San Antonio, TX...Austin, TX...Fort Worth, TX...Laredo, TX...Waco, TX...
Probabilistic 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 2 Prob. Risk
Area (sq. mi.)
Area Pop.
Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
5 %
95,115
7,462,016
San Antonio, TX...Austin, TX...Fort Worth, TX...Laredo, TX...Waco, TX...
SPC AC 180538
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1238 AM CDT MON APR 18 2016
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF SW AND CNTRL
TX...
...SUMMARY...
A MARGINAL SEVERE THREAT MAY DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND
CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
...SRN PLAINS...
AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE EWD INTO THE CNTRL HIGH
PLAINS ON TUESDAY AS WEST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS
THE SRN PLAINS. THE MOIST SECTOR IS FORECAST TO BE ACROSS THE SERN
TWO-THIRDS OF TX WITH SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S F. MODERATE AND EVEN
STRONG INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE MOIST SECTOR BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON BUT THE GFS...ECMWF AND NAM ARE IN DISAGREEMENT
ABOUT EXACTLY WHERE. ALTHOUGH LARGE-SCALE ASCENT ACROSS THE MOIST
SECTOR IS FORECAST TO BE LIMITED ON TUESDAY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE ALONG CORRIDORS OF ENHANCED
LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE
LEVELS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS ACROSS WCNTRL TX FOR 00Z/WED SHOW MODERATE TO STRONG
INSTABILITY IN SW AND CNTRL TX WITH MLCAPE OF 2000 TO 2500 J/KG BUT
KEEP 0-6 KM SHEAR ONLY AT 25 TO 30 KT. THIS ALONG WITH MODESTLY
STEEP LAPSE RATES WOULD BE MARGINAL FOR SUPERCELLS BUT WOULD SUPPORT
MULTICELL STORMS CAPABLE OF HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ISOLATED
CONVECTIVE COVERAGE ALONG WITH THE RELATIVE WEAKNESS IN THE WIND
FIELDS SUGGEST THAT A MARGINAL SEVERE THREAT WILL BE APPROPRIATE FOR
TUESDAY.
..BROYLES.. 04/18/2016
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