Tuesday, March 6, 2012

DAY1SVR: Day 1 Convective Outlook

ACUS01 KWNS 061612
SWODY1
SPC AC 061610

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1010 AM CST TUE MAR 06 2012

VALID 061630Z - 071200Z

...NO TSTM AREAS FORECAST...

...SYNOPSIS...
A VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH IS DIGGING S-SEWD FROM THE PAC NW TOWARDS
THE WRN GREAT BASIN...WITH AN ACCOMPANYING COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS
SRN NV/CNTRL UT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE-SCALE ASCENT ACCOMPANYING
THE UPPER TROUGH SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DEVELOPING SHOWERS
ALONG/AHEAD OF THE SEWD PROGRESSING COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...MEAGER
BUOYANCY OWING TO A COOL/DRY BOUNDARY LAYER SHOULD LEAD TO MINIMAL
POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING...ALTHOUGH A FEW ISOLATED STRIKES CANNOT BE
RULED OUT.

MEANWHILE...MODEST MOISTURE RETURN IS UNDERWAY OVER THE WRN/CNTRL
GULF COAST INTO THE SRN PLAINS...BUT WITH A MODIFIED AIR MASS
PRESENT OVER THE GULF...DEW POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 50S
F ACROSS N TX/OK. STRONG CAPPING ASSOCIATED WITH AN EML WILL
PRECLUDE ANY TSTM POTENTIAL OVER THE SRN/CNTRL PLAINS THIS PERIOD.
GRADUAL MOISTENING OVER S FL WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT WITHIN A
PERSISTENT ELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW REGIME...BUT WEAK INSTABILITY /OWING
TO POOR MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES/ WILL LIMIT LIGHTNING POTENTIAL.

..ROGERS/PETERS.. 03/06/2012

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