SPC 12z Outlook
...WRN PA/WRN NY/OH VALLEY/MID MS VALLEY...
AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE IS FORECAST TO REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE CNTRL APPALACHIANS AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES WITH SWLY FLOW PRESENT ACROSS THE OH VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES REGION. AT THE SFC...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SEWD ACROSS THE OH VALLEY WITH SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S F WITH MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT BY AFTERNOON. SCATTERED STORMS SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY AND SEVERAL MCS CLUSTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY EVENING. ALTHOUGH VERTICAL SHEAR PROFILES ARE FORECAST TO BE RELATIVELY WEAK...THE MODERATE TO STRONG INSTABILITY SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR SEVERE MULTICELL STORMS ESPECIALLY WHERE LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE LOCALLY MAXIMIZED. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DROP OFF DURING THE EVENING AS INSTABILITY