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4 weeks ago
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0353 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 211200Z
Upper-level troughing will weaken across the Pacific Northwest
before a secondary jet streak deepens the trough again D4/Saturday
and D5/Sunday. Moisture will increase into the weekend, with showers
and thunderstorms with mostly wetting rainfall expected. As the
western high shifts into the Four Corners Region through D5/Sunday,
monsoonal moisture will return northward across portions of Arizona
and Utah. On the periphery of this deeper moisture, isolated dry
thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Great Basin
into the Northern Rockies.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
With the aforementioned shift of the surface high into the Four
Corners region, isolated dry thunderstorms will continue on the
fringe of the deeper moisture surge across portions of
central/northern Nevada into southern Idaho, western Wyoming. Storm
motions will be around 10-15 kts, with PWs around 0.50-0.75"
yielding little in terms of meaningful rainfall. Fuels in these
regions are critically dry, with little monsoon season rainfall and
recorded drought conditions.
Moisture will recede southward after the weekend, with potential for
less precipitation with thunderstorms along the Mogollon Rim and in
northern/central Arizona. This may warrant inclusion of
probabilities when status of fuels after precipitation D2-D4
(Thursday-Saturday) is known.
...Dry/Windy...
Weak troughing over the west amid deeply mixed profiles will lead to
overlap of dry and breezy conditions across portions of the Great
Basin into the northern Rockies on D3/Friday. Though winds are
mainly Elevated, several days of isolated dry thunderstorm activity,
low humidity, and recent fire activity encourage inclusion a 40
percent region for D3.
..Thornton.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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4 weeks ago
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0353 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 211200Z
Upper-level troughing will weaken across the Pacific Northwest
before a secondary jet streak deepens the trough again D4/Saturday
and D5/Sunday. Moisture will increase into the weekend, with showers
and thunderstorms with mostly wetting rainfall expected. As the
western high shifts into the Four Corners Region through D5/Sunday,
monsoonal moisture will return northward across portions of Arizona
and Utah. On the periphery of this deeper moisture, isolated dry
thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Great Basin
into the Northern Rockies.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
With the aforementioned shift of the surface high into the Four
Corners region, isolated dry thunderstorms will continue on the
fringe of the deeper moisture surge across portions of
central/northern Nevada into southern Idaho, western Wyoming. Storm
motions will be around 10-15 kts, with PWs around 0.50-0.75"
yielding little in terms of meaningful rainfall. Fuels in these
regions are critically dry, with little monsoon season rainfall and
recorded drought conditions.
Moisture will recede southward after the weekend, with potential for
less precipitation with thunderstorms along the Mogollon Rim and in
northern/central Arizona. This may warrant inclusion of
probabilities when status of fuels after precipitation D2-D4
(Thursday-Saturday) is known.
...Dry/Windy...
Weak troughing over the west amid deeply mixed profiles will lead to
overlap of dry and breezy conditions across portions of the Great
Basin into the northern Rockies on D3/Friday. Though winds are
mainly Elevated, several days of isolated dry thunderstorm activity,
low humidity, and recent fire activity encourage inclusion a 40
percent region for D3.
..Thornton.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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4 weeks ago
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0353 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 211200Z
Upper-level troughing will weaken across the Pacific Northwest
before a secondary jet streak deepens the trough again D4/Saturday
and D5/Sunday. Moisture will increase into the weekend, with showers
and thunderstorms with mostly wetting rainfall expected. As the
western high shifts into the Four Corners Region through D5/Sunday,
monsoonal moisture will return northward across portions of Arizona
and Utah. On the periphery of this deeper moisture, isolated dry
thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Great Basin
into the Northern Rockies.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
With the aforementioned shift of the surface high into the Four
Corners region, isolated dry thunderstorms will continue on the
fringe of the deeper moisture surge across portions of
central/northern Nevada into southern Idaho, western Wyoming. Storm
motions will be around 10-15 kts, with PWs around 0.50-0.75"
yielding little in terms of meaningful rainfall. Fuels in these
regions are critically dry, with little monsoon season rainfall and
recorded drought conditions.
Moisture will recede southward after the weekend, with potential for
less precipitation with thunderstorms along the Mogollon Rim and in
northern/central Arizona. This may warrant inclusion of
probabilities when status of fuels after precipitation D2-D4
(Thursday-Saturday) is known.
...Dry/Windy...
Weak troughing over the west amid deeply mixed profiles will lead to
overlap of dry and breezy conditions across portions of the Great
Basin into the northern Rockies on D3/Friday. Though winds are
mainly Elevated, several days of isolated dry thunderstorm activity,
low humidity, and recent fire activity encourage inclusion a 40
percent region for D3.
..Thornton.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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4 weeks ago
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0353 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 211200Z
Upper-level troughing will weaken across the Pacific Northwest
before a secondary jet streak deepens the trough again D4/Saturday
and D5/Sunday. Moisture will increase into the weekend, with showers
and thunderstorms with mostly wetting rainfall expected. As the
western high shifts into the Four Corners Region through D5/Sunday,
monsoonal moisture will return northward across portions of Arizona
and Utah. On the periphery of this deeper moisture, isolated dry
thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Great Basin
into the Northern Rockies.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
With the aforementioned shift of the surface high into the Four
Corners region, isolated dry thunderstorms will continue on the
fringe of the deeper moisture surge across portions of
central/northern Nevada into southern Idaho, western Wyoming. Storm
motions will be around 10-15 kts, with PWs around 0.50-0.75"
yielding little in terms of meaningful rainfall. Fuels in these
regions are critically dry, with little monsoon season rainfall and
recorded drought conditions.
