STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.
VALID 191630Z - 201200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
35 E BGS 55 NNW ABI 35 ESE CDS 20 N CSM 25 E P28 20 N ICT
10 SW TOP 40 NE MKC 25 N COU 35 WSW STL 25 NE UNO 20 NE FSM
35 ENE PRX 50 W TYR 40 SSE BWD 15 NNE JCT 20 SW SJT 35 E BGS.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 SSE OSC TOL
35 NE DAY 55 E LUK 35 S 5I3 15 ESE HSS 30 SSE GSP 45 ESE AGS
30 ENE SAV.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SSE HUM 25 E GLH
10 WSW MEM 20 SW JBR 25 W LIT 30 SE TXK 55 SW TYR 30 ESE JCT
15 N DRT 35 E P07 25 N HOB 45 E ALM 40 SW 4CR 25 SE 4SL 10 E EGE
25 W FCL 25 ESE LIC 30 ESE GLD 60 ENE HLC 25 NW LNK 20 NE RWF
35 NNW ELO.
...SYNOPSIS...
PATTERN WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE THIS PERIOD...WITH NRN STREAM
TROUGH NOW OVER THE DAKOTAS MOVING TO THE UPR GRT LKS AS SRN BRANCH
IMPULSE NOW OVER NM CONTINUES E/ENE INTO MO/AR. FARTHER S...GULF
CST CLOSED LOW SHOULD SETTLE S INTO THE NRN GULF AS HEIGHTS RISE
OVER THE APPALACHIANS.
AT LOWER LEVELS...COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH NRN PLNS SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE S AND E...REACHING AN ORD/LIT/ACT LINE BY 12Z TUESDAY.
THERMAL LOW/PREFRONTAL TROUGH NOW OVER WRN OK/NW TX SHOULD SETTLE
S/E AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATER TODAY.
...SRN PLNS...
STRONG SURFACE HEATING SHOULD OCCUR TODAY AHEAD OF COLD FRONT OVER
THE SRN PLNS...WHERE MODERATE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL PERSIST.
RESULTING DESTABILIZATION AND CONVERGENCE ALONG FRONT/PREFRONTAL
TROUGH SHOULD LEAD TO STORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THESE FEATURES LATE
THIS AFTERNOON.
PRESENCE OF UPPER LOW OVER THE GULF CST WILL LIMIT STRENGTH OF LOW
LEVEL INFLOW/DEEP SHEAR OVER THE SRN PLNS. BUT THE LOW WILL ALSO
ENHANCE DEGREE OF UPPER DIFFLUENCE OVER THE REGION. IN ADDITION...
SOME INCREASE IN MID LEVEL WLY FLOW WILL OCCUR AS NM IMPULSE
CONTINUES EWD. THUS...SETUP SHOULD BECOME SUPPORTIVE OF STRONG
ORGANIZED STORMS...INCLUDING A FEW SUPERCELLS...FROM SRN KS SWD
INTO N TX. SUPERCELL THREAT SHOULD BE HIGHEST FROM S CNTRL OK INTO
NW TX...WHERE GREATEST DEGREE OF DIRECTIONAL SHEAR/INSTABILITY
SHOULD COEXIST.
GIVEN LINEAR FORCING AND PRESENCE OF DRY AIR/MODERATE TO STRONG
CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFT POTENTIAL...ACTIVITY SHOULD FAIRLY QUICKLY
MERGE INTO QUASI-LINEAR MCS...WITH HAIL/LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND
POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING EARLY STAGES OF STORM DEVELOPMENT. SOME
THREAT FOR HAIL MAY...HOWEVER...PERSIST EVEN AFTER STORMS ARE
UNDERCUT BY ADVANCING WEDGE OF POST-FRONTAL AIR. THE CONVECTIVE
SYSTEM SHOULD BACK-BUILD SWWD LATER THIS EVENING...PERHAPS AS FAR
S AS CNTRL TX. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH WITH DIURNAL
COOLING AND CONTINUED UNDERCUTTING BY ADVANCING COLD AIR MASS LATER
TONIGHT.
...UPR MS VLY/UPR GRT LKS...
A SEPARATE AREA OF MODERATE TO STRONG SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING/
FRONTOGENESIS WILL AFFECT SE MN/THE NWRN HALF OF WI AND UPR MI
LATER TODAY AS NRN STREAM IMPULSE NOW OVER ERN NEB/SD TRACKS NEWD.
WHILE CLOUDS WILL LIMIT HEATING OVER THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE
DAY...STRONG FRONTAL ASCENT OF WEAKLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS MAY SUPPORT
A NARROW LINE OF FORCED CONVECTION/THUNDER. GIVEN 40+ KT
UNIDIRECTIONAL DEEP SHEAR...THE ACTIVITY MAY POSE A THREAT FOR
DAMAGING WIND/SMALL HAIL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...AND
MAY REQUIRE AN UPGRADE TO SLIGHT RISK IN THE 20Z OUTLOOK.
...FL...
ENVIRONMENT OF MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY AND VERY WEAK SHEAR
LIKELY TO SUPPORT A FEW SEVERE PULSE STORMS OVER THE FL PENINSULA
LATER TODAY. THREAT FARTHER N INTO GA APPEARS LIMITED GIVEN
EXTENSIVE DEGREE OF OVERTURNING WHICH OCCURRED THERE YESTERDAY.
..CORFIDI/BRIGHT.. 05/19/03
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 2000Z
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