Dec 11, 2015 0830 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook
Updated: Fri Dec 11 07:56:48 UTC 2015 (20151211 0830Z Day 3 shapefile | 20151211 0830Z Day 3 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20151211 0830 UTC Day 3 Outlook Graphic
Day 3 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
MARGINAL 110,847 13,078,395 Houston, TX...New Orleans, LA...Baton Rouge, LA...Shreveport, LA...Pasadena, TX...
Probabilistic Graphic
20151211 0830 UTC Day Probabilitic Graphic
Probability of severe weather within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of significant severe within 25 miles of a point.
Day 3 Prob. Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
5 % 110,347 13,069,273 Houston, TX...New Orleans, LA...Baton Rouge, LA...Shreveport, LA...Pasadena, TX...
   SPC AC 110756

   DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0156 AM CST FRI DEC 11 2015

   VALID 131200Z - 141200Z

   ...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE UPPER TX COAST AND
   LOWER MS VALLEY...

   ...SUMMARY...
   ISOLATED STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE EMBEDDED ALONG A SQUALL
   LINE AS IT PROGRESSES ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SUNDAY.

   ...UPPER TX COAST/LOWER MS VALLEY...

   WRN U.S. TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO EJECT ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS/TX REGION
   DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AS UPSTREAM HEIGHTS BEGIN TO FALL IN RESPONSE
   TO DIGGING TROUGH ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST.  STRONG MID-LEVEL FLOW
   ASSOCIATED WITH LOW-LATITUDE TROUGH WILL UNDOUBTEDLY AID CONVECTION
   ALONG/NEAR FRONTAL ZONE AS IT PROGRESSES ACROSS EAST TX INTO THE
   LOWER MS VALLEY.  EXPANSIVE PRE-FRONTAL CONVECTION/PRECIPITATION IS
   EXPECTED TO SUPPRESS DESTABILIZATION AND POOR LAPSE RATES WILL LIMIT
   UPDRAFT STRENGTH WITH TSTMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS THIS REGION.  IN
   FACT...MUCH OF THIS CONVECTION MAY NOT PRODUCE LIGHTNING DUE TO WEAK
   LAPSE RATE ENVIRONMENT.  LATEST THINKING IS A FORCED BAND OF
   CONVECTION WILL BE ONGOING AT SUNRISE SUNDAY AND THIS ACTIVITY
   SHOULD PROPAGATE ACROSS LA INTO SRN MS BY EARLY EVENING.  WHILE
   FORECAST INSTABILITY SUGGESTS SQUALL LINE WILL BE MOSTLY
   SUB-SEVERE...SHEAR PROFILES SUPPORT GUSTY WINDS WITH THE MOST
   ORGANIZED CONVECTION.

   ..DARROW.. 12/11/2015

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