MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0744
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0243 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

   AREAS AFFECTED...WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS

   CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 

   VALID 261943Z - 262145Z

   PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...60 PERCENT

   SUMMARY...CONVECTIVE INITIATION MAY OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS
   IN THE DISCUSSION AREA.  A WW IS BEING CONSIDERED.

   DISCUSSION...HIGH BASED CONVECTION HAS INCREASED IN FAR SOUTHWEST
   TEXAS WEST OF A DRYLINE...AND SOME CUMULUS HAS DEVELOPED ESPECIALLY
   IN WEST-CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON.  WITH TIME...THE HIGHER BASED
   CONVECTION WILL MOVE EASTWARD EVENTUALLY CROSSING THE DRYLINE INTO A
   WARM SECTOR AIRMASS CHARACTERIZED BY 60S DEWPOINTS AND 1500-3000
   J/KG MLCAPE.  ADDITIONAL SURFACE BASED CONVECTION MAY ALSO OCCUR IN
   THIS REGION AS SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH A MIDLEVEL VORTICITY MAX
   OVER SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION.  GIVEN THE
   STRONG INSTABILITY...40-50 KNOTS OF DEEP SHEAR...AND INCREASING
   LOW-LEVEL SHEAR THROUGH EVENING...ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL
   BE POSSIBLE WITH ACTIVITY THIS EVENING.  TRENDS WILL BE MONITORED
   FOR A POSSIBLE WATCH.

   ..COOK/HART.. 05/26/2016


   ATTN...WFO...FWD...OUN...EWX...SJT...LUB...MAF...

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