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SPC Jul 27, 2022 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

SPC Jul 27, 2022 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

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Day 1 Convective Outlook 
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1130 AM CDT Wed Jul 27 2022

Valid 271630Z - 281200Z

...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS...

...SUMMARY...
Large hail, severe wind gusts, and a tornado or two will be possible
late this afternoon and evening across the central High Plains.
Isolated wind damage will be possible this afternoon from the Ozarks
to the Mid-Atlantic.

...Central High Plains late this afternoon/evening...
A spatially shrinking thunderstorm cluster across southwest Nebraska
should further weaken/diminish as it parallels the elevated portion
of a northwest/southeast-oriented frontal zone across the region.
Otherwise, given visible/surface observational trends, latest
thinking remains that this front and related low-level upslope
trajectories/differential heating will influence at least widely
scattered thunderstorm development by mid/late afternoon, initially
across far eastern Wyoming, far northeast Colorado, the Nebraska
Panhandle, and perhaps as far north as the Black Hills vicinity.

Upper 50s/low 60s F surface dewpoints will support MLCAPE values of
1500-2000 J/kg by mid/late afternoon. While mid-level lapse rates
will not be particularly steep, the moderate buoyancy and relatively
long hodographs (effective bulk shear near 40 kt) will favor a few
south/southeastward-moving supercells by late afternoon. Occasional
large hail and severe outflow gusts will be the main threats, though
a tornado or two may also occur with the more persistent supercells.
There is the potential that one or more southeastward-moving
thunderstorm clusters could evolve this evening, particularly across
far southwest Nebraska/northwest Kansas with severe-caliber wind
potential.

...Ozarks to the Mid-Atlantic this afternoon/evening...
An effective frontal zone remains and continues to be reinforced
from the Ozarks to the Mid-Atlantic. This boundary and differential
heating and possible weak MCV influences will help focus additional
thunderstorm development this afternoon. Strong mid-level
winds/vertical shear will tend to remain to the cool side of the
front, with weaker wind profiles in the unstable warm sector to the
south, with one exception being the windward side of the central
Appalachians where low/mid-level winds are a bit stronger and could
support a few transient supercells. More broadly, a diurnal
steepening of low-level lapse rates with daytime heating and cloud
breaks, in co*bination with moderate to locally strong buoyancy,
will support some threat for isolated wind damage with downbursts in
multicell clusters this afternoon into evening.

...Midwest/Great Lakes...
Near a secondary southeastward-moving front, mid-level winds will be
relatively stronger with a relatively moist air mass remaining in
place. However, the influence of clouds and some lingering morning
convection continue to cast uncertainty on the potential for
thunderstorms capable wind damage within a zone spanning northern
portions of Illinois/Indiana into Ohio.

..Guyer/Moore.. 07/27/2022


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Source: SPC Jul 27, 2022 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook (http://ht**://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk_1630.html)