STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.
VALID 061630Z - 071200Z
THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
30 SSE MKE 15 S MMO 10 S FOD 10 WSW FSD 25 WNW ATY 40 E FAR
50 WSW HIB 15 ENE EAU 30 ESE VOK 30 SSE MKE.
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
15 NE ERI 15 NW IPT 20 SSW ACY ...CONT... 15 ESE ORF ROA
30 SSE BMG 20 SE IRK 20 SE LNK 30 N LAA COS 15 NW FCL 45 E DGW
45 W ABR 30 N FAR 40 W RRT ...CONT... 65 E ELO 25 ENE IWD
20 WSW ESC 30 ESE OSC.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 NW JHW 25 SSE ELM
15 E ABE ACY ...CONT... 10 E DAB 60 NE EYW ...CONT... 20 SE FHU
50 SE SOW 40 SSE FMN 35 NE CEZ 45 NNE U28 55 ESE SLC 35 SE MQM
55 SSW 27U 55 SSE S80 35 W MSO 45 SSE HVR 50 NNE SHR 50 NNW PHP
75 NNW GFK.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 N RSL 30 NE GCK
45 SE EHA 50 WNW CDS 15 SW SPS 10 NNE DUA 10 SE FYV 50 SW JEF
50 SSW IRK 30 N TOP 15 N RSL.
...MID MS RIVER VALLEY INTO CENTRAL GREAT LAKES/OH RIVER VALLEY...
MID LEVEL VORT CENTER AND ASSOCIATED 40 KT WLY SPEED MAX WILL
CONTINUE EWD OUT OF ERN IA AND ACROSS IL/SRN WI/NRN IND THROUGH THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THOUGH EARLIER CONVECTION HAS STABILIZED
AIR MASS OVER PARTS OF ERN IA/SRN WI...STRONG HEATING AND STEEP
LAPSE RATES WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF IL/IND BY THE MID AFTERNOON
UGGESTING CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP AND BECOME SEVERE AHEAD OF
APPROACHING VORT MAX. NRN EXTENT OF STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE LIMITED INTO CENTRAL WI...WHERE INSTABILITY WILL BE SLOWER
TO MATERIALIZE. REGARDLESS...DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS SUPPORTIVE OF
SUPERCELLS UNDER 40 KT OF WLY FLOW WHICH WILL INCREASE THE THREAT
OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED NEAR THE VORT CENTER AND ALONG RESIDUAL SURFACE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES. ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY EVOLVE/ORGANIZE INTO A LINEAR
STRUCTURE BY THE LATE AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING WIND THREAT
PERSISTING INTO THE EVENING POSSIBLY INTO SWRN MI AND CENTRAL/NRN
IND/WRN OH.
...NRN MS RIVER VALLEY INTO THE NRN PLAINS...
IN WAKE OF LEADING SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS IA...STRONGER
SYSTEM IS CONTINUE SHIFTING EWD OVER SRN CANADA AND ND THIS
AFTERNOON. VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES AND WARM/MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER IS
FORECAST TO SUPPORT STRONG INSTABILITY BY THE LATE AFTERNOON FROM
ERN SD INTO NRN/CENTRAL MN. CONVERGENCE WILL BECOME MORE FOCUSED
BY LATE IN THE DAY AHEAD OF COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM N-
CENTRAL MN INTO ERN SD...AND NEAR OUTFLOW FROM PREVIOUS CONVECTION
LIKELY EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL/NRN IA INTO SERN SD/NERN NEB. AS CAP
WEAKENS AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT INCREASE...RAPID SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED BETWEEN 21-00Z. FORECAST SOUNDINGS
CONTINUE TO INDICATE FAVORABLE SHEAR/THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES FOR
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS AND A THREAT FOR VERY LARGE HAIL...ESPECIALLY
FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS AFTER INITIATION. HOWEVER...ACTIVITY MAY
ORGANIZE ALONG A COMMON OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND DEVELOP INTO A BOW
ECHO SYSTEM AND TRACK ESEWD ACROSS THE NRN MS RIVER VALLEY THROUGH
THE LATE EVENING/EARLY NIGHT TIME HOURS. SEVERE THREAT MAY BECOME
WIDESPREAD ACROSS THIS AREA STARTING LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE WELL
INTO THE NIGHT.
...APPALACHIANS INTO THE MID ATLANTIC...
BROAD REGION OF MODEST WLY FLOW AND MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY
WILL BE COLLOCATED FROM THE UPPER OH RIVER VALLEY ACROSS THE
DELMARVA...WITH SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGHS APPROACHING THE
AREA. THOUGH CONVERGENCE WILL BE WEAK AT THE SURFACE...CONVECTION
MAY BECOME SCATTERED BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND SHIFT TOWARDS
THE COAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SHEAR AND INSTABILITY PARAMETERS
ARE FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.
...CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...
SLOW MOVING VORT MAX NOW MOVING INTO NWRN CO/SWRN WY WILL CONTINUE
EWD AND INCREASE MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT ALONG
THE FRONT RANGE OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY. IN ADDITION...
PRESSURE FALLS IN THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES SHOULD SUPPORT SURFACE
WINDS BECOMING MORE ELY LATER TODAY AND MAINTAIN MID 40-LOWER 50F
DEW POINTS OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. WITH APPROACHING MID/UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM AND EXPECTED MARGINAL TO MODERATE INSTABILITY...STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THE
EVENING WITH A THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
..EVANS.. 07/06/03
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 2000Z
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