Wednesday, June 27, 2012

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN/CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR TODAY


CATEGORICAL OUTLOOK 

TORNADO OUTLOOK 

WIND OUTLOOK 

HAIL OUTLOOK 



     DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK       NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK     0746 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2012          VALID 271300Z - 281200Z          ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PARTS OF NRN/CNTRL MN...          ...SYNOPSIS...     EXPANSIVE RIDGE WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE THROUGH     THU...WITH THE MAIN AXIS HOLDING STNRY FROM THE SRN RCKYS THROUGH     THE CNTRL PLNS TO THE MID MS VLY.  SHORTWAVE IMPULSE THAT CROSSED     THE NRN HIGH PLNS YESTERDAY WILL CONTINUE NE INTO MB...TRAILED BY A     WEAKER FEATURE NOW IN WRN MT.  FARTHER S...SATELLITE SUGGESTS     PRESENCE OF A SERIES OF EVEN WEAKER DISTURBANCES EXTENDING FROM THE     FOUR CORNERS REGION TO THE UPR MS VLY...IN BAND OF ENHANCED FLOW ON     NW FLANK OF UPR RIDGE.  FARTHER S...T.D. DEBBY EXPECTED TO BECOME     INCREASINGLY ABSORBED WITHIN WLY FLOW ON SRN FRINGE OF NERN STATES     UPR LOW...AND SHOULD CONTINUE STEADILY E OR ENEWD PER NHC.            A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE E INTO THE UPR MS VLY AND SE     ACROSS THE CNTRL PLNS LATER TODAY/TNGT IN ASSOCIATION WITH UPR     TROUGH OVER CANADA.  WHILE THE BOUNDARY WILL SERVE AS A POTENTIAL     FOCUS FOR DIURNAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT IN MN...WARM MID LVL TEMPS AND     ABSENCE OF STRONG MID/UPR LVL FORCING FOR ASCENT EXPECTED TO LIMIT     STORM COVERAGE/SUSTENANCE FARTHER S.  OTHERWISE...TSTMS SHOULD BE     MOST CONCENTRATED WITHIN MID LVL MOISTURE PLUME STREAMING NE FROM     THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TO THE CNTRL HIGH PLNS.           ...NRN/CNTRL MN THIS AFTN/EVE...     DESPITE CONTINUED LOW LVL MOISTURE INFLOW TO REGION...STRONG EML CAP     /WELL-DEPICTED IN THE 12Z MPX SOUNDING/ SHOULD PROHIBIT SFC-BASED     STORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG MUCH OF COLD FRONT OVER THE UPR MS VLY     TODAY.  BUT BEGINNING LATE TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY     THU...NRN/CNTRL MN WILL BE BRUSHED BY HEIGHT FALLS ASSOCIATED WITH     UPR SYSTEM CONTINUING NE INTO MB.  COUPLED WITH CONTINUED INFLUX OF     MID LVL MOISTURE FROM THE CNTRL HIGH PLNS...SETUP MAY SUPPORT ISOLD     STORMS NEAR/JUST BEHIND THE FRONT LATE THIS AFTN INTO TNGT.  IF/WHEN     STORMS FORM...DEEP EML WILL YIELD AMPLE BUOYANCY FOR HAIL/DMGG WIND     GIVEN 40+ KT SSWLY DEEP SHEAR.          ...CNTRL RCKYS/HI PLNS THIS AFTN/EVE...     TSTMS SHOULD FORM WITH SFC HEATING OVER THE CNTRL RCKYS     TODAY...BENEATH BAND OF ENHANCED MID LVL MOISTURE/WEAK ASCENT ON NW     FRINGE OF UPR RIDGE.  DEVELOPMENT ALSO MAY OCCUR FARTHER E/NE INTO     THE ADJACENT HIGH PLNS...WHERE LOW LVL ASCENT WILL FOCUS     ALONG/BEHIND AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT.  MODEST WIND FIELD...      INVERTED-V THERMAL ENVIRONMENT...AND GRADUALLY INCREASING     POST-FRONTAL MOISTURE MAY YIELD A FEW INSTANCES OF DMGG WIND THROUGH     EARLY TNGT.          ...S FL TODAY...     MODERATE...MOIST WSWLY LOW TO MID LVL FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER S FL     TODAY AS T.D. DEBBY CONTINUES E TO ENE OFF THE NE FL CST.  WHILE     POCKETS OF SUBSTANTIAL SFC HEATING WILL OCCUR...DESTABILIZATION WILL     BE LIMITED BY WARM MID LVL TEMPS /AROUND MINUS 4 C AT 500 MB/.      COUPLED WITH WEAK LOW LVL CONVERGENCE...TSTM COVERAGE EXPECTED TO BE     MINIMAL.  NEVERTHELESS...SOMEWHAT ENHANCED CONVERGENCE WILL EXIST     ALONG THE SE CST...WHERE TRAILING CONFLUENCE BAND OF DEBBY WILL     INTERSECT E CST SEA BREEZE FRONT.  IF ANY SUSTAINED STORMS DO     FORM...A BRIEF/LOCALIZED DMGG WIND GUST CANNOT BE RULED OUT GIVEN     RESIDUAL BAND OF HIGH PW PRESENT OVER REGION.          ..CORFIDI/GARNER.. 06/27/2012          NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 1630Z     CURRENT UTC TIME: 1311Z (8:11AM), RELOAD THIS PAGE TO UPDATE THE TIME          

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