SPC AC 100902
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0402 AM CDT WED SEP 10 2003
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SYNOPSIS...
LARGE SCALE TROUGH OVER THE WRN STATES WILL CONTINUE TO EDGE SLOWLY
E THIS PERIOD AS SHORTWAVE IMPULSE NOW OVER NV/UT EJECTS NE ACROSS
MN/WI AND THE UPR GRT LKS INTO CANADA. WEAK POSITIVE TILT TROUGH
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SRN RCKYS/HI PLNS ON THURSDAY SHOULD
SETTLE SLOWLY S AND E ACROSS TX ON FRIDAY...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
INTENSITY.
AT LOWER LEVELS...COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH MN/WI DISTURBANCE
SHOULD WEAKEN AS IT MOVES E ACROSS THE UPR MS VLY...AHEAD OF A NEW
COLD FRONT DROPPING S INTO THE NRN RCKYS/PLNS. TRAILING SRN PART OF
MS VLY FRONT SHOULD BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER E TX.
...WI..
A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY ACCOMPANY COLD FRONT CROSSING WI AND SE MN
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WHERE WEAK SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY SHOULD
DEVELOP WITHIN AXIS OF 40+ KT DEEP SWLY SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH
EJECTING UPPER IMPULSE. BOTH MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE WILL...HOWEVER...LIKELY REMAIN WEAK. THUS... POTENTIAL
FOR SUSTAINED SEVERE APPEARS SLIM DESPITE LARGE SCALE FORCING
ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE.
...E TX...
A FEW STRONG AFTERNOON PULSE STORMS COULD AFFECT ERN AND SE TX ON
FRIDAY. HEATING IN THIS REGION SHOULD BOOST MEAN MLCAPE TO AOA 1000
J/KG IN AREA OF WEAK SWLY SHEAR ALONG AND AHEAD OF STALLING FRONT.
..CORFIDI.. 09/10/2003
...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 3 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1200Z
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