SPC AC 261956 Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0256 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021 Valid 262000Z - 271200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE INTO WESTERN MAINE...PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST...THE MID-SOUTH...NORTHERN KANSAS INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA... ...SUMMARY... A lingering threat for isolated strong/damaging wind gusts remains in New Hampshire into western Maine. Isolated strong to severe storms may persist in the southeast for a few more hours. Marginally severe storms are still expected late this afternoon into tonight across the central Plains and lower Mississippi Valley tonight. ...NY/VT... Wind and tornado probabilities have been adjusted behind a weakening line of convection heading east into NH/ME. This line may still produced isolated strong wind gusts for another hour or two. ...Southeast... Though convergence along the boundary is weak and upper-level forcing is exiting the region, enough boundary-layer instability and deep-layer shear exists for an isolated wind/hail threat until late afternoon. ...KS/NE... A surface-based storm remains possible near the triple point in south-central Nebraska. Additional elevated storms may still develop near the I-70 corridor in Kansas. Large hail will be the primary threat, though isolated damaging winds are possible. ...Mid-South... A band of warm advection thunderstorms along the northward moving warm front is still expected late tonight. The marginal has been expanded slightly eastward where confidence in an isolated hail risk has increased. ..Wendt.. 03/26/2021 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1126 AM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021/ ...Upstate NY/VT this afternoon... A pronounced midlevel shortwave trough and associated 995 mb surface cyclone will move quickly east-northeastward across upstate NY and northern New England this afternoon/evening. A narrow corridor of surface heating and cloud breaks will spread northward/northeastward into upstate NY and parts of VT this afternoon, immediately in advance of the zone of ascent with the shortwave trough/surface cyclone. A band of storms with embedded bows and/or low-topped supercells is expected to evolve this afternoon across upstate NY, with an associated threat for damaging winds, given SBCAPE of 500-1000 J/kg, effective bulk shear in excess of 50 kt, and 50 kt flow within a few thousand feet of the ground. Low-level shear may also be strong enough for a brief tornado with embedded small-scale circulations. ...Southeast AL/GA/Carolinas today... A broken band of storms is ongoing from central GA into central SC and eastern NC, along and just ahead of a weak, slow-moving cold front. The primary associated shortwave trough is passing well north of this region, and forcing for ascent appears to be near or past peak. Still, lingering moderate buoyancy and deep-layer west-southwesterly shear could support the potential for isolated damaging gusts and marginally severe hail, prior to the storms weakening by this evening. ...Northern KS/southeastern NE this evening... A lead shortwave trough over the central High Plains will eject east-northeastward today into early tonight, which will help maintain weak surface cyclogenesis across western KS through this afternoon. Moisture return in the warm sector will remain quite limited in the wake of a prior frontal passage, but strong surface heating and boundary-layer dewpoints of 48-50 F could support weak surface-based buoyancy by late afternoon into central KS. Surface heating/mixing could be sufficient for thunderstorm development along the surface warm front to the east of the triple point by this evening, where profiles would favor low-topped supercells. Otherwise, the more probable scenario is for elevated convection this evening into early tonight across northeast KS and vicinity, in the warm advection zone (north of the surface front) on the nose of a developing low-level jet. ...Mid South late tonight... The stalling front near the northern Gulf coast will begin to return northward as a warm front tonight, in response to strengthening southerly low-level flow downstream from a southern Rockies midlevel trough. The increase in low-level flow will likewise support strengthening warm advection, and an increasing potential for thunderstorm development north of the warm front overnight into the Mid South. The returning moisture and lingering midlevel lapse rates greater than 7 C/km will contribute to MUCAPE of 1500-2000 J/kg, and the potential for a few strong updrafts. Cells/clusters overnight will have the potential to produce isolated large hail, especially if any elevated supercells form given effective bulk shear of 35-40 kt. CLICK TO GET WUUS01 PTSDY1 PRODUCT NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0100Z
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