Sample day 2 convective outlook text page spc ac 170544 day 2 convective outlook nws storm prediction center norman ok 1244 am cdt mon jun 17 2013 valid 181200z - 191200z ...there is a slgt risk of svr tstms for parts of the cntrl/srn high plains tue afternoon/evening... ...synopsis... an amplified upper-level trough will penetrate inland in the west...with a downstream ridge shifting gradually ewd from the rockies to the high plains. a shortwave impulse will progress ewd across srn quebec towards the canadian maritimes within a broader sern canadian trough. a lingering vort max will dampen as it ejects e/sewd from the upper ms valley to the upper oh valley by early wed. at the surface...a weak cold front should push sewd the northeast and midwest. a composite front/outflow should become quasi-stationary across the srn plains. ...cntrl/srn high plains... although abundant convection in preceding days across the plains will yield pockets of an overturned air mass across the lower plains...low-level upslope flow will continue and should maintain 50s dew points in the lee of the srn rockies. scattered tstms should again form by late afternoon along the higher terrain and spread e/sewd into the evening. with a belt of confluent mid/upper-level flow undercutting a more prominent ridge to the n...deep-layer shear will be sufficient for supercells with primary initial risk of large hail. a localized tornado threat is also apparent...where low-level srh should be enhanced by the probable presence of a composite front/outflow in the wake of the preceding days of convection. upscale growth into one or more mcs/s is again possible with an increasing risk for severe wind during the evening. ...nrn rockies into parts of the nrn/cntrl high plains... low-level upslope flow will strengthen in advance of the upper-level trough entering the west....which should yield middle 40s to lower 50s surface dew points being maintained at peak diurnal mixing along the lee of the rockies. with steep tropospheric lapse rates...moderate buoyancy should develop. however...most of the nrn into the cntrl high plains will remain beneath a mid-level ridge. this will serve to marginalize deep-layer shear for supercells and probably limit tstm coverage /especially with nrn extent/. farther w across the nrn rockies...mid-level s/swlys will strengthen with approach of the trough which could support a couple of marginal supercells late in the day. ...northeast to midwest... moderate mid-level wlys will persist in association with the broad trough centered over sern canada...with pockets of stronger flow in association with impulses departing srn quebec and the other approaching from the upper ms valley. guidance suggests that isolated to scattered tstms will form along a weak cold front and perhaps along a trough in the lee of the appalachians. however...guidance does differ substantially with the degree of buoyancy along the front...with the nam appearing to be more unstable with greater insolation. although mid-level lapse rates should be fair to poor...the most favorable wind profiles for supercells will exist across the northeast. portions of this region may require an upgrade to slight risk if it appears that moderate buoyancy may indeed develop. ..grams.. 06/17/2013 #weatherapp