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ACUS02 KWNS 090700
SWODY2
SPC AC 090658
Day 2 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1258 AM CST Thu Dec 09 2021
Valid 101200Z - 111200Z
...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...MID-SOUTH...AND LOWER OHIO VALLEY...
...SUMMARY...
Severe thunderstorms capable of producing several tornadoes and
scattered to numerous damaging winds appear probable from mainly
Friday evening into Friday night across parts of the lower/mid
Mississippi Valley into the lower Ohio Valley and Tennessee Valley.
Some of these nocturnal tornadoes may be strong.
...Synopsis...
A highly amplified upper trough initially over the western states
Friday morning will advance eastward across the Plains through the
day, eventually reaching the MS Valley by late Friday night into
early Saturday morning. A broad area of enhanced southwesterly
mid-level flow will be present ahead of the upper trough over much
of the lower/mid MS Valley and OH/TN Valleys. At the surface, a low
over southeastern CO Friday morning will develop eastward across the southern/central Plains through the day, before turning
northeastward while deepening across parts of the Midwest to Great
Lakes Friday evening/night.
Substantial low-level moisture, with surface dewpoints generally
ranging from the mid 60s to low 70s, will likely already be
established at the start of the period Friday morning across
central/east TX into the lower MS Valley and Mid-South. As both the
large-scale upper trough and related surface low move eastward, this
moist low-level airmass is expected to spread quickly northward in
tandem with a warm front into parts of the mid MS Valley, OH/TN
Valleys, and Southeast by Friday evening. A cold front attendant to
the surface low will sweep eastward from the southern/central Plains
to the vicinity of the TX Coast and MS River by the end of the
period early Saturday morning.
...Lower/Mid Mississippi Valley into the Ohio/Tennessee Valleys and Southeast...
A low-level inversion should tend to limit robust thunderstorm
development through much of the morning and afternoon on Friday.
But, with continued low-level moistening and diurnal heating,
between 500-1500 J/kg of MLCAPE will probably develop across the
warm sector by early Friday evening. This instability will be more
than sufficient to support severe, surface-based thunderstorms.
Large-scale ascent preceding the upper trough will eventually erode
the cap, and convective initiation appears increasingly likely
around 00-03Z Friday evening. Even so, there is still some signal in
guidance that surface-based thunderstorms may develop slightly
earlier along a pre-frontal confluence band across the lower MS
Valley and perhaps into the Mid-South as a subtle embedded shortwave
trough overspreads this region through the day. Regardless of the
timing of convective initiation, thunderstorms will increase in
coverage and intensity by late Friday evening through early Saturday
morning along/ahead of the cold front as strong forcing/mid-level
height falls preceding the upper trough overspread the warm sector.
Deep-layer shear will become quite strong by Friday evening owing to
the broad area of enhanced mid-level southwesterly winds. 50-60+ kt
of effective bulk shear will easily support updraft organization,
including supercells. There remains uncertainty regarding dominant
convective mode and overall evolution Friday night. Thunderstorms
may develop ahead of the cold front along one or more pre-frontal
confluence bands late Friday evening. If this occurs, then a broken
band of supercells may develop, with additional thunderstorms
forming later along the cold front farther west. Eventually, this
convection should congeal into broken line segments and small
clusters ahead of the front, while a squall line develops along the
cold front itself. The southwesterly winds around 850 mb are still
forecast to rapidly increase to 50-60+ kt Friday night across most
of the warm sector. Even though winds may not veer much with height
through the boundary layer, there will be ample speed shear. Strong
0-1-km SRH will likely support low-level rotation and the potential
for tornadoes in any supercell than can develop, and with
circulations embedded within the QLCS. Isolated large hail may also
occur with any initially discrete storms. In addition, scattered to
numerous severe/damaging winds appear likely given the strength of
the low/mid-level flow, as it will not take much for convective
downdrafts to bring the enhanced flow aloft to the surface.
Confidence has increased in a more favorable corridor for organized
severe thunderstorms Friday night into early Saturday morning from
roughly the vicinity of the MS River in eastern AR and northern MS
northward into parts of the lower OH Valley. Across this region, the
best overlap of sufficient instability, strong low-level and
deep-layer shear, and a potentially favorable supercell mode may
overlap for several hours (generally around 03-09Z). Have therefore
increased severe wind and tornado probabilities across this region
and have introduced and Enhanced Risk. Various forecast soundings
from the 00Z NAM across this region show around 1000-1500 J/kg of
MLCAPE, and effective SRH in excess of 300 m2/s2. This suggests some
potential for nocturnal strong tornadoes. The northern extent of the
severe risk across the Midwest and OH Valley remains uncertain. Some
northward expansion of severe wind and tornado probabilities was
made across this region based on latest guidance showing upper 50s
to low 60s surface dewpoints possibly advancing a little farther
north. The Slight Risk was also expanded eastward and southward
across parts of the lower MS Valley into the TN Valley to account
for a line of convection along or ahead of the cold front likely
continuing to pose an isolated threat for damaging winds and perhaps
a few tornadoes through the end of the period.
..Gleason.. 12/09/2021
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