SPC AC 091625
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1125 AM CDT TUE SEP 09 2003
VALID 091630Z - 101200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM LBB
CVS CAO LIC BFF CDR ANW BUB HSI RSL GAG CDS LBB.
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM PGA
U17 4BL FMN GNT 50 NNW SAD 60 NE PHX FLG PGA.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 ESE YUM 30 ESE IGM
25 N SGU 15 SSE TPH 45 E MHS 30 WNW RDM 40 WSW PDT 25 SSE SUN 15 WSW
JAC 20 SE SHR 30 SW DIK 55 N MOT ...CONT... 20 N ELO 35 NNW BVO 30
NW FSI 20 SE SJT 50 ENE COT 55 SE AUS 30 S POE 20 SSW ESF 40 WSW MLU
45 ENE SHV 25 SW TXK 40 E FSM 60 SW MEM 45 W CBM 35 ENE MEI 60 NNE
MOB 30 WSW PNS.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 WNW FMY 35 N PBI.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 ENE CRE 45 W ILM
15 NE GSB 55 W ECG 15 ESE ORF.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 ESE YNG 20 ENE MGW
20 E PSK 40 SSE JKL 45 S SDF 40 SSW BMG 15 SSW MMO 15 SSW MSN 10 SSE
CWA 40 WNW IMT 30 S MQT 30 SSE ESC 25 ENE MKE SBN 20 NNW CLE 25 ESE
YNG.
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION...
...CENTRAL PLAINS...
LARGE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN STATES WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE
DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD AS SEVERAL SMALLER SHORTWAVE TROUGHS
ROTATE FROM THE SOUTHWEST STATES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. DEEPENING
SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN CO WILL LIFT SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD...WITH
TRAILING LEE TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE TX/NM BORDER.
RELATIVELY MOIST/UNSTABLE LOW LEVEL AIRMASS IS PRESENT ALONG/EAST OF
SURFACE BOUNDARY...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW/MID 60S AND AFTERNOON
MLCAPE VALUES AROUND 2000 J/KG. STRONG CAPPING INVERSION WILL BE
SLOWLY WEAKENED BY DAYTIME HEATING AND UVVS...LEADING TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FROM EASTERN CO/WESTERN NEB/WESTERN KS INTO EASTERN NM/WEST
TX. INCREASING MID LEVEL WINDS...STRONG VEERING OF WINDS WITH
HEIGHT...AND BACKED LOW LEVEL FLOW INVOF SURFACE LOW WILL PROVIDE
FAVORABLE LOW/DEEP LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES FOR SUPERCELLS /3KM
HELICITY VALUES OF 150-300 M2/S2 AND 6KM SHEAR OF 35-45 KNOTS/.
LARGE/VERY LARGE HAIL APPEARS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT. RELATIVELY
HIGH LCL HEIGHTS MAY LIMIT SIG TORNADO THREAT. HOWEVER...POTENTIAL
FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE PRESENT
THROUGH THE EVENING.
...FOUR CORNERS AREA...
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A WELL-DEFINED SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER WESTERN
NV/SOUTHERN CA. THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EASTWARD
TODAY...PROVIDING UPPER FORCING AND LIFT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN
UT/AZ/SOUTHWEST CO/WESTERN NM. AIRMASS IN THIS REGION IS MODERATELY
MOIST/UNSTABLE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S/60S AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS
SHOWING AFTERNOON MLCAPE VALUES OF 500-1000 J/KG. DEEP LAYER
VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE SUFFICIENT FOR A RISK OF ORGANIZED OR
EVEN SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF
NORTHERN AZ. THIS ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD EASTWARD INTO PARTS OF CO/NM
THIS EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN
THREATS.
..HART.. 09/09/2003
...NOTICE...
FOR USERS DECODING THE POINTS PARAGRAPH HEREIN...LATITUDE AND
LONGITUDE POINTS FOR THE CATEGORICAL AND PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK
GRAPHICS ALSO ARE LOCATED IN A SEPARATE PRODUCT UNDER THE WMO
HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1...WUUS02 PTSDY2...AND WUUS03 PTSDY3. THE
INCLUSION OF POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DISCONTINUED.
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 2000Z
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