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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0785
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0125 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...ERN ORE...FAR WRN ID
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE
VALID 141825Z - 141930Z
CURRENT SATELLITE TRENDS AND OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS FIELDS SUGGEST THE
ENVIRONMENT OVER ERN ORE AND FAR WRN ID IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
UNSTABLE...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALREADY OCCURRING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF ERN ORE. TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR
POSSIBLE ISSUANCE OF A WW AS THE POTENTIAL FOR DMGG WIND GUSTS AND
SVR HAIL INCREASES.
RECENT VIS SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES CU FIELD HAS FIRMED UP OVER
THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF ERN ORE AND SWRN ID...WHERE TEMPERATURES IN
THE 60S-LOWER 70S AND WEAK INHIBITION HAVE ALLOWED FOR ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR. ONE EXCEPTION IS ACROSS FAR NERN
ORE...WHERE PRECIPITATION AND ASSOCIATED CLOUD COVER FROM EARLIER
THIS MORNING HAS DELAYED HEATING...AND COULD LIMIT MORE ROBUST
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON. UPPER FLOW WILL
GRADUALLY BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFLUENT AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING
CLOSED DEEP-LAYER CYCLONE POSITIONED APPROXIMATELY 350 MI W OF
EKA...WHILE A WEAK EMBEDDED WAVE PIVOTS NWD INTO THE PAC NW. THIS
SHOULD SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.
POINT FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE ENVIRONMENT WILL FURTHER
DESTABILIZE OVER A BROAD AREA...EVENTUALLY YIELDING MLCAPE VALUES
RANGING FROM 500-1500 J/KG. DESPITE NEARLY UNIDIRECTIONAL VERTICAL
WIND PROFILES...MODERATELY STRONG MIDLEVEL FLOW WILL RESULT IN
EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR VALUES BETWEEN 30-40 KTS...SUPPORTIVE OF
MULTICELL CLUSTERS AND OCCASIONAL SUPERCELL STRUCTURES.
..ROGERS.. 05/14/2011
ATTN...WFO...BOI...PDT...MFR...
LAT...LON 44411669 43321633 42031674 42001946 42031995 44092010
45611979 45911932 45891777 45701718 44411669
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