STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.
VALID 210100Z - 211200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
20 S DRT 45 W JCT 25 SW TPL 40 NNW LFK 40 WSW POE 25 SSE LCH
...CONT... 15 E CRP 30 WNW ALI LRD.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 NW FMY 35 N MLB.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 55 SSW TUS
35 WNW TUS 70 ESE PHX 75 ESE SOW 45 NNW ALM 10 W CNM 25 SW MAF
40 SW ABI 15 W MWL 15 E DUA 35 SW HOT 30 SSE PBF 35 SSE GWO
15 SSW LUL 25 S MOB.
...SYNOPSIS..
UPPER LOW NOW OVER NW MEXICO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SOUTHEAST ACROSS
NRN MEXICO LATER TONIGHT...REACHING THE REGION S OF ELP BY 12Z
FRIDAY. AT LOWER LEVELS...FRONT EXPECTED TO REMAIN MORE OR LESS
STATIONARY FROM E OF LRD NEWD TO BETWEEN CLL AND HOU. A SECOND
BOUNDARY...ATTM EXTENDING E ACROSS THE GULF FROM NEAR GLS/HOU...
SHOULD CONTINUE SLOWLY N INTO SE TX/SRN LA AND COASTAL MS/AL BY THE
END OF THE PERIOD.
...SW TX...
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF SW TX
THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. STORMS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE SCALE
ASCENT IN NERN FRINGE OF MEXICAN UPPER LOW. GIVEN COLDER AIR ALOFT
NEAR THIS FEATURE AND SUSTAINED NATURE OF ASCENT...SOME OF THE
STORMS COULD YIELD MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL ALONG THE RIO GRANDE EWD
INTO THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS.
...CNTRL TX INTO ERN/NE TX AND LA...
FARTHER E...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND EVENING SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT
A PLUME OF ELEVATED MIXED LAYER AIR IS OVERSPREADING PARTS OF S
CNTRL TX ATTM. THIS PLUME SHOULD CONTINUE NEWD LATER TONIGHT/EARLY
FRIDAY...ENHANCING CAP OVER S CNTRL AND FAR S TX. STORMS SHOULD...
HOWEVER...CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN WARM ADVECTION ZONE N AND E OF
ADVANCING PLUME...I.E. FROM CNTRL TX EWD INTO E TX AND LA. THIS
ACTIVITY MAY ALSO BE ENHANCED BY WEAK IMPULSE NOW MOVING ENE FROM
BWD/SJT AREA. MODEST ELEVATED INSTABILITY/CLOUD LAYER SHEAR
PRESENT OVER REGION WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF HAIL IN THE MORE
SUSTAINED STORMS.
...S CNTRL AND SE TX...
A CONDITIONAL THREAT FOR SEVERE SURFACE-BASED STORMS WILL EXIST
THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY ACROSS S TX...ALONG AND E OF STALLED FRONT
ALONG THE COASTAL PLAIN. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO CONTINUE TO FORM
INVOF SECOND BOUNDARY EXTENDING E ACROSS THE GULF FROM NEAR
GLS/HOU. AMPLE LOW AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE PRESENT FOR
SUPERCELLS...AND LOW LCLS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES. BUT
GIVEN SEWD TRACK OF MEXICAN UPPER LOW...AND CONTINUED NEWD SPREAD
OF ELEVATED MIXED LAYER PLUME...POTENTIAL FOR STORM INITIATION IN
THIS REGION WILL BE LIMITED. ATTM...BELIEVE THAT GREATEST
PROBABILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT WILL BE INVOF BOUNDARY NEAR
GLS/HOU...WHERE STRONGER LOW LEVEL FORCING WILL EXIST.
..CORFIDI.. 02/20/03
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 0600Z
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