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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1139
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0518 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2011
AREAS AFFECTED...ERN TX/OK PANHANDLES...ROLLING PLAINS OF W/NW
TX...WRN OK...FAR S-CNTRL KS
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 082218Z - 082315Z
A THREAT FOR ISOLD DMGG WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW
HRS. A WW IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
A VERY HOT AND WELL-MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER HAS DEVELOPED THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS W TX INTO WRN OK...WITH A WEAK SFC LOW POSITIONED
JUST N OF GAG AND A DIFFUSE/WEAKLY CONVERGENT DRYLINE PROTRUDING SWD
INTO THE ROLLING PLAINS OF W TX. RECENT VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY
SHOWS INCREASING CU ORIENTED ALONG/NEAR THE DRYLINE...BUT MORE
ROBUST VERTICAL GROWTH HAS BEEN LIMITED THUS FAR BY THE PRESENCE OF
CINH. WITH THE APPROACH OF PEAK DIABATIC HEATING...COMBINED WITH
WEAKLY CONVERGENT LOW-LEVEL FLOW ALONG THE DRYLINE...THE POTENTIAL
FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP SHOULD INCREASE OVER THE NEXT
FEW HRS. THIS SCENARIO IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY THE 19Z EXPERIMENTAL
WRF-HRRR AND 12Z WRF-NMM MODEL SOLUTIONS. DESPITE STEEP MIDLEVEL
LAPSE RATES /EXCEEDING 8 DEG C/KM/ AND VERY HOT SFC
TEMPERATURES...MODEST BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL ONLY YIELD SBCAPE
VALUES BTWN 500-1000 J/KG. GIVEN DEEPLY-MIXED/INVERTED-V BOUNDARY
LAYER THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES...A THREAT FOR DMGG DOWNBURST WIND
GUSTS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
..ROGERS.. 06/08/2011
ATTN...WFO...OUN...DDC...SJT...LUB...AMA...MAF...
LAT...LON 36889884 34679889 32590015 31810120 31740176 33600142
36100048 36880013 37109957 37089919 36889884
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