Wednesday, January 11, 2012

DAY1SVR: Day 1 Convective Outlook

ACUS01 KWNS 111631
SWODY1
SPC AC 111629

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1029 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012

VALID 111630Z - 121200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
TONIGHT FOR NE SC AND EXTREME ERN NC...

...NE SC/ERN NC THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...
THE MIDLEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER AL THIS MORNING WILL EJECT NEWD
TO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION BY TONIGHT AS AN UPSTREAM TROUGH
AMPLIFIES OVER THE CENTRAL STATES. AT THE SURFACE...A LOW NEAR THE
AL/GA/TN BORDER WILL MOVE NNEWD IMMEDIATELY W OF THE
APPALACHIANS...WHILE A SECONDARY LOW MAY FORM BY THIS EVENING/EARLY
TONIGHT E OF THE BLUE RIDGE AS THE MIDLEVEL WAVE EJECTS NEWD...AND
THE WARM FRONT SPREADS INLAND.

RECENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT DEWPOINTS HAVE INCREASED INTO
THE LOWER 60S AS THE WARM SECTOR BEGINS TO SPREAD INLAND ACROSS
COASTAL SC. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE NEWD INTO ERN NC LATER TODAY
INTO EARLY TONIGHT AS THE SYNOPTIC SYSTEM MOVES NEWD...RESULTING IN
MODEST LOW-LEVEL DESTABILIZATION. DESPITE RATHER POOR LAPSE RATES
ALOFT AND WIDESPREAD CLOUDS...WEAK SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN A NARROW ZONE NEAR THE COAST IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD
FRONT...WHERE WIND PROFILES WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EMBEDDED
SUPERCELLS WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING GUSTS AND A
TORNADO OR TWO.

...FL PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON...
A BROKEN BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SURFACE COLD FRONT IS
APPROACHING THE W CENTRAL FL COAST. THE STORMS ARE CURRENTLY BEING
MAINTAINED BY RICHER MOISTURE OVER THE E CENTRAL GULF OF
MEXICO...WHEREAS A LITTLE DRIER AIR MASS RESIDES INLAND AND
WIDESPREAD CLOUDS WILL SLOW SURFACE HEATING. MEANWHILE...
DEEP-LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR IS SUFFICIENT FOR EMBEDDED ROTATING
STORMS...AND WILL REMAIN SO INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. STILL...IT
APPEARS THAT THE MARGINAL THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT WILL LIMIT THE
INLAND RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND A TORNADO THIS AFTERNOON...THUS
WILL MAINTAIN LOW SEVERE PROBABILITIES.

...N GA/ERN TN THIS AFTERNOON...
WEAK INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN A NARROW CORRIDOR
NEAR THE OCCLUDING SURFACE LOW...WHERE MID-UPPER 50S BOUNDARY LAYER
DEWPOINTS AND SOME SURFACE HEATING PERSIST BENEATH A POCKET OF
MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES NEAR 7 C/KM. A SMALL ARC OF CONVECTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IMMEDIATELY IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW...AND THERE
WILL BE A SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR STORMS TO PRODUCE
MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

..THOMPSON/COHEN.. 01/11/2012

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