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Severe Weather Thread November 13-16


David Reimer

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While the GFS and ECMWF are about 12 hours different on timing, both are suggesting a possible severe weather setup across portions of the deep south by Sunday and Monday. The 0Z ECMWF had a 993 MB low centered over the four corners region on Sunday, while the GFS is running much weaker/slower. Either way, it's looking like a strongly forced linear setup at this point. However, we're still several days out. Besides, last time I started one of these threads we have the most impressive November outbreak in Oklahoma in years.

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There is a massive difference between the GFS and the Euro with the speed of the ejection of the CA closed low. the Euro is much much faster. So any severe forecast is very iffy right now.

It's a little bizarre, given that the Euro is often a touch slow in ejecting energy out of the SW. It will be interesting to watch.

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DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

0233 AM CST SAT NOV 12 2011

VALID 141200Z - 151200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF E TX...

...SYNOPSIS...

STRONG SRN STREAM SHORT-WAVE TROUGH CROSSING NRN MEXICO/NM/FAR W TX

IS PROGGED TO CONTINUE MOVING QUICKLY EWD THIS PERIOD...AND SHOULD

APPROACH THE MID AND LOWER MS VALLEY REGION BY THE END OF THE

PERIOD. MEANWHILE...WITH THIS SYSTEM ROUGHLY PHASED WITH A TROUGH

IN THE NRN STREAM...THE RESULTANT WILL BE A LARGE COMPOSITE TROUGH

AFFECTING MOST OF THE COUNTRY BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.

DIFFERENCES IN TIMING AND EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER SYSTEM BETWEEN THE

NAM AND GFS RESULT IN SIMILAR DIFFERENCES IN SURFACE PATTERN.

GENERALLY HOWEVER...BOTH MODELS DEPICT A WEAK LOW INVOF THE ARKLATEX

DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...WITH A WEAK TRAILING FRONT EXTENDING

ACROSS E TX. THE MAIN CONVECTIVE THREAT THIS PERIOD WILL EVOLVE IN

CONJUNCTION WITH THIS SURFACE SYSTEM...AND THE ASSOCIATED SRN STREAM

TROUGH CROSSING THE AREA.

...E TX...

PERSISTENT NWD ADVECTION OF LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED INTO E

TX...AND TO SOME DEGREE EWD INTO THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION...AS

THE APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH SUPPORTS A WEAK SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS

OVER THE ARKLATEX REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH

SOME COOLING ALOFT WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER TROUGH SUGGESTS

WEAK DESTABILIZATION ACROSS E TX AND ADJACENT AREAS AHEAD OF THE

SURFACE FRONT -- SUPPORTIVE OF AFTERNOON SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM

DEVELOPMENT.

THOUGH MODEL UNCERTAINTY RAISES QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO POTENTIAL

TIMING/LOCATION/INTENSITY OF THE CONVECTION...IT APPEARS ATTM THAT

THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY COMBINED WITH SUFFICIENTLY STRONG SWLY

FLOW ALOFT SHOULD SUPPORT SOME SEVERE POTENTIAL. WHILE SUPERCELLS

WOULD BE POSSIBLE...LINEAR EVOLUTION WITH TIME APPEARS LIKELY...AND

ASSOCIATED THREATS FOR WIND/HAIL APPEAR SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE

INTRODUCTION OF A SLIGHT RISK FORECAST ATTM. THREAT WILL SHIFT EWD

WITH TIME...WITH SOME RISK POSSIBLY SPREADING AS FAR E AS THE

CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION LATE.

..GOSS.. 11/12/2011

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SPC expands Slight Risk with latest update:

DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

1130 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011

VALID 151200Z - 161200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TUE AND TUE NIGHT ACROSS PARTS

OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO THE LWR MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...

...SYNOPSIS...

