TEXT FORECAST

SPC AC 280550
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1250 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2008
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...SRN PLAINS/CNTRL HIGH PLAINS...
A SUBTLE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES FRIDAY
AS A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE FROM THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION EWD INTO THE PLAINS STATES. AT THE SFC...SELY WINDS
ARE FORECAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE SRN AND CNTRL PLAINS AND THIS WILL
RESULT IN UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE PLAINS OF ERN CO. A MOIST AXIS
SHOULD BE IN PLACE FROM NRN OK WNWWD INTO SERN CO WHERE POCKETS OF
MODERATE INSTABILITY SHOULD DEVELOP BY MIDDAY. THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR
LIKELY TO INITIATE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SERN CO FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND MOVE SEWD INTO THE CO PLAINS. ADDITIONAL STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP
ACROSS THE NRN TX PANHANDLE AND IN NRN OK ALONG THE MOIST AXIS. SFC
DEWPOINTS ACROSS NRN OK SHOULD BE IN THE 60S F WITH A BIT DRYER AIR
LOCATED IN SERN CO. A FEW MARGINALLY SEVERE STORM MAY DEVELOP ALONG
IN NRN OK OR IN THE NRN TX PANHANDLE WHERE ABOUT 30 KT OF VERTICAL
SHEAR IS FORECAST. FURTHER NORTHWEST IN SERN CO...ENOUGH INSTABILITY
MAY DEVELOP IN SPITE OF THE DRYER AIR FOR A MARGINAL SEVERE THREAT
CONSIDERING FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW ABOUT 40 KT OF VERTICAL SHEAR
WITH SUBSTANTIAL DIRECTIONAL SHEAR IN THE LOW TO MID-LEVELS.
..BROYLES.. 08/28/2008