lundi 2 juillet 2012

Today's Severe WX outlook


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  1. SPC AC 021613

    DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
    1113 AM CDT MON JUL 02 2012

    VALID 021630Z - 031200Z

    ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ERN ND/FAR NERN SD INTO UPR
    GRTLKS...

    ...ERN ND/FAR NERN SD INTO UPR GRTLKS...
    LATE MORNING OBSERVATIONS SHOW A RESERVOIR OF LWR 70F SFC DEW POINTS
    SITUATED BENEATH LAPSE RATES IN EXCESS OF 7-9 DEG C PER KM FROM ERN
    ND SEWD INTO THE UPR MS VLY. UNINHIBITED AFTN HEATING WILL
    THEREFORE SET THE STAGE FOR MLCAPE VALUES APPROACHING 3000-4000
    J/KG.

    ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY AMONG DETERMINISTIC...ENSEMBLE
    AND CONVECTION ALLOWING MODELS...THE ELEVATED TSTM CLUSTER OF
    CNTRL/NRN ND SHOULD CONTINUE EWD TOWARD NRN MN THROUGH MID-AFTN. AS
    DOWNSTREAM INHIBITION CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...STORMS SHOULD BECOME
    MORE SFC-BASED. DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 35-40 KTS AND MAGNITUDE OF
    LAPSE RATES SUGGEST INITIAL STORMS COULD EVOLVE INTO SUPERCELLS WITH
    VERY LARGE HAIL AND PERHAPS A TORNADO. EVENTUALLY...AS COLD POOLS
    CONGLOMERATE...A BOW ECHO MAY EVOLVE AND ACCELERATE ESE ACROSS NRN
    AND CNTRL PARTS OF MN BY EVENING...ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IN THIS
    SCENARIO IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED. IF THE MODE INDEED DEVELOPS IN THIS
    MANNER...STORMS COULD REACH PARTS OF CNTRL/NRN WI AND UPR MI BY LATE
    THIS EVENING WITH AN ATTENDANT RISK OF SIGNIFICANT DMGG WIND GUSTS.
    IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A PORTION OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA
    COULD BE UPGRADED TO A MODERATE RISK IN LATER D1 UPDATES.

    ...CNTRL/ERN SD INTO THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS...
    ISOLD TO WDLY SCTD TSTMS WILL BE PSBL ALONG A PRE-FRONTAL/LEE TROUGH
    ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTN/EVE. HERE...VERTICAL SHEAR WILL
    REMAIN COMPARATIVELY WEAKER THAN POINTS FARTHER N.
    HOWEVER...PRESENCE OF STEEP LAPSE RATES ATOP A DEEPLY-MIXED BOUNDARY
    LAYER WILL SUPPORT GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL IN STRONGEST STORMS.

    ...SERN STATES...
    THIS MORNINGS UPR AIR ANALYSIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THE
    LOW/MID-TROPOSPHERE HAS COOLED SINCE LAST EVE AS EXTENSIVE MCS
    CLUSTERS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION. STRONGEST POTENTIAL FOR TSTMS
    WILL LIKELY EXIST ALONG/W OF A CONVECTIVELY INDUCED BOUNDARY FROM
    PARTS OF THE MID-SOUTH SEWD INTO AL/WRN FL PNHDL. IN THIS
    REGION...ERN FRINGE OF A STRONG EML STILL EXISTS AMIDST PWAT VALUES
    OF 1.8 INCHES. AS A RESULT...ANY STRONGER CORE THAT EVOLVES MAY
    PRODUCE A MICROBURST OR SOME HAIL.

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