SPC Day-2 Convective Outlooks


STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWI47 KWBC. VALID 011200Z - 021200Z THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 WNW SHR 50 NNW MLS 15 WNW SDY 30 WSW DVL 15 NNW FAR 35 WNW AXN 35 S AXN 20 S OTG 45 E SUX 25 NW OMA 25 N GRI 20 ESE BBW 55 SW MHN 40 NW BFF 30 NNE CPR 20 WNW SHR. THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 ESE SBY 40 N RIC 25 ESE SSU HTS 40 W UNI 20 NNW ZZV 10 NNW FKL 15 NNE BFD 20 NW ITH 20 N UCA 25 SSW BTV 25 ENE MPV BHB. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 W RRT 40 NNE BRD 40 SSW LSE 20 E MMO 30 NNW FWA 45 NNE MTC. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 65 S GBN 20 NNW PRC 70 NNE INW AMA 25 SW OKC 10 NW HOT 35 ENE UNO 40 N COU 20 SSW BIE MCK 20 WNW CYS 30 SE LND 45 NNE BPI JAC 15 SSW WEY BTM 45 NNE MSO 50 NE FCA. ...SYNOPSIS... INTENSE TROUGH DIGS SEWD INTO NEW ENGLAND BY SUNDAY NIGHT ACCOMPANIED BY A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT AND VERY STRONG MID/UPPER JET. LARGE UPPER HIGH CENTERED OVER CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL KEEP WLYS ACROSS NRN ROCKIES AND LOW LEVEL SLYS HIGH PLAINS. ...NERN U.S... GIVEN THE FORECASTED INTENSITY OF UPPER TROUGH MOVING ACROSS NERN U.S. SUNDAY...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT EPISODE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF STRONG COLD FRONT. ETA IN PARTICULAR SEEMS TO UNDERDO AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AHEAD OF COLD FRONT AS SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SHOULD STILL BE WELL INTO THE 80S WITH DEWPOINTS TO NEAR 70F. THIS RESULTS IN CAPES ABOVE 2000 J/KG GENERALLY FROM PA EWD ACROSS SRN NEW ENGLAND. SURFACE LOW DEEPENS DURING DAY N OF ST LAWRENCE VALLEY WITH APPROACH OF 150M HEIGHT FALLS WITH STRONG TROUGH. THIS RESULTS IN GENERALLY UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR PROFILES EXCEPT FOR NRN NEW ENGLAND JUST AHEAD OF SURFACE LOW WHERE LOW LEVELS ARE MORE SLY. A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO FORM ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS NRN NY SWWD INTO WRN PA WITH PREDOMINANTLY WIND DAMAGE THREAT AS STORMS WILL BE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY WITH APPROACH OF 80KT 500 MB WIND MAX. EWD ACROSS SRN ENGLAND...GREATER POTENTIAL FOR LOW LEVEL BACKED FLOW LEE OF APPALACHIANS...WHICH WILL POSSIBLY SUPPORT SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES. MUCH OF THIS AREA WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED IN LATER OUTLOOKS AS SITUATION APPEARS TO HAVE CONSIDERABLE POTENTIAL. ..HALES.. 06/30/01
STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWI47 KWBC. VALID 011200Z - 021200Z THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM BOS 10 W PVD GON ISP TTN CXY 35 ENE AOO PSB ELM UCA MPV MWN PSM BOS. THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM ACY DCA CRW HTS 40 N SDF BMG HUF DNV LAF FWA MFD YNG ART MSS. THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM DGW 20 WSW SHR LVM BZN HLN GTF 60 NNE LWT GDV Y22 30 NE PHP 25 SSE PIR HON BKX OTG SPW 50 WSW FOD OMA 25 SSE OLU BBW 25 ESE LBF IML SNY DGW. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 80 SSE GBN PRC FLG GUP DRO GUC ASE EGE CAG JAC DLN 3DU 55 NW CTB ...CONT... 80 NW GGW ISN BIS FAR 35 N AXN STC 40 ENE MCW DBQ CGX 20 S MTC. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM HLC GCK LBL 35 E AMA 55 SSW CDS 35 NNE ABI MWL FTW DAL PGO 60 ESE HRO UNO TBN OJC CNK HLC. --- SYNOPSIS --- FAST MID-UPPER LEVEL FLOW BELT ACROSS NRN CONUS AND SRN CANADA IS FORECAST TO BUCKLE SOMEWHAT DURING DAY-2 AS WRN RIDGE AMPLIFIES AND SEASONABLY INTENSE SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIGS SEWD THROUGH GREAT LAKES REGION. ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT -- NOW OBSERVED OVER PORTIONS SRN/WRN QUE AND NRN ONT -- WILL REMAIN QUITE STRONG AS IT SWEEPS SEWD ACROSS NERN STATES...GREAT LAKES AND OH VALLEY. MEANWHILE...NNE-SSW ORIENTED TROUGH FROM IL SWWD ACROSS S TX WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AS PRIMARY MID LEVEL VORTICITY MAX DRIFTS SWWD FROM OZARKS TO ARKLATEX REGION. A CONVECTIVELY INDUCED/ENHANCED SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW OVER SRN SD/NRN NEB SHOULD TURN SSWWD ACROSS SRN PLAINS BETWEEN 4-CORNERS ANTICYCLONE AND OZARKS CIRCULATION. WRN PORTION OF SURFACE FRONT WILL STALL OVER CENTRAL/NRN HIGH PLAINS...BENEATH SWRN PERIPHERY OF STRONGER UPPER LEVEL NWLYS. --- NERN CONUS --- POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT TSTM WIND DAMAGE EVENT. UNUSUALLY INTENSE KINEMATIC FIELDS FOR SUMMERTIME WILL OVERLIE PARTS OF A RICHLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR. CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD BE MAXIMIZED ALONG FRONT AND ANY PREFRONTAL MESOSCALE CONVERGENCE ZONES WHICH MAY DEVELOP...RESULTING IN A FEW BANDS OF SEVERE CONVECTION. ATTM IT APPEARS GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ERN NY INTO CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND REGION IN 18-00Z TIME FRAME...BUT THIS IS SUBJECT TO SOME ADJUSTMENT IN FUTURE UPDATES. AHEAD OF INTENSE GREAT LAKES TROUGH...110-120 KT UPPER LEVEL SPEED MAXIMA AND 50-90 KT MID LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR OVER THIS REGION IN A LARGELY UNIDIRECTIONAL VERTICAL WIND PROFILE. SURFACE DEW POINTS IN UPPER 60S/LOW 70S F NOW OBSERVED OVER MUCH OF AREA SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AFTER ANY DAY-1 CONVECTION AS LOW LEVEL WLYS ADVECT ADDITIONAL HIGH-THETAE AIR INTO REGION. AFTERNOON TEMPS EXCEEDING 80 F SHOULD BE COMMON DESPITE POTENTIAL AREAS OF HIGH CLOUD COVER...WITH 90S IN RELATIVELY CLEAR AREAS...AND SBCAPE RISING INTO 2000-3000 J/KG RANGE. SEVERE THREAT SHOULD EXTEND TO COASTAL AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING... WITH WLY COMPONENT OF BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW KEEPING SEA BREEZE NEAR SHORE. SECONDARY POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES. AIR MASS SHOULD NOT BE STRONGLY CAPPED -- SO DISCRETE SUPERCELLS MAY DEVELOP GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF DEEP-LAYER SHEAR...E.G. 0-6 KM AGL VECTOR SHEAR NEAR 50 KT AND 60-70 J/KG BRN SHEAR IN FORECAST SOUNDINGS. ..EDWARDS.. 06/30/01

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