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May 10, 2010 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook |
Updated: Mon May 10 20:01:30 UTC 2010 |
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The SPC is forecasting ...severe thunderstorms expected over parts of the central and southern plains this afternoon and tonight....
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SPC AC 101958
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0258 PM CDT MON MAY 10 2010
VALID 102000Z - 111200Z
...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST
KS AND CENTRAL/NORTHEAST OK...
...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS SOUTHERN KS/MUCH OF OK TO
SOUTHWEST MO/NORTHWEST AR...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN
PLAINS TO THE MIDDLE MS VALLEY...
...CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS TO MIDDLE MS RIVER VALLEY...
RELATIVELY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO PRIOR DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK.
HOWEVER...DID EXPAND THE CATEGORICAL MODERATE RISK SOUTHWARD TO THE
RED RIVER AREA OF OK/TX...WHERE A REASONABLE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AT
LEAST ISOLATED SUPERCELLULAR DEVELOPMENT PER UPSTREAM CU FIELD ON
VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND LATEST HIGH RES NUMERICAL
GUIDANCE/ASSORTMENT OF 15Z SREF MEMBERSHIP.
OTHERWISE..FAST MOVING/LONG-LIVED/INTENSE SUPERCELLS WITH VERY LARGE
HAIL/STRONG TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
HIGH/MODERATE RISK AREAS OF KS/OK TO SOUTHWEST MO/NORTHWEST AR
THROUGH MID/LATE EVENING. PLEASE CONSULT THE LATEST WATCHES/SPC
MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS FOR THE MOST CONTEMPORARY SHORT TERM GUIDANCE.
..GUYER.. 05/10/2010
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1114 AM CDT MON MAY 10 2010/
...A FEW STRONG AND POTENTIALLY LONG-TRACK TORNADOES...ALONG WITH
VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL/NE OK AND EXTREME S CENTRAL/SE
KS...
A POWERFUL AND PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS TRACKING RAPIDLY
EASTWARD ACROSS CO/NM THIS MORNING...AND WILL EMERGE INTO THE HIGH
PLAINS BY LATE AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH...A BROAD AREA OF
STRONG SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL WINDS IS TRANSPORTING GULF MOISTURE
QUICKLY NORTHWARD WITH MID 60S SURFACE DEWPOINTS NOW AS FAR NORTH AS
SOUTHERN OK. LOW CLOUDS ARE ALSO ERODING ACROSS OK WHICH WILL
RESULT IN A VERY POTENT SEVERE WEATHER SETUP LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
VIRTUALLY ALL MODEL GUIDANCE IS CONSISTENT IN FORECASTING THE
POTENTIAL FOR A REGIONAL TORNADO AND SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK OVER
PORTIONS OF KS/OK.
...SOUTHWEST KS...
INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL LIKELY OCCUR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE
DRYLINE OVER SOUTHWEST KS. LOW CLOUDS ARE ERODING FROM THE WEST IN
THIS AREA...LEADING TO A NARROW AXIS OF MODERATE INSTABILITY. LARGE
SCALE FORCING FOR UPWARD MOTION WILL ARRIVE IN THIS AREA
FIRST...WHERE THE CAPPING INVERSION SHOULD BE WEAK. WIND PROFILES
SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL
AND TORNADOES. LONGEVITY OF THIS ACTIVITY IS UNCERTAIN AND DEPENDS
ON SPEED OF DESTABILIZATION FARTHER EAST INTO CENTRAL KS.
...SOUTHERN KS/NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OK...
THE PRIMARY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TODAY IS LIKELY TO BEGIN AROUND
21Z IN NORTH CENTRAL OR POTENTIALLY NORTHWEST OK ALONG THE DRYLINE.
THIS WILL ALSO BE NEAR THE TRIPLE POINT INTERSECTION OF THE DRYLINE
AND RETREATING WARM FRONT. STORMS IN THIS AREA WILL BE IN AN
ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY VERY FAVORABLE DEEP LAYER /EFFECTIVE
SHEAR OF 50-75 KNOTS/ AND LOW LEVEL VERTICAL SHEAR /EFFECTIVE SRH OF
250-350 M2/S2/...ALONG WITH AMPLE MOISTURE /DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER
60S/ AND CAPE /RELATIVELY UNCAPPED MLCAPE OVER 3000 J/KG/. STORMS
SHOULD BECOME RAPIDLY SUPERCELLULAR AND RACE EAST-NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS SOUTHERN KS AND NORTHERN OK THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. PARAMETERS INDICATE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR INTENSE
SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF STRONG AND EVEN LONG-TRACK TORNADOES. VERY
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ALSO APPEAR LIKELY WITH THE STRONGEST
CELLS.
THE EXTENT OF DEVELOPMENT SOUTHWARD ALONG THE DRYLINE REMAINS A
QUESTION. SOME OF THE 12Z MODEL RUNS ARE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN
SOUTHWARD DEVELOPMENT...SUGGESTING WIDESPREAD COVERAGE OF SEVERE
STORMS COULD BE AS FAR SOUTH AS I-40. HOWEVER...HIGHEST CONFIDENCE
REMAINS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE HIGH RISK AREA. ANY STORM
THAT FORMS ALONG THE DRYLINE IN OK TODAY WILL POSE A THREAT OF
STRONG TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL.
SURFACE DRYLINE EXTENDS SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL TX...AND MAY PROVIDE
THE FOCUS FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. LACK OF SUFFICIENT LARGE SCALE FORCING AND A RATHER STRONG
CAPPING INVERSION SUGGEST THAT AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS WILL BE
QUITE SPARSE.
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