Friday, September 11, 2009

DAY1SVR: Day 1 Convective Outlook

ACUS01 KWNS 111555
SWODY1
SPC AC 111552

DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1052 AM CDT FRI SEP 11 2009

VALID 111630Z - 121200Z

...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...

AS STRONG UPPER HIGH ROTATES NWD INTO SRN ALBERTA...A RATHER
VIGOROUS UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE DROPPING SWD THRU THE WRN DAKOTAS
THIS FORECAST PERIOD. COLD FRONT AHEAD OF UPPER LOW IS SURGING SWD
THRU THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THIS MORNING SOMEWHAT AHEAD OF EARLIER
MODEL RUNS. BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM CENTRAL
NEB TO SWRN KS THEN ACROSS NRN TX PANHANDLE INTO NERN NM.

THE VERY MOIST AIR MASS ACROSS TX INTO OK WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD
SLOWLY W AND N AND WITH THE FRONTAL CONVERGENCE LEAD TO THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. WHILE MLCAPES IN
ADVANCE OF FRONT WILL CLIMB TO AOA 1000 J/KG...MORE THAN SUFFICIENT
FOR CONVECTION...THE GENERALLY VERY WEAK SHEAR PRECLUDES AN
ORGANIZED SEVERE THREAT. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A FEW STRONGER STORMS
BY MAX HEATING CAPABLE OF MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL GIVEN THE MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES IN EXCESS OF 8C/KM NOTED ON BOTH LBF AND DNR 12Z
SOUNDINGS...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. HOWEVER WITH FRONT SO FAR IN
ADVANCE OF UPPER LOW...THE SURFACE TO 6 KM SHEAR WILL BE GENERALLY
LESS THAN 20KT AND AN ORGANIZED STORMS/SEVERE THREAT IS NEGLIGIBLE.

HAVE DROPPED THE THREAT OF SEVERE ALONG THE NJ COAST...AS
INSTABILITY IS LACKING IN THE STRONG ONSHORE FLOW AHEAD OF THE
SURFACE LOW MOVING SLOWLY NWD IN THIS AREA.

..HALES/GRAMS.. 09/11/2009

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