WITHIN THE GENERALLY ZONAL STRONGER BELT OF WESTERLIES EXTENDING

ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE U.S...BROAD UPPER TROUGHING

APPEARS LIKELY TO REMAIN PROMINENT ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL STATES

THROUGH THIS PERIOD. WITHIN THIS REGIME ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT SHORT

WAVE IMPULSE IS EXPECTED TO DIG INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY EARLY

TUESDAY...BEFORE TURNING EASTWARD THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST. AS

THIS OCCURS...A REINFORCING COLD INTRUSION IS PROGGED TO THE LEE OF

THE ROCKIES. WHILE THE PRIMARY SURFACE CYCLONE EVOLVES ACROSS AND

NORTHEAST OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION...MODELS INDICATE WEAK

SURFACE WAVE DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS THE

SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO UPPER PORTIONS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY

BY LATE TUESDAY EVENING. THIS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN RESPONSE TO

THE NORTHEASTWARD ACCELERATION OF A CLOSED LOW/UPPER TROUGH OUT OF

THE MEXICAN PLATEAU. THE UPPER IMPULSE PROBABLY WILL WEAKEN WITHIN

THE CONFLUENT REGIME TO THE NORTHWEST OF A SUBTROPICAL RIDGE...WHICH

MAY BE SLOW TO LOSE ITS INFLUENCE ON THE EASTERN GULF AND SOUTH

ATLANTIC COAST STATES.

AHEAD OF THE SOUTHEASTWARD ADVANCING COLD FRONT...AND GENERALLY

ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE REMNANTS OF A WEAKENING/STALLING FRONT

CURRENTLY EXTENDING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI

AND OHIO VALLEYS...AN INFLUX OF MOISTURE SHOULD CONTINUE OFF THE

WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO

SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION TO SUPPORT THE RISK FOR THUNDERSTORM

ACTIVITY...FROM THE WESTERN GULF COAST STATES NORTHEASTWARD INTO

PARTS OF THE LOWER OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS. AT LEAST SOME

POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW SEVERE STORMS...

MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS INTO PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI

VALLEY.

...SOUTHEAST TEXAS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...

AHEAD OF THE SOUTHERN IMPULSE...CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL COULD BE

ENHANCED SOMEWHAT BY AT LEAST MODEST MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES. WITH

SURFACE HEATING...MODELS INDICATE MIXED LAYER CAPE ON THE ORDER OF

500 TO 1000 J/KG TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AS A 60-70 KT SOUTHWESTERLY 500

MB JET STREAK NOSES OUT OF THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY TOWARD THE

CENTRAL GULF COAST. COUPLING OF THIS SPEED MAXIMUM WITH A BROAD

DOWNSTREAM SOUTHWESTERLY MID/UPPER JET ...TO THE NORTH OF THE

SUBTROPICAL RIDGE...IS EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO CONSIDERABLE

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. IN THE PRESENCE OF STRONG DEEP LAYER

SHEAR...ORGANIZED CONVECTIVE CLUSTERS AND ISOLATED SUPERCELLS WILL

BE POSSIBLE...WITH POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED

DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. UNCERTAINTY EXISTS CONCERNING THE STRENGTH OF

THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW FIELDS AND SHEAR...DUE TO THE RELATIVELY WEAK

NATURE OF THE FRONTAL WAVE...WHICH COULD LIMIT TORNADIC AND BROADER

SCALE DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL.

THE STRONGER MID-LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTHERN

IMPULSE COULD FOCUS ONE CORRIDOR OF SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL ACROSS

SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...PERHAPS

INTO PARTS OF LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI TUESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER

CORRIDOR COULD EVOLVE IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO THE DEVELOPING FRONTAL

WAVE...ACROSS PARTS OF THE ARKLATEX THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS

AND PARTS OF WESTERN TENNESSEE/NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...LATE TUESDAY

AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...WHERE/ WHEN POTENTIAL FOR THE

DEVELOPMENT OF LARGER LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS SEEMS BEST.

..KERR.. 11/14/2011

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