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Do you think this is possible???

Do you think noaa will upgrade the weather threat for Friday to a high threat category for central Oklahoma, is it possible??? Looks like we could have a pretty bad tornado outbreak in the plains lol

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  • 9 years ago
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    It now looks like on Saturday a Significant Tornado Outbreak is expected. If the Outlook was Day 1 or Day 2 it would be a High Risk. Here is the SPC Outlook

    SPC AC 120734

    DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK

    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

    0234 AM CDT THU APR 12 2012

    VALID 141200Z - 151200Z

    ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS CENTRAL OK AND ERN KS...

    ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS SURROUNDING THE MDT RISK AREA

    AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE SRN/CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MS

    VALLEY...

    ...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAK OF TORNADOES AND VERY

    LARGE HAIL ACROSS PARTS OF OK/KS INTO SERN NEB/NWRN MO/SWRN IA...

    ...SYNOPSIS...

    AN AMPLIFIED FLOW PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE CONUS THROUGH

    D3/SAT...WITH A LARGE TROUGH IN THE WEST AND DOWNSTREAM RIDGE ACROSS

    THE ERN STATES. THIS WILL MAINTAIN A CORRIDOR OF STRONG SWLY

    MIDLEVEL WIND EXTENDING FROM AZ/NM THROUGH OK/KS INTO THE UPPER MS

    VALLEY TO GREAT LAKES REGION. A PACIFIC TROUGH DIGGING SEWD INTO THE

    LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY DURING D2/FRI WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BASE OF

    THE WRN LONGWAVE TROUGH DURING ON SAT...REACHING CO/NM BY 12Z

    SUNDAY. AN ATTENDANT 100 KT MIDLEVEL JET WILL EMERGE INTO THE SRN

    HIGH PLAINS TO KS SAT NIGHT...WITH 60-80 KT SWLY MIDLEVEL WINDS

    EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE SLIGHT AND MODERATE RISK AREAS THROUGH

    THE FORECAST PERIOD.

    AT THE SURFACE...A FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ADVANCE EWD FROM THE UPPER

    MIDWEST INTO THE GREAT LAKES...WHILE THE TRAILING PORTION OF THIS

    BOUNDARY MOVES SLOWLY SWD ACROSS NEB. A LEE CYCLONE IS FORECAST TO

    DEVELOP AND DEEPEN ACROSS ERN CO WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EWD

    THROUGH SRN NEB TO SRN IA. THE WARM FRONT WILL SPREAD NEWD INTO THE

    UPPER MS VALLEY ON SAT. A DRY LINE WILL MOVE EWD SOME BY SAT

    AFTERNOON AND SHOULD EXTEND FROM FAR ERN NEB SSWWD THROUGH CENTRAL

    KS TO FAR WRN OK TO THE TX BIG BEND REGION BY LATE SAT AFTERNOON.

    ...SRN AND CENTRAL PLAINS...

    WEAK HEIGHT FALLS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SRN/CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH

    SAT AFTERNOON...WITH STRONGER FALLS FORECAST FOR SAT

    EVENING/OVERNIGHT AS THE PACIFIC TROUGH MOVES TOWARD THE SRN AND

    CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. STRONG SLY LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL MAINTAIN

    MOISTURE ADVECTION E OF THE DRY LINE ON SAT WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS

    IN THE MID 60S EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF OK AND REACHING CENTRAL/ERN

    KS BY SAT EVENING. THIS MOISTURE RETURN COUPLED WITH STEEP MIDLEVEL

    LAPSE RATES AND STRONG SURFACE HEATING /ESPECIALLY NEAR THE DRY

    LINE/ WILL RESULT IN MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY /MLCAPE

    2000-2500 J PER KG/ ACROSS THE MODERATE RISK AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON

    AND THE SURROUNDING SLIGHT RISK. STRENGTHENING DEEP LAYER WIND

    FIELDS...VEERING WITH HEIGHT...WILL RESULT IN STRONG EFFECTIVE BULK

    SHEAR /EXCEEDING 50 KT/ AND ORIENTED ACROSS THE DRY LINE. THIS

    COMBINED WITH INCREASING LOW LEVEL HODOGRAPH CURVATURE WILL SUPPORT

    TORNADIC SUPERCELLS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL AND

    DAMAGING WINDS. THESE FACTORS COMBINED WITH FAST STORM MOTIONS

    SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG-TRACKED...STRONG TORNADOES OCCURRING

    FROM THE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING /INCLUDING AFTER DARK/.

    ...ERN NEB/IA/NRN MO/NWRN IL/SWRN-SRN WI...

    STRENGTHENING SWLY MIDLEVEL WINDS ACROSS THIS REGION THROUGH D3

    COMBINED WITH MOISTURE/DESTABILIZATION OCCURRING AS A WARM FRONT

    ADVANCES NNEWD SUGGESTS THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY

    FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. MODELS SUGGEST SHORTWAVE

    RIDGING ACROSS THIS REGION. HOWEVER..A FEW WEAK IMPULSES EMBEDDED

    IN THE STRONGER FLOW ALOFT AND FORCING FOR ASCENT ALONG THE SWD

    MOVING FRONT AND INVOF OF THE WARM FRONT SHOULD SUPPORT DEEP MOIST

    CONVECTION/TSTMS. MODERATE INSTABILITY AND EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR OF

    40-50 KT WILL FAVOR ORGANIZED STORMS WITH ALL FACETS OF SEVERE

    WEATHER POSSIBLE. GREATEST TORNADO THREAT SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE

    WARM FRONT AND ALSO WWD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE DRY LINE WARM

    FRONT...WHERE LOW LEVEL SHEAR WILL BE ENHANCED.

    ..PETERS.. 04/12/2012

    CLICK TO GET WUUS03 PTSDY3 PRODUCT

    NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 3 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED BY 0730Z

    CURRENT UTC TIME: 1738Z (1:38PM), RELOAD THIS PAGE TO UPDATE THE TIME

    Source(s): Meteorologist
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