Thursday, November 27, 2008

DAY3SVR: Nws Storm Prediction Center Norman Ok

ACUS03 KWNS 270743
SWODY3
SPC AC 270742

DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0142 AM CST THU NOV 27 2008

VALID 291200Z - 301200Z

...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...

...SYNOPSIS...
DIFFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO THE LARGE UPPER TROUGH OVER MUCH OF THE
U.S. AND CANADA CONTINUE THIS PERIOD BETWEEN THE
NAM/ECMWF/GFS...PARTICULARLY WITH THE SMALLER/EMBEDDED FEATURES
WITHIN THE LARGER-SCALE TROUGH. ALL MODELS HOWEVER HOLD THE
LARGE-SCALE TROUGH ROUGHLY STATIONARY AS IT SLOWLY STRENGTHENS...AND
LIKEWISE MAINTAIN AN ASSOCIATED BAROCLINIC ZONE EXTENDING FROM THE
WRN GULF/CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION ENEWD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
STATES. THIS FRONT SHOULD REMAIN A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE PERIOD.

...CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION INTO THE SOUTHEAST...
MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND A ROUGHLY UNIDIRECTIONAL/WLY FLOW FIELD
WITH HEIGHT SUGGESTS ANOTHER DAY OF LOW-PROBABILITY SEVERE POTENTIAL
WITHIN AREA OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS INVOF
THE LINGERING SURFACE FRONT. WITH TORNADO THREAT LIKELY TO REMAIN
LOW DUE TO VEERED LOW-LEVEL FLOW FIELD...AND WITH INSTABILITY/LAPSE
RATES LIKELY UNSUPPORTIVE OF AN APPRECIABLE HAIL THREAT...MAIN
THREAT WOULD LIKELY BE AN ISOLATED/DAMAGING GUST OR TWO. GIVEN THE
FAIRLY STRONG WIND FIELD ANTICIPATED...THE EVOLUTION OF A FEW
STRONGER STORM CLUSTERS COULD RESULT IN A WIND THREAT GREATER THAN
CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED. ATTM HOWEVER...WILL INTRODUCE ONLY 5% SEVERE
PROBABILITY...WITH THE APPARENT LACK OF INSTABILITY EXPECTED TO BE A
LIMITING FACTOR.

..GOSS.. 11/27/2008

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