SPC AC 180944
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0344 AM CST TUE NOV 18 2003
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SE
DAB 20 SSE SRQ ...CONT... 20 WNW CTY 60 N AYS 35 ENE ANB 30 NNW CHA
15 ENE TRI 25 WSW SHD 15 N CXY 20 NW TTN 20 SE NEL.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 NW EFK 25 NE LEB
10 ENE PSM ...CONT... 25 S TLH 30 SSW MCN 25 NW LGC 10 W CBM 30 E
MKL 10 NW BWG 20 N LOZ 20 NE HTS 55 N ERI.
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 ENE BLI 45 SE OLM
25 NNW SLE 10 NW ONP.
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF THE SERN AND MID
ATLANTIC STATES...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER TROUGH NOW DIGGING S ACROSS ERN NM/W TX EXPECTED TO EVOLVE
INTO A CLOSED LOW THAT WILL BE OVER NRN AL AT THE START OF THE
PERIOD. THE LOW SHOULD CONTINUE E AND THEN NE TO THE DELMARVA
REGION BY 12Z THURSDAY AS UPSTREAM RIDGE PROGRESSES E TO THE CNTRL
PLNS/MID MS VLY. ASSOCIATED SURFACE PRESSURE FIELD WILL LIKELY BE
STRONGLY DISTORTED BY CONTINUING PRESENCE OF PREFRONTAL SQUALL LINE.
THE SQUALL LINE SHOULD EXTEND FROM SW VA/WRN NC ACROSS WRN SC/NE GA
AND THE ERN PART OF THE FL PANHANDLE BY 12Z WEDNESDAY ...AND SHOULD
MOVE OFF THE NC/SE VA CST EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
...ERN GA/CAROLINAS TO DELMARVA REGION...
EXPECT EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS TO PERSIST ALONG PREFRONTAL CONVECTIVE
BAND THAT WILL MOVE E/NE ACROSS PARTS OF THE SERN AND MID ATLANTIC
STATES DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WHILE STRONGEST BAND OF UPPER
FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH TROUGH NOW AMPLIFYING OVER THE SRN PLNS WILL
PROBABLY REMAIN W OF THE CONVECTION... AMPLE DEEP SHEAR WILL BE
PRESENT TO SUPPORT SUSTAINED ROTATING UPDRAFTS...ESPECIALLY GIVEN
RELATIVELY LIMITED INSTABILITY THAT WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS REGION
/MUCAPE AOB 1000 J/KG WITH WEAK LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES/.
AS REGION WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY AN EXISTING WEDGE-TYPE AIR MASS E
OF THE MOUNTAINS...STRONG BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE INFLOW OFF THE
ATLANTIC SHOULD BOOST SURFACE DEWPOINTS WELL INTO THE 60S. COUPLED
WITH WEAKLY CONVERGENT LARGE SCALE FLOW AND ABSENCE OF STRONG CIN...
POTENTIAL WILL ALSO EXIST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW CELLS AHEAD
OF SQUALL LINE OVER THE CAROLINA AND VA CSTL PLN. LOW LCLS AND
FAIRLY STRONG LOW LEVEL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR SHOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES...BOTH ALONG CONVECTIVE BAND AND WITH ANY ISOLATED STORMS
FORMING AHEAD OF IT. WEAK STATIONARY FRONT NOW SETTING UP ACROSS
NRN NC/SRN VA MAY LOCALLY CONCENTRATE AND LIMIT NWD EXTENT OF SEVERE
THREAT...ESPECIALLY IF UPPER SYSTEM CLOSES OFF AS MUCH AS FORECAST
BY THE ETA.
...SE GA INTO NRN AND CNTRL FL...
SRN END OF SQUALL LINE AFFECTING THE CAROLINAS WILL MOVE ACROSS SE
GA AND THE NRN HALF OF FL DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. GIVEN CLOSER
PROXIMITY OF THIS CONVECTIVE BAND TO SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT AND TO 60+
KT WLY MID LEVEL JET...POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS WILL
LIKELY EXIST DESPITE SOMEWHAT VEERED LOW LEVEL FLOW. COUPLED WITH
POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE SURFACE HEATING...SETUP MAY SUPPORT BOWING
SEGMENTS WITH HAIL AND HIGH WIND IN ADDITION TO ISOLATED TORNADOES.
...N GA/E TN/WRN SC...
SCATTERED AFTERNOON/EVENING STORMS WITH HAIL MAY DEVELOP OVER THE
SRN APPALACHIANS...IF DIURNAL HEATING IS ABLE TO OCCUR BENEATH DEEP
UPPER LOW AND IN WAKE OF EARLY DAY CONVECTIVE BAND.
..CORFIDI.. 11/18/2003
...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 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1730Z
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