STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.
VALID 231300Z - 241200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
50 SSE RTN 40 WSW TAD 25 NW FCL BFF 25 SSE AIA 35 WSW GAG
20 ENE LBB 20 NNE HOB 50 SSE RTN.
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
30 SW GLS 60 NNE VCT 25 NE ACT 40 W LFK 30 ENE MCB 15 WNW MGM
20 ESE ATL 35 NE CLT 35 ESE LYH 40 SSW MRB IPT 35 E UCA 40 NE BML
30 S HUL ...CONT... 35 SE JAX 25 SSW CTY.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 W CZZ 45 SE RAL
10 N RAL 15 N SBA 40 ENE SMX BFL 30 S FAT 25 WNW SCK 20 E 4BK
45 NW RDM 55 ESE YKM 35 S FCA 50 NE GTF 70 N OLF ...CONT...
15 N RRT 55 W AXN 30 W FSD 10 SSW EAR 25 S GAG 10 S SPS 35 NE DAL
30 SW TXK 30 S PBF 40 W MEM 65 N POF 20 W SPI 30 W MKE 65 ESE ANJ.
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO PERSIST BUT WEAKEN OVER THE WEST AS
HEIGHTS FALL OVER THE NRN ROCKIES / SRN CANADA AHEAD OF SHORT-WAVE
TROUGH AND EMBEDDED SMALLER-SCALE FEATURES MOVING SEWD FROM WRN
CANADA. IN THE EAST...TROUGH IS FORECAST TO PERSIST BUT WILL BEGIN
MOVING SLOWLY NEWD AS STRONG SHORT-WAVE TROUGH NOW OVER THE MID MS
VALLEY ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AND ROTATES CYCLONICALLY EWD
AND THEN NEWD ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES AND INTO THE MID-
ATLANTIC REGION BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.
AT THE SURFACE...COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH ERN U.S. TROUGH WILL
MOVE SLOWLY EWD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND SHOULD APPROACH THE
ATLANTIC COAST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD...WHILE SRN / E-W PORTION
OF THE BOUNDARY BECOMES STATIONARY ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES /
CENTRAL TX THROUGH THE PERIOD.
...ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTAL AREAS...
CONVECTION IS FORECAST TO INCREASE AHEAD OF SURFACE FRONT THIS
AFTERNOON IN MOIST / DESTABILIZING AIRMASS ACROSS THIS REGION.
WITH MODERATELY-STRONG MID-LEVEL FLOW EXPECTED -- PARTICULARLY FROM
AL / GA -- EXPECT STORMS TO ORGANIZE INTO PRIMARILY CLUSTERS /
BOWING LINES WITH A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL.
ALTHOUGH SEVERE THREAT EXISTS ACROSS A LARGE AREA...CORRIDOR OF
GREATEST THREAT APPEARS TO EXIST FROM GA NEWD INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC
REGION AHEAD OF SHORT-WAVE TROUGH ROTATING THROUGH LARGER-SCALE
FEATURE.
...CENTRAL AND SRN HIGH PLAINS...
WEAK UPPER FEATURES EVIDENT IN WV IMAGERY OVER THE NRN HIGH PLAINS
WILL MOVE SWD ON ERN PERIPHERY OF UPPER HIGH. STORMS SHOULD
DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN -- AND PERHAPS NEAR LEE TROUGH --
BY AFTERNOON AS AIRMASS DESTABILIZES. WITH MID-LEVEL FLOW 25 TO 35
KT EXPECTED ACROSS THIS REGION...SUFFICIENT SHEAR FOR MULTICELL /
WEAK SUPERCELL STORMS WILL EXIST. LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREATS. STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP /
SPREAD SEWD OVERNIGHT AS LOW-LEVEL JET INCREASES AND THEN VEERS
WITH TIME.
...MIDWEST...
A LOW-PROBABILITY THREAT FOR MARGINALLY-SEVERE HAIL / LOCALLY
DAMAGING WINDS IS FORECAST ACROSS THIS REGION TODAY. DESPITE WEAK
SHEAR...MARGINALLY-UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL PERSIST AS MID-LEVEL
THERMAL TROUGH MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THIS REGION...SUFFICIENT TO
SUPPORT STRONG / ISOLATED SEVERE STORM DEVELOPMENT.
...AZ...
WEATHER PATTERN IS FORECAST TO REMAIN SIMILAR ACROSS AZ THIS PERIOD
WITH DEEPLY-MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON.
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD AGAIN DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND THEN
MOVE EWD INTO LOWER ELEVATIONS -- PARTICULARLY ACROSS SERN INTO S
CENTRAL AZ WHERE MID-LEVEL FLOW SHOULD BE A LITTLE STRONGER SOUTH
OF PERSISTENT UPPER CYCLONE. LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS / HAIL WILL
AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITH ONE OR TWO OF THE STRONGER STORMS.2
...NERN CA / WRN NV NEWD INTO WRN MT...
HEIGHT FALLS ARE FORECAST ACROSS THIS REGION AS UPPER ANTICYCLONE
WEAKENS AHEAD OF SHORT-WAVE TROUGH MOVES SEWD TOWARD THE REGION.
GREATEST INSTABILITY IS FORECAST ACROSS PARTS OF NRN CA / SRN
ORE...WHERE WEAK DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELD BUT DEEPLY-MIXED BOUNDARY
LAYER SUGGESTS A THREAT FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WITH ONE OR TWO
OF THE STRONGER STORMS. FURTHER NE ACROSS ID INTO WRN
MT...INSTABILITY IS FORECAST TO BE WEAKER BUT DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELD
STRONGER. THIS SUGGESTS THAT A LIMITED SEVERE THREAT MAY EXTEND
NEWD INTO THIS REGION AS WELL.
..GOSS.. 07/23/03
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1630Z
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