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SPC Aug 2, 2013 0730 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook

SPC 0730Z Day 3 Outlook

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DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0135 AM CDT FRI AUG 02 2013

VALID 041200Z - 051200Z

...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...

...SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY EWD INTO THE OH
VALLEY THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LOW OVER
NRN NEW ENGLAND AND QUEBEC. MEANWHILE...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN
OVER THE SRN PLAINS AND ROCKIES...WITH A WEAK LEE TROUGH DEVELOPING
BY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS.

A PLUME OF HIGHER SURFACE DEWPOINTS WILL STRETCH FROM THE LOWER MS
VALLEY NWWD INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS...BENEATH NWLY FLOW ALOFT WHICH
AGAIN SHOULD PROVE FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL LATE IN THE
DAY FROM SERN MT INTO KS.

...NRN AND CNTRL PLAINS...
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF
PRECIPITATION...POSSIBLY AN MCS ONGOING ACROSS CNTRL OR ERN KS EARLY
IN THE DAY...THEN SHIFTING EWD INTO MO. DEPENDING ON HOW ORGANIZED
THIS SYSTEM IS...THERE MAY BE AN ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND THREAT
ONGOING.

LATER IN THE DAY AND WITH HEATING...A NARROW PLUME OF 1000-1500 J/KG
MUCAPE SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE CNTRL AND NRN HIGH PLAINS. AIDED BY
ELY UPSLOPE AND WEAK CONVERGENCE...DIURNALLY DRIVEN STORMS ARE
LIKELY. WITHOUT MUCH LARGE SCALE SUPPORT AND WITH CAPPING FARTHER E
INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...THE THREAT AREA SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY
NARROW AND LIMITED TO THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

..JEWELL.. 08/02/2013

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