25 S MTO 10 SSW BMI 25 N GRR 65 NNE MTC. ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SWRN ORE/NWRN CA... COLD MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IN CONJUNCTION WITH BOUNDARY-LAYER HEATING HAVE RESULTED IN STEEP LOW TO MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND WEAK INSTABILITY ALONG THE COAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBLE SATELLITE AND LIGHTNING DATA INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF A FEW LOW-TOPPED STORMS INVOF SWD-MOVING CYCLONIC LOW-LEVEL CIRCULATION NW OF CEC. CONTINUED DAYTIME HEATING WILL FURTHER DESTABILIZE ONSHORE AIRMASS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TSTMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY FROM ALONG AFOREMENTIONED CYCLONE TRACK EWD TO THE COASTAL RANGE. ...SRN GREAT LAKES... EARLY AFTERNOON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE CNTRL PLAINS TRANSLATING NEWD. AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE...PLAN VIEW PROFILER/VWP DATA CURRENTLY SHOW THE PRESENCE OF A 40-50KT SWLY LLJ IN PLACE FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY NWD INTO THE OH VALLEY/SRN GREAT LAKES. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT WITH TIME STEEPER MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD INCREASING LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE CONTENT ALONG LLJ AXIS...EFFECTIVELY CONTRIBUTING TO WEAK INSTABILITY. THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW TSTMS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD ALONG NOSE OF 50-60KT LLJ WHERE MOIST/THERMAL ADVECTION WILL BE MAXIMIZED. ...CNTRL ROCKIES... FORCING FOR LARGE-SCALE ASCENT IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM FROM DEEPENING MID-LEVEL TROUGH...COUPLED WITH MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES OF 7-7.5C/KM MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT ISOLATED THUNDER WITH THE MOST INTENSE PRECIPITATION BANDS FROM NERN UT INTO SWRN WY/NWRN CO. PLEASE REFER TO MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2476 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ..MEAD.. 10/30/2003 ...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. $$ |