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DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

0101 AM CDT FRI MAY 27 2011

VALID 281200Z - 291200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER A PORTION OF THE CNTRL

PLAINS AND MID MS VALLEY REGION...

..SYNOPSIS

UPPER LOW WILL DROP SWD THROUGH THE WRN STATES...REACHING THE GREAT

BASIN AREA SUNDAY MORNING WITH CORRESPONDING AMPLIFICATION OF

DOWNSTREAM RIDGE OVER THE SERN STATES. DESPITE GRADUAL HEIGHT

RISES...FAST BELT OF WLYS WILL PERSIST OVER THE CNTRL PLAINS AND MID

MS VALLEY DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY AS A COUPLE OF IMPULSES ROTATE

THROUGH BASE OF UPPER TROUGH CENTERED OVER MANITOBA.

AT THE SURFACE A FRONT WILL EXTEND SWD FROM AN OCCLUDED LOW INTO THE

ERN DAKOTAS EARLY SATURDAY AND SUBSEQUENTLY MOVE EWD INTO THE UPPER

MS VALLEY. A WARM FRONT ORIGINATING FROM SURFACE LOW IN WRN OK EWD

THROUGH THE MID MS VALLEY MAY MOVE SLIGHTLY NWD DURING THE PERIOD.

DRYLINE WILL EXTEND SWD FROM THE LOW THROUGH ERN PORTIONS OF WRN TX.

..CNTRL PLAINS THROUGH MID-MS VALLEY AREA

CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT ELEVATED STORMS WILL BE ONGOING NORTH

OF WARM FRONT FROM ERN KS INTO MO RESULTING FROM ISENTROPIC LIFT ON

NOSE OF A 50+ KT SLY LLJ. ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY DEVELOP EWD INTO IL

AND IND AS LLJ MIGRATES EWD IN ASSOCIATION WITH LEAD IMPULSE MOVING

THROUGH THE UPPER MS VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL

BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE SOUTH OF ONGOING ACTIVITY...AND THERE IS

A MODEST CHANCE THAT SURFACE BASED STORMS COULD DEVELOP NEAR WARM

FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM ERN MO INTO A PORTION OF CNTRL IL WHERE

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL NOT BE AS CAPPED AS FARTHER W. IF ENOUGH

BOUNDARY LAYER WARMING OCCURS TO SUPPORT SURFACE BASED

STORMS...STRONG EFFECTIVE SHEAR AND LARGE 0-1 KM HODOGRAPHS WOULD

PROMOTE A FEW SUPERCELLS. THE EXTENT/DEGREE OF SEVERE THREAT IS

DEPENDENT ON EVOLUTION OF MORNING AND ONGOING STORMS. GIVEN THE

CONDITIONAL NATURE OF THIS THREAT ONLY A 15% PROBABILITY AREA WILL

BE INTRODUCED AT THIS TIME.

OTHERWISE...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY REMAIN CAPPED ACROSS KS

DURING THE DAY AS EML ADVECTS EWD...BUT SHOULD DESTABILIZE NWD

THROUGH KS OVERNIGHT A SECONDARY BRANCH OF LLJ STRENGTHENS. ELEVATED

STORMS MAY DEVELOP WITHIN THIS ZONE OF ISENTROPIC LIFT SATURDAY

NIGHT ACROSS CNTRL OR NRN KS...AND EVENTUALLY INTO NRN MO. ISOLATED

LARGE HAIL COULD ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.

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If the cap can be broken over Lower MI on Sunday, things could get rather interesting with a warm front in the area. NAM and GFS both suggest it can be broken, though the 10C H7 temps nosing into the area are concerning, obviously.

Sigtor shading at 00z in SEMI on the 09z SREF. This could be interesting :popcorn:

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THE TREND OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING IN IS A BIT SLOWER...AND

IT IS LOOKING MORE THAN LIKELY THE WARM FRONT WILL NOT MAKE IT PAST

THE M-59 CORRIDOR DURING THE DAY...AND WOULD EXPECT SHOWER AND

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE OR RE-FIRE NORTH OF THE FRONT

