ZCZC SPCSWODY1 ALL ACUS01 KWNS 281958 SPC AC 281958 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0158 PM CST FRI NOV 28 2003 VALID 282000Z - 291200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 WSW HSE 30 E RWI 25 NNW RIC 30 WNW BWI 20 SSE CXY 35 NW ILG 10 ESE PHL 25 S ACY. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 SSW CTY 15 SW SAV 40 WSW FLO 50 SE CLT 30 SW CLT 10 NNE HKY 20 ESE PSK 25 NW MRB PSB 20 WSW ELM 35 WSW MSS ...CONT... 75 NW CAR 50 NNE 3B1 45 NE BGR EPM ...CONT... MLB 25 SSE FMY. ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM NERN NC ACROSS THE CHESAPEAKE BAY TO SERN PA/SRN NJ... ...MID ATLANTIC... A SHARP COLD FRONT HAS CRESTED THE APPALACHIANS AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY EAST TO THE ATLANTIC COAST...AND THROUGH MUCH OF NORTH FL...THROUGH THIS EVENING. SURFACE ISOTHERM ANALYSIS INDICATED THAT THE FRONTAL ZONE HAS SEGMENTED EAST OF THE SRN APPALACHIANS... OVER CNTRL NC...WHERE HIGHER TERRAIN AND DOWNSLOPE FLOW WERE INHIBITING STRONGER LOW LEVEL CAA ON INCREASING WLY FLOW. INTENSE DEEP LAYER CONVERGENCE AND FORCED ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL CIRCULATION WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE EWD INTO WEAK...BUT INCREASING INSTABILITY FROM ERN NC NWD ACROSS DELMARVA. LOW-TOPPED CONVECTIVE LINE MAY GAIN INTENSITY AS THIS OCCURS. VERY STRONG WIND FIELDS... 50KT WITHIN LOWEST 1KM/75-80KT AT 500MB...ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRENGTHENING AND PROGRESSIVE MID/UPPER TROUGH MAY BE ABLE TO MIX TO THE SURFACE AND PRODUCE DAMAGE AS THE BROKEN FRONTAL RAINBAND MOVES EAST. ...ERN PA/NRN NJ TO SRN NEW ENGLAND.... AS THE UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THIS EVENING FRONTAL ZONE SHOULD CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY WITH STRONG LIFT SPREADING EAST FROM ERN PA INTO SRN NEW ENGLAND. LATEST OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST THAT ATLANTIC MOISTURE/MID-UPPER 50S F SURFACE DEW POINTS WERE SPREADING INLAND ACROSS THE NYC AREA AND LONG ISLAND. INTENSE DYNAMIC FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCELERATING COLD FRONT MAY OVERCOME RELATIVELY WEAK INSTABILITY TO SUSTAIN A LOW-TOPPED FRONTAL SQUALL LINE ACROSS THIS REGION INTO THE NIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IF THIS OCCURS. ..CARBIN.. 11/28/2003 ...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. $$ |