Friday, July 24, 2020

SPC Jul 24, 2020 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
0225 AM CDT Fri Jul 24 2020

Valid 261200Z - 271200Z

...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE GREAT PLAINS AND MID
MISSOURI VALLEY INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...

...SUMMARY...
Strong thunderstorms may impact a corridor from the central Great
Plains through the Upper Midwest on Sunday, accompanied by at least
some risk for severe weather.

...Synopsis...
An ongoing amplification within the mid-latitude westerlies may
continue and develop eastward along the Canadian/U.S. border
vicinity during this period.  It appears that this will include
further building of mid-level ridging across the Canadian Rockies
into the Canadian Prairies.  As this occurs, significant downstream
troughing is forecast to gradually dig across the international
border through northern portions of the Great Plains, the Upper
Midwest and Great Lakes region.  An associated cold front may
advance as far southeast as lower Michigan into the lower Missouri
Valley and central Great Plains by late Sunday night.

In lower latitudes, models indicate that weak, negatively tilted
mid-level troughing will linger across California.  At the same
time, the weakening remnants of Hanna may continue to slowly migrate
west-southwest of the lower Rio Grande Valley, into northern Mexico,
to the south of initially prominent mid-level ridging extending
along a major axis from the southern Rockies into the lower Ohio
Valley.

...Upper Midwest into central Great Plains...
Models suggest that stronger cyclonic mid-level flow will continue
to lag to the north and northwest of the southeastward advancing
cold front.  However, within the corridor of stronger pre-frontal
boundary layer heating, seasonably high boundary-layer moisture
content (upper 60s to lower 70s F surface dew points) is expected to
contribute to moderately large CAPE on the order of 2000-3000+ J/kg.
Despite the generally weak vertical shear, this will be sufficient
to support vigorous convective development, which could become
fairly widespread by early Sunday evening, aided by mid-level
cooling/forcing for ascent associated with the digging trough. 
Potential appears to exist for one or two consolidating clusters of
storms which could pose an organized strong to severe wind threat
before weakening Sunday night.

..Kerr.. 07/24/2020

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from SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day3otlk_0730.html

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