SPC AC 011250
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0750 AM CDT SUN JUN 01 2008
VALID 011300Z - 021200Z
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS IN A BROAD SWATH FROM THE
CAROLINAS/GA W AND NW THROUGH THE TN VLY AND OZARKS INTO THE CNTRL
HI PLNS...
...SYNOPSIS...
SLIGHT AMPLIFICATION EXPECTED OVER THE LWR 48 THIS PERIOD AS E
PACIFIC LOW EDGES E INTO WA AND DOWNSTREAM RIDGE BUILDS N/E FROM THE
RCKYS/HI PLNS INTO THE CNTRL PLNS. IN THE EAST...BROAD AREA OF
MODERATE CYCLONIC FLOW WILL PERSIST...WITH MAIN TROUGH MOVING FROM
THE ERN GRT LKS/OH VLY EARLY IN THE PERIOD TO OFF THE ERN SEABOARD
BY 12Z MONDAY.
SATELLITE SHOWS A WEAK IMPULSE TOPPING CREST OF UPR RIDGE OVER ERN
CO ATTM. THIS FEATURE SHOULD MOVE ESE INTO AR BY EVENING AND
CONTINUE SE INTO AL AND THE NERN GULF EARLY MONDAY. BACK WEST...A
SEPARATE WAVE NOW OVER CA EXPECTED TO EJECT NEWD AHEAD OF WA UPR LOW
SHOULD REACH THE NRN/CNTRL RCKYS THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE ENE
INTO THE NRN PLNS EARLY MONDAY.
AT LWR LVLS...DIFFUSE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED S/SE ACROSS THE ERN HALF
OF THE U.S. YESTERDAY SHOULD SETTLE FARTHER SE ACROSS THE TN
VLY...WHILE WRN PART OF SAME BOUNDARY REMAINS QSTNRY TODAY FROM NRN
AR INTO NRN OK. THE BOUNDARY SHOULD REDEVELOP NWD AS A WARM FRONT
OVER KS AND ERN CO TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY AS LEE TROUGH
STRENGTHENS OVER THE NRN HI PLNS AHEAD OF CA IMPULSE.
...SRN KS/NRN OK ESE INTO SRN MO/AR AND THE TN VLY...
DIFFUSE FRONTAL ZONE EXTENDING ESE FROM THE KS/OK BORDER AREA INTO
THE TN VLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN THE SEAT OF PERIODIC STRONG STORM/MCS
DEVELOPMENT THIS PERIOD. THE CLUSTER NOW OVER S CNTRL KS APPEARS TO
BE ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED UPR IMPULSE IN CO. THE MCS
SHOULD CONTINUE ESE INTO ERN OK AND PERHAPS WRN AR BY MIDDAY...WITH
WEAKENING EXPECTED ONCE IT MOVES BEYOND AXIS OF LLJ IN OK.
SFC HEATING AND CONTINUED ESE MOVEMENT OF UPR DISTURBANCE SHOULD
LEAD TO A NEW ROUND OF STORMS OVER PARTS OF AR AND THE TN VLY LATER
TODAY. WITH THE STORMS OCCURRING ALONG THE SRN EDGE OF 40-50 KT
WNWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW...AND WITH STRONG HEATING/RICH LOW-LVL MOISTURE
TO BOOST INSTABILITY...SETUP COULD SUPPORT A FEW SUPERCELLS. MODEST
LOW-LVL FLOW SUGGESTS...HOWEVER...THAT PRIMARY TSTM MODE SHOULD BE
MULTICELL CLUSTERS/BOWS WITH DMGG WIND/HAIL. NEVERTHELESS...ISOLD
TORNADOES COULD OCCUR. THESE WOULD BE MOST LIKELY INVOF ANY MCV
CIRCULATIONS BECOME ESTABLISHED...AND/OR WITH ANY STORMS MOVING
ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ORIENTED ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO WNWLY MEAN
FLOW.
...CNTRL HI PLNS E INTO PARTS OF SD/NEB/KS AND MO...
SELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL INCREASE OVER THE HI PLNS TODAY AS THE LEE
TROUGH STRENGTHENS AND STALLED W-E FRONT BEGINS TO REDEVELOP NWD
INTO KS. ASSOCIATED BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTENING SHOULD YIELD LWR-MID
50S F DEW POINTS OVER ERN CO...ERN WY...WRN NEB...AND SW SD BY
AFTN...WITH LOW-MID 60S POSSIBLE INTO FAR ERN CO TONIGHT.
AS HEIGHT FALLS WITH THE WRN IMPULSE SPREAD EWD...THE DEEPENING
UPSLOPE FLOW COMBINED WITH DIFFERENTIAL HEATING SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT
FOR TSTM INITIATION. SELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL VEER STRONGLY WITH
HEIGHT TO WLY AT MID LVLS...YIELDING 50+ KT DEEP SHEAR.
THUS...EXPECT SUPERCELLS WITH AN ASSOCIATED THREAT FOR LARGE
HAIL/ISOLD TORNADOES. INCREASING LOW/MID-LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION
EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING WILL PROBABLY SUPPORT ONE OR TWO MCSS
THAT WILL MOVE AND/OR DEVELOP E INTO PARTS OF WRN SD...WRN/CNTRL
NEB...WRN KS...AND PERHAPS NW OK. THE STRONGEST STORMS SHOULD FAVOR
REGION ALONG/N OF WARM FRONT FROM ERN CO INTO THE CNTRL PLNS...WHERE
A CONTINUED THREAT FOR SUPERCELL STRUCTURES/BOWS WITH LARGE
HAIL/DMGG WIND MAY PERSIST. FARTHER SE...A SEPARATE AREA OF STRONG
TO SVR STORMS WITH HAIL MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT/EARLY MONDAY OVER SE
KS/SW MO...AS STRENGTHENING LLJ TAPS RESERVOIR OF RICH MOISTURE IN
OK/AR.
...MS/AL/GA/FL AND CAROLINAS...
MODERATE CYCLONIC FLOW AND STRONG SFC HEATING IN BASE OF ERN STATES
TROUGH SHOULD SUPPORT WIDESPREAD STORM COVERAGE OVER THE PIEDMONT
AND CSTL PLN OF THE CAROLINAS AND GA TODAY. STORMS MAY FOCUS ALONG
OUTFLOW FROM OVERNIGHT MCSS IN THE UPR TN VLY/SRN APLCNS...ALONG LEE
TROUGH E OF THE MOUNTAINS...AND ALONG SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES SWD INTO
CNTRL FL. THE STRONGEST MEAN FLOW WILL EXIST FROM NRN/CNTRL GA/SC
NWD. THERE...STORMS MAY BECOME ORGANIZED...WITH HAIL AND DMGG WIND
GUSTS. FARTHER S...TSTMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE W COAST FL SEA BREEZE
BOUNDARY SHOULD BE MORE PULSE IN NATURE...BUT MAY STILL YIELD ISOLD
DMGG WIND GUSTS OR HAIL.
..CORFIDI/HURLBUT.. 06/01/2008
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