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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1646
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0417 PM CDT SAT AUG 04 2007
AREAS AFFECTED...WRN ND
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 042117Z - 042345Z
AN ISOLATED SVR TSTM OR TWO MAY DEVELOP BETWEEN A DRYLINE AND A
SLOWLY MOVING WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS WRN ND IN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. LIMITED AREAL COVERAGE OF THE SVR THREAT SHOULD PRECLUDE THE
NEED FOR A WW.
WV IMAGERY SHOWS A SUBTLE SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING THE REGION
FROM CENTRAL MT. AS A RESULT OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSAGE TROUGH
SASKATCHEWAN...A DRYLINE HAS PUSHED EWD ACROSS FAR ERN MT INTO FAR
WRN ND. MEANWHILE...A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT EXTENDS N-S ACROSS WRN
ND FROM NEAR MOT SWD TO 40 SW OF BIS. BETWEEN THE TWO BOUNDARIES...A
NARROW INSTABILITY /MLCAPE VALUES FROM 1000-1500 J/KG/ EXISTS.
ALTHOUGH INHIBITION REMAINS MODEST /AROUND 50 J/KG/...INCREASING
CONVERGENCE/VERTICAL MOTION DUE TO APPROACHING UPPER WAVE AND
CONTINUED HEATING MAY SUPPORT ISOLATED SVR TSTM OR TWO ACROSS THE
AREA BEFORE 23Z. GIVEN A NARROW AND RELATIVELY MARGINAL INSTABILITY
AXIS A WW IS NOT EXPECTED.
..CROSBIE.. 08/04/2007
ATTN...WFO...BIS...
49050093 48290153 47240217 45960273 46100371 47530366
48180334 48990314
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