Thursday, May 10, 2007

Slight risk severe to our west







DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1220 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2007

VALID 101200Z - 111200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHEAST...

...SYNOPSIS...
STRONGEST MID-LEVEL FLOW IS FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM THE PAC NW ALONG
THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER THIS PERIOD...WITH WEAK/EMBEDDED FEATURES
FORECAST TO AFFECT THE NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE CONUS THIS PERIOD.

...PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST...
WEAK SURFACE LOW/TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS NY/PA DURING THE
DAY...AS COMPACT UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE LOWER LAKES.
BOUNDARY-LAYER MOISTENING ON SLY FLOW AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE COMBINED
WITH DAYTIME HEATING SHOULD YIELD 500 TO 1000 J/KG MEAN-LAYER
CAPE...SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS.

THOUGH DEEP-LAYER WIND FIELD SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY WEAK WITH
MID-LEVEL FLOW AOB 30 KT...EXPECT PRIMARY STORM MODE TO BE
MULTICELLULAR AND/OR SMALL-SCALE LINES. STRONGER STORM CLUSTERS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...ALONG WITH LOCALLY STRONG/GUSTY
WINDS. THREAT SHOULD DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF
HEATING...AS STORMS SPREAD INTO PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND.

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