STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWK48 KWNS.
VALID 041200-051200
THERE IS A LIMITED THREAT FOR SEVERE OVER ERN NC/SE VA AND THE SRN
DELMARVA PENINSULA.
...SYNOPSIS...
POTENT OH VLY SHORTWAVE TROUGH EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AS IT SWEEPS
NE ACROSS NEW ENG AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES ON TUESDAY/EARLY
WEDNESDAY....WHILE E PACIFIC RIDGE BUILDS STILL FARTHER N INTO WRN
CANADA. TRAILING COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH OH VLY TROUGH SHOULD
MOVE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AROUND MIDDAY AS SURFACE LOW
CONTINUES TO DEEPEN OVER THE LWR ST LAWRENCE VLY.
...ERN NC/TIDEWATER VA/SRN DELMARVA...
CONVECTIVE BAND EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE OH/TN VLY REGION LATE
MONDAY EXPECTED TO WEAKEN UPON REACHING THE CNTRL/SRN APPALACHIANS
EARLY TUESDAY. THE CONVECTION WILL PROBABLY HAVE OUTRUN ASSOCIATED
SURFACE FRONT BY 50-100 MILES OR SO...THEREBY NARROWING OVERLAND
AREA WITH A POTENTIAL FOR RENEWED DEVELOPMENT OVER ERN NC/SE VA
LATER TUESDAY MORNING. CURRENT CONDITIONS OVER THE ERN U.S. SWD
INTO FL SUGGEST THAT BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE RETURN OVER ERN NC/SE
VA AHEAD OF FRONT/CONVECTIVE BAND WILL BE MODEST AT BEST.
NEVERTHELESS...GIVEN STRENGTH OF FRONTAL FORCING AND LIKELIHOOD
THAT AT LEAST WEAK SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT OVER
REGION...WOULD BE SURPRISED IF NO CONVECTIVE REDEVELOPMENT OCCURRED
WHATSOEVER BEFORE FRONT MOVED OFFSHORE. WIND PROFILES WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS /MID LEVEL SPEEDS EXPECTED TO BE AOA 75
KTS/...BUT WEAK INSTABILITY LIKELY TO LIMIT COVERAGE/INTENSITY OF
SEVERE THREAT.
..CORFIDI.. 02/02/03
NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 3 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1200Z
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