Convective Outlook: Mon 23 Dec 2019
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HIGH
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Convective Outlook

VALID 06:00 UTC Mon 23 Dec 2019 - 05:59 UTC Tue 24 Dec 2019

ISSUED 09:59 UTC Mon 23 Dec 2019

ISSUED BY: Dan

UPDATE 09:59 UTC SLGT introduced to parts of S Ireland / Celtic Sea / Wales / SW England for Monday night, as mentioned in forecast text below

Residual upper troughing will linger close to Scotland early on Monday, but this will generally fill and lift to the north with time. As such, showers / showery rain in western Scotland may produce an isolated lightning strike during the morning, but the risk will diminish with each passing hour.
Otherwise, the main focus will be later on Monday night associated with the approaching Atlantic upper trough. To the south of the main backbent occlusion, instability is expected to increase with several hundred J/kg CAPE. Increased forcing as the upper trough approaches from the west may lead to deep convection evolving over the Celtic Sea / S Ireland around midnight, this then quickly extending eastwards towards Wales / SW England during the early hours of Tuesday. 

Given the environment in place - marked mid-level dry intrusion, significant potential instability, strong shear, and reasonable CAPE - some well-organised convection is possible, perhaps even one or two low-topped supercells, which would be capable of producing sporadic lightning and strong gusts of wind. However, there is some uncertainty over the exact forecast evolution, and for now have refrained from introducing a SLGT.