SPC Aug 27, 2024 0730 UTC Day 3 Severe Thunderstorm Outlook
SPC 0730Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0218 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024 Valid 291200Z - 301200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA AND THE CAROLINAS...AND FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS... ...SUMMARY... A few strong to severe storms will be possible over portions of Virginia and the Carolinas, and across parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley/Upper Midwest into the central Plains on Thursday. ...Synopsis... As an upper trough moves out of the Northeast and into the northern Atlantic, a surface cold front is forecast to backdoor southward across southern Virginia and the Carolinas with time. Meanwhile, an upstream mid/upper-level trough will move across the Canadian Prairie and Plains states through the period. Accompanying this trough, a surface cold front will shift eastward/southeastward with time, and should arc from the Upper Mississippi Valley vicinity south-southwestward and then west-southwestward to the southeastern Colorado area by Friday morning. ...Southern Virginia to northern South Carolina... As a trailing cold front shifts southward across the Mid-Atlantic region and eventually into the Carolinas, daytime heating will support moderate destabilization across parts of southern Virginia and into the Carolinas. While a gradual increase in large-scale upper ridging will be underway in the wake of the departing upper trough, isolated storm development will be possible during the afternoon, near the sagging front and over the higher terrain. Though flow aloft will remain weak, weak veering with height may combine with ample mixed-layer CAPE to support a few stronger storms, and accompanying, marginal severe risk locally. Risk should diminish by early evening, as storms diurnally decrease. ...Minnesota to northern Kansas... Moderate afternoon destabilization is forecast ahead of the advancing cold front across the Upper Midwest, aided by ample daytime heating. While the strongest flow aloft should remain to the cool side of the boundary, ample shear atop the frontal zone should support isolated stronger storms. As such, attendant risks for large hail and damaging gusts will accompany the most vigorous updrafts, into the evening hours. A few stronger storms may develop southwestward along the front into the central Plains, where weaker instability/shear are expected. Still, marginal hail and a locally strong gust or two cannot be ruled out into the early evening hours. ..Goss.. 08/27/2024 Read more
Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0218 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024 Valid 291200Z - 301200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA AND THE CAROLINAS...AND FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS... ...SUMMARY... A few strong to severe storms will be possible over portions of Virginia and the Carolinas, and across parts of the Upper Mississippi Valley/Upper Midwest into the central Plains on Thursday. ...Synopsis... As an upper trough moves out of the Northeast and into the northern Atlantic, a surface cold front is forecast to backdoor southward across southern Virginia and the Carolinas with time. Meanwhile, an upstream mid/upper-level trough will move across the Canadian Prairie and Plains states through the period. Accompanying this trough, a surface cold front will shift eastward/southeastward with time, and should arc from the Upper Mississippi Valley vicinity south-southwestward and then west-southwestward to the southeastern Colorado area by Friday morning. ...Southern Virginia to northern South Carolina... As a trailing cold front shifts southward across the Mid-Atlantic region and eventually into the Carolinas, daytime heating will support moderate destabilization across parts of southern Virginia and into the Carolinas. While a gradual increase in large-scale upper ridging will be underway in the wake of the departing upper trough, isolated storm development will be possible during the afternoon, near the sagging front and over the higher terrain. Though flow aloft will remain weak, weak veering with height may combine with ample mixed-layer CAPE to support a few stronger storms, and accompanying, marginal severe risk locally. Risk should diminish by early evening, as storms diurnally decrease. ...Minnesota to northern Kansas... Moderate afternoon destabilization is forecast ahead of the advancing cold front across the Upper Midwest, aided by ample daytime heating. While the strongest flow aloft should remain to the cool side of the boundary, ample shear atop the frontal zone should support isolated stronger storms. As such, attendant risks for large hail and damaging gusts will accompany the most vigorous updrafts, into the evening hours. A few stronger storms may develop southwestward along the front into the central Plains, where weaker instability/shear are expected. Still, marginal hail and a locally strong gust or two cannot be ruled out into the early evening hours. ..Goss.. 08/27/2024 Read more