716  
ACUS02 KWNS 190551  
SWODY2  
SPC AC 190550  
 
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1150 PM CST MON NOV 18 2024  
 
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z  
   
..NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST  
 
   
..SUMMARY  
 
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS  
ARE MOST LIKELY OVER PARTS OF FLORIDA AND THE CAROLINAS, AND ALONG  
THE COASTAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST.  
   
..SYNOPSIS  
 
ON WEDNESDAY, A DEEP UPPER TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM A LOW OVER  
NORTHERN MN SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE OZARKS, AND WILL PIVOT NORTHEAST  
ACROSS THE OH VALLEY AND MIDWESTERN STATES, BECOMING NEGATIVELY  
TILTED. A TIGHT MIDLEVEL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT AND 130 KT SPEED MAX  
WILL RELAX SOMEWHAT THROUGH 00Z. THEN, A SECONDARY STRONG SPEED MAX  
WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT FROM THE MID MS VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHERN  
APPALACHIANS.  
 
MEANWHILE, AN UPPER RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST TOWARD THE  
ROCKIES, WITH RESULTING NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME ACROSS THE PLAINS.  
 
AT THE SURFACE, HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE ENTRENCHED FROM THE ROCKIES  
INTO THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS, AND EXTENDING INTO THE GULF OF  
MEXICO WHERE STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL EXIST. A LOW WILL DEVELOP  
NEAR LAKE ERIE DURING THE DAY, WITH THE COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE  
MID ATLANTIC TO THE CAROLINAS LATE IN THE DAY.  
   
..CAROLINAS  
 
LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WITH 60S F DEWPOINTS WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE  
EASTERN CAROLINAS AND INTO SOUTHEAST VA THROUGH 00Z AHEAD OF THE  
COLD FRONT. DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL INCREASE AS THE UPPER TROUGH  
SWINGS EAST, WITH VERY WEAK INSTABILITY DEVELOPING.  
 
FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE POOR LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES/HEATING, WITH  
SUBSTANTIAL MIDLEVEL DRYING. IN ADDITION, A PROMINENT SUBSIDENCE  
INVERSION IS PRESENT IN SEVERAL MODEL DEPICTIONS. GIVEN A LACK OF  
APPRECIABLE LOW-LEVEL FLOW FIELDS TO SUPPORT WIND GUSTS, STRONG  
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.  
   
..FLORIDA  
 
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO  
EARLY ON WEDNESDAY, WITH A PLUME OF INSTABILITY AHEAD OF A COLD  
FRONT. WHILE SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PENINSULA,  
IT APPEARS THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL BE RELATIVELY COOL. AS SUCH,  
DESPITE THE MODERATE LOW-LEVEL SRH DURING THE MORNING ALONG THE  
WESTERN COASTS, MOST OF IT SHOULD BE RENDERED IN-EFFECTIVE.  
   
..OHIO AND VICINITY  
 
A VERY STRONG VORTICITY MAXIMUM WILL TRAVEL EAST ACROSS IN, OH, THE  
UPPER OH VALLEY AND INTO WESTERN PA AND LAKE ERIE ON WEDNESDAY.  
LARGE-SCALE ASCENT WILL BE STRONG, WITH RAPIDLY COOLING TEMPERATURES  
ALOFT. SHALLOW CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP WITH LIMITED HEATING ALONG THE  
COLD FRONT, WHICH WILL ITSELF RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS WITH 30 KT  
AMBIENT FLOW JUST OFF THE SURFACE. WHILE SEVERE STORMS ARE UNLIKELY,  
A FLASH OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT GIVEN SUCH COOL TEMPERATURES  
ALOFT.  
   
..COASTAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST  
 
STRONG COOLING ALOFT ON THE NORTH SIZE OF A MIDLEVEL TEMPERATURE  
GRADIENT WILL EXIST OVER NORTHWEST OR INTO WESTERN WA WITH A SLOWLY  
WEAKENING MIDLEVEL JET. WEAK LOW-LEVEL CAPE WILL DEVELOP MAINLY OVER  
THE WATER. HOWEVER, SOME CAMS SHOW LOW-TOPPED STORMS POSSIBLY MOVING  
ASHORE, AND WIND SHEAR WILL BE STRONG. WHILE LOCALLY STRONG GUSTS  
CANNOT BE RULED OUT, THE SEVERE RISK APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME.  
 
..JEWELL.. 11/19/2024  
 
 
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