Tuesday, October 11, 2011

MESO: Mesoscale Discussion 2247

ACUS11 KWNS 112048
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 112048
TXZ000-OKZ000-112145-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2247
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0348 PM CDT TUE OCT 11 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN TX/OK PANHANDLES...PORTIONS OF TX S PLAINS

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY

VALID 112048Z - 112145Z

ISOLATED TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE ERN TX/OK PANHANDLES AND THE TX S PLAINS. PRIMARY
THREATS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...BUT
ISOLATED/MARGINAL NATURE SHOULD PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR A WW.

WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS ELONGATED TROUGH PROGRESSING EWD ACROSS THE
GREAT PLAINS...WITH PRIMARY ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE
STRETCHING FROM W-CNTRL TX INTO WRN OK. FARTHER UPSTREAM...A STRONG
UPPER JET CURRENTLY POSITIONED OVER THE CNTRL ROCKIES IS NOW
BEGINNING TO NOSE INTO THE SRN HIGH PLAINS /AS SAMPLED BY TCU
PROFILER/. AT THE SFC...20Z SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS PLACES A DEEPENING
SFC LOW APPROXIMATELY 30 E GUY...WITH A DIFFUSE DRYLINE/TROUGH
PROTRUDING SSWD TO NEAR THE TX/NM BORDER. PRIMARY FOCUS FOR
SHORT-TERM CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT APPEARS TO BE ALONG WEAKLY
CONFLUENT SFC TROUGH/LOW...AND WITH LITTLE TO NO CINH IN PLACE...AT
LEAST ISOLATED TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS ANTICIPATED BY 22Z /AS SUPPORTED
BY SEVERAL RUNS OF THE EXPERIMENTAL WRF-HRRR/.

MORE ROBUST TSTM COVERAGE WILL LIKELY BE PRECLUDED BY WEAK LOW-LEVEL
CONVERGENCE AND UNFAVORABLE PHASING OF UPPER TROUGH /MOVING E OF THE
DISCUSSION AREA/...ALTHOUGH WEAK ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER JET
MAY ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT LATER THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONALLY...INSTABILITY IS QUITE MARGINAL OWING TO MODEST
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE /MLCAPE VALUES 500-1000 J/KG/...BUT
STRENGTHENING MID/UPPER FLOW WILL SUPPORT THE POTENTIAL FOR
SUPERCELLS...WITH AN ACCOMPANYING THREAT FOR HAIL AND WIND.

..ROGERS.. 10/11/2011

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...SJT...LUB...AMA...MAF...

LAT...LON 36200006 35180005 33280026 32420117 32230169 32260243
32530267 33350234 34990200 36020192 36840146 36980115
36980074 36820017 36200006

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