Monday, August 8, 2016

SPC Aug 8, 2016 0730 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook

SPC 0730Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Outlook Image
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0232 AM CDT MON AUG 08 2016

VALID 101200Z - 111200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM A PORTION OF THE DAKOTAS
INTO MN...

...THERE IS A MRGL RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM A PORTION OF THE NRN
PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MS VALLEY...

...SUMMARY...
A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER A PORTION OF THE
NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

...NRN PLAINS THROUGH UPPER MS VALLEY AREAS...

SHORTWAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY SITUATED OVER THE PACIFIC NW WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH ERN MT WEDNESDAY THEN INTO NWRN ND AND SCNTRL
CANADA DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CONVECTIVELY REINFORCED
WARM FRONT WILL EXTEND EWD THROUGH SRN ND OR NRN SD INTO CNTRL MN
FROM A SFC LOW IN SERN MT AT THE START OF THE PERIOD. THE LOW WILL
DEVELOP EWD ALONG THIS BOUNDARY DURING THE DAY...BECOMING SITUATED
NEAR THE CNTRL ND/SD BORDER BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. LEE TROUGH WILL
TRAIL THE LOW THROUGH THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS. A COLD FRONT WILL
ACCOMPANY THE EJECTING UPPER THROUGH THE HIGH PLAINS WEDNESDAY
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

MOIST WARM SECTOR WILL RESIDE SOUTH OF WARM FRONT WITH DEWPOINTS
GENERALLY IN THE UPPER 60 TO NEAR 70F BENEATH MODERATELY STEEP LAPSE
RATES RESULTING IN MODERATE INSTABILITY. STORMS WILL LIKELY BE
ONGOING NORTH OF WARM FRONT EARLY WEDNESDAY. EVOLUTION OF EARLY
ACTIVITY IS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...BUT TREND MAY BE FOR THESE STORMS
TO SHIFT NEWD AND DEEPER INTO THE COOLER SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY WITH
TIME. TENDENCY FOR DEEPER FORCING FOR ASCENT WITH EJECTING UPPER
TROUGH TO REMAIN NW OF WARM SECTOR AND LIKELIHOOD OF SOME CAPPING
LOWERS CONFIDENCE IN EXTENT OF THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT ALONG WARM
FRONT DURING THE DAY. BUT A FEW STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN ZONE
OF DEEPER MIXING NEAR THE LEE TROUGH ACROSS WRN SD. THE MOST LIKELY
AREA FOR THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE DURING THE EVENING
ACROSS NRN SD INTO ND WHEN A STRENGTHENING LLJ WILL AUGMENT
ISENTROPIC ASCENT ALONG/NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
TEND TO SHIFT TOWARD THE UPPER MS VALLEY AS THE LLJ VEERS. EFFECTIVE
SHEAR WILL SUPPORT A THREAT OF A FEW ROTATING UPDRAFTS WITH INITIAL
DEVELOPMENT AND BEFORE STORMS GROW UPSCALE. STRONGER STORMS MAY
SUPPORT A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL PRIMARILY DURING
THE EVENING.

..DIAL.. 08/08/2016

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