View Full Version : Severe Weather - April 1st



venture
03-31-2009, 01:52 PM
Depending on how the forecast goes, if it isn't as expected remember what day it is. :-P

Slight Risk for tomorrow, main storm mode will be elevated hail producers. Another round of some good rain for Oklahoma nonetheless.

Slight risk tomorrow is generally east of a line from just west of I-35 up through Canadian County and then northeast to Osage county.

NWS Norman Hazardous Weather Outlook (only the part that counts):


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...
ADDITIONAL STORM SYSTEMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA WITH A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... AND
AGAIN SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE STORM
SYSTEMS... SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

Storm Prediction Center Day 2 Outlook for the risk area impacting us.


DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK AMEND 1
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1258 PM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

VALID 011200Z - 021200Z

...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS OVER A PORTION OF N CNTRL AND
NERN TX INTO CNTRL/ERN OK AND AR...

AMENDED TO INCLUDE SLIGHT RISK OVER A PORTION OF THE SRN PLAINS AND
AR

...SYNOPSIS...

AN ACTIVE PROGRESSIVE UPPER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THE UPPER TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE UPPER MS VALLEY WILL EJECT NEWD
THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION WHILE UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW
MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NW CONTINUES SEWD...REACHING THE SRN HIGH
PLAINS WEDNESDAY EVENING. SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEAD UPPER
TROUGH WILL OCCLUDE OVER THE GREAT LAKES. NRN PORTION OF TRAILING
FRONT WILL ADVANCE THROUGH THE NERN STATES AND MID ATLANTIC...WHILE
SRN AND WRN PORTIONS OF THIS BOUNDARY STALLS OVER THE GULF COASTAL
REGION. THE FRONT WILL LIKELY ADVANCE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH
TX AND THE LOWER MS VALLEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO LEE
CYCLOGENESIS.


...SRN PLAINS AND AR...

A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY OVER THE SRN PLAINS
AND STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT IN RESPONSE TO DEVELOPING LEE TROUGH AHEAD
OF ADVANCING SHORTWAVE TROUGH. THIS WILL RESULT IN NWD ADVECTION OF
RICHER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BENEATH STEEP LAPSE RATES ASSOCIATED WITH
EML PLUME. MUCAPE FROM 1000-1500 J/KG MAY DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. MUCH OF
THIS INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY REMAIN CAPPED...BUT WARM ADVECTION AND
LIFT ON NOSE OF LOW LEVEL JET WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT OF
ELEVATED STORMS FROM NERN TX INTO OK AND AR LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
OTHER STORMS MAY DEVELOP FROM N CNTRL TX INTO CNTRL OK IF LIFT
ASSOCIATED WITH EWD ADVANCING PACIFIC FRONT AND SHORTWAVE TROUGH CAN
BREACH THE CAP. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH STORMS
DEVELOPING IN THIS REGION.

venture
04-01-2009, 12:09 AM
New Day 1 outlook for severe weather keeps most of it in the eastern 1/3rd of Oklahoma for today. Will not update thread again unless there are changes leading to more of impact on the Metro.

Thunder
04-01-2009, 02:51 AM
Uhhh... Isn't it suppose to be for Thursday? lol

We have a questionable outbreak for Saturday.

bretthexum
04-01-2009, 08:11 AM
Looks like today and Saturday are going to be tame. I'm watching next Tues/Wed. :)

venture
04-01-2009, 10:00 AM
Uhhh... Isn't it suppose to be for Thursday? lol

We have a questionable outbreak for Saturday.

The outlooks typically run 7AM to 7AM, not Midnight to Midnight. Yeah, everything else down the road right now looks really isolated or pretty tame. But things are able to change on a dime this time of year.

Thunder
04-01-2009, 10:05 AM
Like the one we just had several days ago. :LolLolLol

OKCisOK4me
04-01-2009, 01:17 PM
I don't think today is going to change on a dime or a nickle or a penny or a quarter for that matter, lol.

venture
04-01-2009, 01:22 PM
I think the dime has already blown in to Kansas. ; )