DURING SUNDAY...AS CANADIAN/GFS IMPLYING MCS OR MCV WILL BE MOVING

THROUGH DURING THE DAY. WILL BE RAISING POPS (HIGH SCATTERED

NORTH/LOWER CHANCE SOUTH)...INCREASING CLOUDS AND LOWERING

TEMPERATURES ALONG/NORTH OF M-59. EVEN IF WE SEE MORE SUNSHINE...WET

GROUND FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO HELP MUTE THE

TEMPERATURE RISE TO A CERTAIN DEGREE. STRONG 0-6 KM SHEAR AND BEING

IN THE VICINITY OF A WARM FRONT MAKES ONE CONCERNED FOR SEVERE

WEATHER. BOTH 12Z NAM/GFS LOOK WAY OVERDONE WITH BOUNDARY LAYER DEW

PTS AND SUBSEQUENT INSTABILITY/CAPES (3500 J/KG). NONE-THE-

LESS...WITH THE ASSUMPTION OF AT LEAST MID TO UPPER 60 DEW PTS AND

LOW TO MID 80S TOWARD THE OHIO BORDER...ML CAPES OF 1000 J/KG ARE

LIKELY...POSSIBLY UP TO 1500 J/KG...WHICH COULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS.

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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0997

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

0322 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...PTNS SCNTRL OK...NCNTRL TX

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE

VALID 272022Z - 272215Z

THIS AREA IS BEING MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT

IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WEAK SFC LOW JUST E OF CDS WILL MOVE

ONLY SLOWLY EASTWARD THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SATELLITE/RADAR AND

SURFACE OBS INDICATED ONE DRYLINE FROM THE LOW ARCS THROUGH

SOUTHWEST OK AND THEN SOUTHWARD INTO NW/NCNTRL TX. A SECONDARY

DRYLINE NOTED IN CLEAR AIR RADAR DATA IS MOVING THROUGH THE SRN TX

PNHDL AND WILL BE INTERSECTING THE EASTERN DRYLINE BOUNDARY ADDING

ADDITIONAL FORCING ABOUT THE TIME OF MAXIMUM HEATING...2200 TO 0000

UTC.

MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WITH MLCAPES OF 3500 J/KG AND WEAK CAPPING

INVERSION JUST AHEAD OF DRYLINE AND INCREASED FORCING NEXT SEVERAL

HOURS ALONG WITH PEAK HEATING MAY ALLOW A STRONG STORM OR TWO TO

DEVELOP. IF STORMS MANAGE TO DEVELOP...A WATCH MAY BE NEEDED WITH

THE RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF STRONG WINDS.

..BOTHWELL.. 05/27/2011

ATTN...WFO...FWD...OUN...

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The 12z RGEM looks promising as it blows up convection from northern/central Illinois back through southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri.

all going to come down to when the ongoing precip moves out and how far north the boundary can get in the afternoon. The SREF moved the probs a bit further north.

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Yeah I am personally liking the potential for Sunday in Michigan, that is a very strong warm front that will be intersecting the area. If convection can go it will probably be spinning like a top along that warm front. Of course the personal deal breaker is I work Sunday night so, I'm sure while i sleep there will be action... lol

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Yeah I am personally liking the potential for Sunday in Michigan, that is a very strong warm front that will be intersecting the area. If convection can go it will probably be spinning like a top along that warm front. Of course the personal deal breaker is I work Sunday night so, I'm sure while i sleep there will be action... lol

I'm hoping to go chasing on Sunday.

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SREF increased to 10%. FWIW there are tornado sirens all around here. I have not personally, or physically, heard tornado sirens in a tornado warning before. Maybe I am getting ahead of myself here. It's just a random thought.

Ah, I see you added your location...I always thought you lived in Ontario due to your screen name lol.

Anyways, I haven't had a tornado warning in Michigan, or Oklahoma since 9/8/2007. The 00z Monday sounding for KPTK from the 12z NAM was pure model porn, lol.

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UNSURE HOW THE CONVECTION WILL EVOLVE DURING THE AFTERNOON THOUGH.

MLCAPE VALUES JUMP INTO THE 2000-2500 J/KG RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF MISSOURI

AND MUCAPE CLIMBS ABOVE 3000 J/KG. SOUNDINGS WANT TO DEVELOP A LOW

LEVEL CAPPING INVERSION WHICH SHOULD SHUT OFF THE CONVECTION

SOMEWHERE...BUT THERE IS QUITE A LOT OF ISENTROPIC LIFT IN THE LOW

LEVELS. THINK SOMEWHERE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR THE

CAP WILL BE WEAK ENOUGH...OR SIMPLY NOT THERE...FOR THUNDERSTORMS

TO TAP THAT INSTABILITY IN THE AFTERNOON. SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE

HAIL ARE LOOKING LIKE MORE OF A POSSIBILITY DUE TO THE HIGHER

INSTABILITY.

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