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Sunday, July 4, 2021

SPC Jul 4, 2021 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

SPC 1630Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1130 AM CDT Sun Jul 04 2021 Valid 041630Z - 051200Z ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR VICINITY... ...SUMMARY... Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected over parts of the southern High Plains, and the western Lake Superior vicinity during the late afternoon and evening. A few intense storms may occur within the southern High Plains area where hail diameter could exceed two inches and wind gusts may reach in excess of 75 mph. ...Southern High Plains... A belt of moderately enhanced/strengthening mid-level north-northwesterly winds are anticipated between the persistent anticyclone over the Four Corners area and a subtle MCV drifting south-southeastward across western Kansas. Robust heating of rich low-level moisture will contribute to a plume of moderate buoyancy with MLCAPE of 1500-2500 J/kg amid modest mid-level lapse rates. Initial thunderstorm development is expected over the Raton Mesa vicinity this afternoon and other parts of the Colorado Front Range, with a separate area of thunderstorms possibly developing in west/southwest Kansas near the MCV. Although southerly low-level flow should remain modest, pronounced veering of the wind profile with height will likely support a few supercells that may evolve into a southward-propagating cluster over the Panhandles. Scattered large hail and severe wind gusts, potentially along with a low-end tornado risk, will all be possible before the severe threat diminishes towards late evening. ...Upper Midwest... A low-amplitude shortwave trough over northwest Ontario will continue eastward through tonight. A surface wave over southeast Manitoba along a slowly eastward progressing cold front should move east along the international border today. Late afternoon convective development appears most probable near this surface wave from north-central to northeast Minnesota, with more isolated development possible farther southwest along the trailing front which should arc southwest towards the Middle Missouri Valley. The presence of low to mid 60s boundary-layer dew points coupled with very warm to hot temperatures should yield moderate buoyancy with MLCAPE of 1500-2500 J/kg. While deep-layer shear will be modest, a belt of 25-35 kt 700-mb westerlies to the south of the shortwave impulse will yield potential for loosely organized multicell clusters that might produce scattered damaging winds in the western Lake Superior vicinity through this evening. ...South-central/southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming... One or more low-amplitude mid-level impulses in conjunction with differential heating/weak upslope flow in vicinity of higher terrain/mountains should influence at least widely scattered thunderstorm development by mid/late afternoon. While vertical shear nor buoyancy will be overly robust, modest mid-level westerlies and a hot/well-mixed boundary layer could lead to some strong to locally severe storms capable of wind gusts and possibly some hail until around mid-evening. ..Guyer/Lyons.. 07/04/2021 Read more LIVE: spc.noaa.gov
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