STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWI47 KWNS.
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PORTIONS OF ERN SD...ERN
NE...SWRN MN AND WRN IA. THIS AREA IS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
35 ESE STC 30 NW MCW 50 W DSM 20 NE FNB 25 SSE BIE 35 SSE HSI
30 ESE ANW 20 SW 9V9 40 WNW HON 40 NE ABR 35 SSE FAR 15 NW BRD
35 ESE STC.
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
40 WSW CMX 40 W CWA 20 WSW CID 20 SSW P35 40 WSW CNU 30 NE PNC
20 SW P28 25 SSE HLC 35 SSW ANW 50 SSW PIR 15 ENE MBG 30 SSW GFK
30 ESE RRT.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SSW CTY 30 N DAB.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 ESE BPT
25 NNW POE 50 E MLU 40 SE MEI 30 S CEW.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 ESE ESC
15 ENE MKE 35 N ALN 25 S TBN 35 NNE MKO OKC 35 S DDC 30 WNW LBF
40 E AIA 30 NE LAR 20 WNW RKS WEY 50 NNW FCA.
...SYNOPSIS...
LARGE SCALE TROUGH OVER NWRN QUARTER OF CONUS DELIVERS A STRONG
MID/UPPER LEVEL WIND MAX EWD ACROSS NRN PLAINS AS UPSTREAM S/WV
DIGS SEWD INTO PAC NW THIS FORECAST PERIOD. THE DEEP/VERTICALLY
STACKED LOW OVER SASKATCHEWAN MOVES SLOWLY NEWD AS THE ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT PUSHING EWD ALONG NRN MN/CANADA BORDER THEN TRAILS SWWD
AND BECOMES QUASISTATIONARY INTO CENTRAL SD AND THEN WSWWD INTO NRN
UT. SECONDARY SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS OVER SD NEAR INTERSECTION OF
FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND DRY LINE WHICH EXTENDS SWD THRU CENTRAL
NEB/KS INTO SWRN TX.
....ERN SD/NE AND WRN IA/MN...
STRONG 40-50KT SLY LOW LEVEL JET FROM CENTRAL KS INTO WRN MN
COUPLED WITH 50-60 KT 500MB WIND MAX ROTATING EWD ACROSS DAKOTAS
DURING AFTERNOON WILL PROVIDE POTENT KINEMATICS FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THIS AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING. VERY
MOIST AND EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH MLCAPES AOA 4000 J/KG TO
EAST OF DRY LINE COINCIDENT WITH LAPSE RATES OF AROUND 8C/KM ABOVE
THE CAPPING INVERSION WILL PROVIDE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY MID/LATE AFTERNOON WHEN CAP WILL WEAKEN
SUFFICIENTLY. INITIATION MOST LIKELY VICINITY OF DRY LINE WHERE
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO RISE WELL INTO THE 90S AND IN THE
CONVERGENCE E/NE OF SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL SD AND ALONG
QUASISTATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEWD INTO MN.
VEERING LOW LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES WITH HELICITIES 200-300 MS/S2 ON
ETA MODEL SOUNDINGS ACROSS MUCH OF MDT RISK AREA BY MID AFTERNOON
VICINITY LOW LEVEL JET...INDICATE SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT LIKELY. IN
ADDITION TO POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL...SHEAR SUPPORTS TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS. STORMS WILL LIKELY EVOLVE INTO ONE OR MORE SEVERE MCS'S
DURING EVENING AS ACTIVITY MOVES E/NEWD ACROSS SRN MN/IA WITH
INCREASING WIND DAMAGE THREAT AS CONVECTION DEVELOPS BOWS/SHORT
LINES.
...CENTRAL PLAINS...
CAPPING WILL GRADUALLY BECOME MORE OF A FACTOR ACROSS DRY LINE FROM
SRN NEB SWD. HOWEVER STRONG HEATING AND VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS DOES
SUPPORT AT LEAST ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT VICINITY OF
DRY LINE BY LATE/AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VEERING LOW LEVEL SHEAR
PROFILES DO SUPPORT SUPERCELL POTENTIAL, ALTHOUGH THE
HIGHER CLOUD BASES SHOULD CONFINE THREAT TO PRIMARILY LARGE HAIL
AND DOWNBURST WINDS.
..HALES.. 06/21/03
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1730Z
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