Tag: convective

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0200 PM CST Mon Dec 16 2024 Valid 162000Z - 171200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE ARK-LA-TEX AND LOWER TO MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY... ...SUMMARY... Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms with mainly a damaging wind threat may occur today across parts of the ArkLaTex into western Tennessee and vicinity. Some hail may also occur. ...20Z Update... The previous forecast remains on track. Only minor adjustments to the lines have been made for this Day 1 outlook update. A cold

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0624 AM CST Mon Dec 16 2024 Valid 161300Z - 171200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected through tonight. ...Synopsis/Discussion... A progressive mid/upper-level pattern will persist, with the most important feature being a trough now apparent in moisture-channel imagery from a low over southeastern MB, across western MN, eastern NE, central KS, and the TX Panhandle. The main/northern part of this trough is forecast to weaken and move across the Upper Great Lakes today. A weaker, positively tilted, basal vorticity

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0155 PM CST Sun Dec 15 2024 Valid 152000Z - 161200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS TO THE OZARKS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated severe hail, strong/gusty winds, and perhaps a tornado may occur tonight through early Monday morning from parts of north Texas to the Ozarks. ...20Z Update... The previous forecast (see below) remains on track, and no changes were needed with this update. The latest guidance indicates some potential for embedded/loosely organized cells tracking northeastward across southeast MO

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0624 AM CST Sun Dec 15 2024 Valid 151300Z - 161200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM PORTIONS OF NORTH TEXAS TO THE OZARKS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated hail near severe limits is possible tonight from portions of north Texas to the Ozarks. ...Synopsis... In mid/upper levels, a low-amplitude longwave pattern will remain in place over the CONUS, with progressive shortwave to synoptic troughs traversing the prevailing westerlies. The leading trough -- currently anchored by a closed low near the northern IL/IN border --

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0153 PM CST Sat Dec 14 2024 Valid 142000Z - 151200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Organized severe thunderstorms are not expected through tonight. ...20Z Update... The western edge of thunderstorm probabilities have been trimmed in the middle MS Valley vicinity, where additional thunderstorm development appears unlikely behind the strongly forced band of convection shifting eastward -- in tandem with the midlevel shortwave trough. Farther west, thunderstorm probabilities were also removed over portions of the Coastal Range in northern CA. Forecast soundings suggest EL

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0142 PM CST Fri Dec 13 2024 Valid 132000Z - 141200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Organized severe thunderstorms appear unlikely through tonight. ...20Z Update... The previous forecast reasoning (see below) remains the same, and only minor changes were made with this update. ..Weinman.. 12/13/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1030 AM CST Fri Dec 13 2024/ ...Southern/Central Plains into the Ozarks/ArkLaTex... A compact shortwave trough over the Great Basin this morning will move eastward across the southern/central Plains through tonight while gradually amplifying. Related low-level

SPC 0700Z Day 2 Outlook Day 2 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1154 PM CST Thu Dec 12 2024 Valid 141200Z - 151200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected on Saturday. ...Central/South-Central States... An upper cyclone and attendant trough will lift east/northeast from the central/southern Plains toward the Great Lakes on Saturday. Only a weak reflection of this upper system is expected at the surface, where a low over eastern KS during the morning hours will generally weaken as it lifts northeast into the Upper Midwest. Southerly low-level flow will transport 60s

SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0121 PM CST Thu Dec 12 2024 Valid 122000Z - 131200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Lightning is possible this evening and tonight along the eastern shores of Lake Ontario in association with lake-effect snow bands. ...20Z Update... The forecast remains on track, and no changes were made with this update. See the previous discussion below for details regarding isolated lightning potential downwind of Lake Ontario. ..Weinman.. 12/12/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1016 AM CST Thu Dec 12 2024/ ...NY... Cool/dry and stable conditions will

SPC 1730Z Day 2 Outlook Day 2 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1111 AM CST Thu Dec 12 2024 Valid 131200Z - 141200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected through Friday night. ...Central States... A shortwave trough near the Four Corners will move across the southern Rockies into the central Great Plains by early Saturday. The attendant lee surface cyclone will be weak as it tracks from the Raton Mesa vicinity into eastern KS. Modified moisture return from the western Gulf is anticipated within the broad low-level warm conveyor ahead of the

SPC 0700Z Day 2 Outlook Day 2 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1255 AM CST Thu Dec 12 2024 Valid 131200Z - 141200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected through Friday night. ...Synopsis... A shortwave trough is forecast to begin the period over the Four Corners before continuing eastward across the central Rockies and ending the period as a closed cyclone over the central Plains. An associated surface low is expected to move quickly northeastward just ahead of this shortwave, progressing from the northeast NM/southeast CO vicinity into eastern KS. As it