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Aug 24, 2009 0730 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook
Updated: Mon Aug 24 07:18:52 UTC 2009  (Print Version)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table (Effective Feb 14, 2006).
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SPC Day 3 0730Z Categorical Outlook SPC Day 3 0730Z Categorical Outlook Legend
 Forecast Discussion
   SPC AC 240715
   
   DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0215 AM CDT MON AUG 24 2009
   
   VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...CENTRAL/SRN PLAINS...
   
   LATE EVENING MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT SWRN U.S.
   SHORTWAVE TROUGH LOCATED OVER SRN CA/AZ MONDAY MORNING WILL DRIFT
   SLOWLY NEWD INTO THE CNTRL ROCKIES BEFORE TURNING SEWD INTO THE
   CNTRL PLAINS ON THE FRONT SIDE OF RIDGE AXIS.  THIS FEATURE IS
   HANDLED SIMILARLY BY BOTH THE NAM AND GFS REGARDING TIMING INTO WRN
   KS BY 27/00Z.  CONVECTION SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG WEAK SFC BOUNDARY
   ACROSS KS AIDED BY THIS FEATURE...THEN MOVE SLOWLY SEWD INTO
   NWRN/NRN OK DURING THE EVENING HOURS.  FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST
   BOUNDARY LAYER WILL STEEPEN DRAMATICALLY ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS AS
   TEMPERATURES SOAR WELL INTO THE MID-UPPER 90S.  THIS COULD RESULT IN
   LOCALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...ESPECIALLY IF MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORM
   CLUSTERS DEVELOP AS MODELS SUGGEST.
   
   ..DARROW.. 08/24/2009
   
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