Jun 18, 2013 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook | |||||||||
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Probability of a tornado within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of EF2 - EF5 tornadoes within 25 miles of a point. |
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Probability of damaging thunderstorm winds or wind gusts of 50 knots or higher within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% of greater probability of wind gusts 65 knots or greater within 25 miles of a point. |
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Probability of hail 1" or larger within 25 miles of a point. Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of hail 2" or larger within 25 miles of a point. |
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SPC AC 181617 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1117 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013 VALID 181630Z - 191200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL/SRN IL AND INDIANA... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS NE ID/NW MT THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING... ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE ERN CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON... ...CENTRAL AND SRN IL/INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING... WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS AN EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ESEWD OVER IA...AND THIS WAVE WILL CROSS IL/INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. THE MIDLEVEL WAVE COINCIDES WITH A FRONTAL ZONE ACROSS CENTRAL IL/INDIANA...WHICH WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. MODIFIED 12Z SOUNDINGS FROM DVN/ILX SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR MLCAPE OF 1500-2000 J/KG...WITH STEEP LOW-MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES AND STRONG DEEP-LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR WHICH WILL SUPPORT A RISK FOR COUPLE OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ...HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING... FALLING PRESSURES ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES...IN ADVANCE OF THE DEEP TROUGH MOVING INLAND OVER THE PAC NW...WILL INDUCE SELY UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. DEEP-LAYER BULK SHEAR WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS WITH MODEST WLY FLOW ALOFT ABOVE SELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW...IN A STEEP LAPSE RATE ENVIRONMENT WITH 1500-2000 J/KG MLCAPE. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM INITIATION BY EARLY-MID AFTERNOON ALONG THE E SLOPES OF THE BIG HORN AND LARAMIE RANGES IN WY...AS WELL AS THE FRONT RANGE OF CO/NE NM...POSSIBLY AIDED BY WEAK ASCENT OVER NRN CO/WY IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH EJECTING NEWD FROM UT. STORMS WILL THEN SPREAD EWD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON/EVENING ONTO THE HIGH PLAINS...WITH AN ACCOMPANYING RISK FOR LARGE HAIL AND A FEW DAMAGING GUSTS. SOME OF THE CONVECTION COULD PERSIST INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE TX/OK PANHANDLES IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING LLJ AND INCREASING MOISTURE FLUX FROM THE SE. ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD FORM THIS AFTERNOON ALONG A RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ACROSS NW/W CENTRAL KS. VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE AT LEAST MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ISOLATED HAIL/DAMAGING GUSTS. ...NW MT/NE ID THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING... LARGE SCALE ASCENT DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DEEP PAC NW TROUGH...AND THE NRN EXTENT OF A STEEP LAPSE RATE PLUME...WILL COMBINE WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S TO SUPPORT MODERATE INSTABILITY AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BY MID AFTERNOON ACROSS NE ID/WRN MT. STORMS WILL THEN SPREAD NNEWD OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AT LEAST ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE STRONGEST VERTICAL SHEAR...AND GREATER POTENTIAL FOR SUPERCELLS...WILL BE NEAR THE BAROCLINIC ZONE ACROSS NW/N CENTRAL MT. ...ERN GA INTO THE ERN CAROLINAS THIS AFTERNOON... A MIDLEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW OVER THE SRN APPALACHIANS WILL PROGRESS EWD TO THE ATLANTIC COAST BY TONIGHT. A WIDE SWATH OF THICK CLOUDS/RAIN ACCOMPANIES THIS TROUGH FROM THE MID ATLANTIC SWWD TO THE SRN APPALACHIANS AND PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS. REGIONAL 12Z SOUNDINGS AND RECENT VWP/S REVEAL SOMEWHAT ENHANCED LOW-MIDLEVEL WSWLY FLOW OF 30-40 KT...THOUGH THE CLOUDS AND MOIST PROFILES/POOR LAPSE RATES WILL TEND TO LIMIT DESTABILIZATION THIS AFTERNOON...ASIDE FROM STRONGER SURFACE HEATING ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS WHERE MIDLEVEL FLOW WEAKENS. THE NET RESULT IS A MARGINAL SITUATION FOR MULTICELL CLUSTERS WITH DAMAGING WINDS. ...E/SE TX INTO LA/MS THIS AFTERNOON... A WELL-DEVELOPED MCV FROM OVERNIGHT CONVECTION PERSISTS OVER N CENTRAL TX AS OF MID-LATE MORNING. E-S OF THE MCV AND WEAK ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW IN NE TX...DAYTIME HEATING AND CONVERGENCE ALONG WEAK SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARIES WILL SUPPORT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. DEEP-LAYER FLOW IS RELATIVELY WEAK WITHIN THE UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR...AND LAPSE RATES ALOFT ARE NOT STEEP. ISOLATED WET MICROBURSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SEVERE STORM COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN RATHER SPARSE. ..THOMPSON/KERR.. 06/18/2013 CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 2000Z |