MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1185
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0404 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...NORTHEAST CO
   
   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 
   
   VALID 112104Z - 112230Z
   
   POTENTIALLY STRONG/SEVERE TSTMS MAY INCREASE/MATURE FROM THE CO
   FRONT RANGE EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHEAST-EAST CENTRAL CO HIGH PLAINS
   THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...WITH AT LEAST ISOLATED SEVERE
   HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE /AND PERHAPS EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO/. A
   WATCH COULD BE NEEDED.
   
   SCATTERED TSTMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEAR THE CO FRONT RANGE/DENVER
   METRO AT MID AFTERNOON...WHERE A STEEP LAPSE ENVIRONMENT HAS
   APPARENTLY LEAD TO SOME STRONGER WIND GUSTS IN VICINITY OF THIS
   DEVELOPING CONVECTION AS PER SURFACE OBSERVATIONS FROM DEN/FTG.
   REGIONAL DERIVED WIND DATA FROM NORTHERN CO IMPLY THAT A RELATIVE
   WEAKNESS EXISTS ALOFT /AS COMPARED TO HIGH PLAINS AREAS TO THE NORTH
   AND SOUTH/. HOWEVER...VEERING WIND PROFILES AND AN EVENTUAL MODEST
   INCREASE IN FLOW ALOFT MAY HELP SUSTAIN AT LEAST SEMI-ORGANIZED
   STORMS/PERHAPS SUPERCELLS INTO AN UNSTABLE BOUNDARY LAYER ACROSS THE
   CO HIGH PLAINS WHERE A CU FIELD CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY INCREASE.
   
   ..GUYER.. 06/11/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...GLD...PUB...BOU...
   
   LAT...LON   39200471 40370482 40910434 40680207 38780217 39200471