Moisture will recede southward after the weekend, with potential for
less precipitation with thunderstorms along the Mogollon Rim and in
northern/central Arizona. This may warrant inclusion of
probabilities when status of fuels after precipitation D2-D4
(Thursday-Saturday) is known.
...Dry/Windy...
Weak troughing over the west amid deeply mixed profiles will lead to
overlap of dry and breezy conditions across portions of the Great
Basin into the northern Rockies on D3/Friday. Though winds are
mainly Elevated, several days of isolated dry thunderstorm activity,
low humidity, and recent fire activity encourage inclusion a 40
percent region for D3.
..Thornton.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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4 weeks ago
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0353 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 211200Z
Upper-level troughing will weaken across the Pacific Northwest
before a secondary jet streak deepens the trough again D4/Saturday
and D5/Sunday. Moisture will increase into the weekend, with showers
and thunderstorms with mostly wetting rainfall expected. As the
western high shifts into the Four Corners Region through D5/Sunday,
monsoonal moisture will return northward across portions of Arizona
and Utah. On the periphery of this deeper moisture, isolated dry
thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Great Basin
into the Northern Rockies.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
With the aforementioned shift of the surface high into the Four
Corners region, isolated dry thunderstorms will continue on the
fringe of the deeper moisture surge across portions of
central/northern Nevada into southern Idaho, western Wyoming. Storm
motions will be around 10-15 kts, with PWs around 0.50-0.75"
yielding little in terms of meaningful rainfall. Fuels in these
regions are critically dry, with little monsoon season rainfall and
recorded drought conditions.
Moisture will recede southward after the weekend, with potential for
less precipitation with thunderstorms along the Mogollon Rim and in
northern/central Arizona. This may warrant inclusion of
probabilities when status of fuels after precipitation D2-D4
(Thursday-Saturday) is known.
...Dry/Windy...
Weak troughing over the west amid deeply mixed profiles will lead to
overlap of dry and breezy conditions across portions of the Great
Basin into the northern Rockies on D3/Friday. Though winds are
mainly Elevated, several days of isolated dry thunderstorm activity,
low humidity, and recent fire activity encourage inclusion a 40
percent region for D3.
..Thornton.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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4 weeks ago
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0353 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 211200Z
Upper-level troughing will weaken across the Pacific Northwest
before a secondary jet streak deepens the trough again D4/Saturday
and D5/Sunday. Moisture will increase into the weekend, with showers
and thunderstorms with mostly wetting rainfall expected. As the
western high shifts into the Four Corners Region through D5/Sunday,
monsoonal moisture will return northward across portions of Arizona
and Utah. On the periphery of this deeper moisture, isolated dry
thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Great Basin
into the Northern Rockies.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
With the aforementioned shift of the surface high into the Four
Corners region, isolated dry thunderstorms will continue on the
fringe of the deeper moisture surge across portions of
central/northern Nevada into southern Idaho, western Wyoming. Storm
motions will be around 10-15 kts, with PWs around 0.50-0.75"
yielding little in terms of meaningful rainfall. Fuels in these
regions are critically dry, with little monsoon season rainfall and
recorded drought conditions.
Moisture will recede southward after the weekend, with potential for
less precipitation with thunderstorms along the Mogollon Rim and in
northern/central Arizona. This may warrant inclusion of
probabilities when status of fuels after precipitation D2-D4
(Thursday-Saturday) is known.
...Dry/Windy...
Weak troughing over the west amid deeply mixed profiles will lead to
overlap of dry and breezy conditions across portions of the Great
Basin into the northern Rockies on D3/Friday. Though winds are
mainly Elevated, several days of isolated dry thunderstorm activity,
low humidity, and recent fire activity encourage inclusion a 40
percent region for D3.
..Thornton.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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4 weeks ago
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0353 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 211200Z
Upper-level troughing will weaken across the Pacific Northwest
before a secondary jet streak deepens the trough again D4/Saturday
and D5/Sunday. Moisture will increase into the weekend, with showers
and thunderstorms with mostly wetting rainfall expected. As the
western high shifts into the Four Corners Region through D5/Sunday,
monsoonal moisture will return northward across portions of Arizona
and Utah. On the periphery of this deeper moisture, isolated dry
thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Great Basin
into the Northern Rockies.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
With the aforementioned shift of the surface high into the Four
Corners region, isolated dry thunderstorms will continue on the
fringe of the deeper moisture surge across portions of
central/northern Nevada into southern Idaho, western Wyoming. Storm
motions will be around 10-15 kts, with PWs around 0.50-0.75"
yielding little in terms of meaningful rainfall. Fuels in these
regions are critically dry, with little monsoon season rainfall and
recorded drought conditions.
Moisture will recede southward after the weekend, with potential for
less precipitation with thunderstorms along the Mogollon Rim and in
northern/central Arizona. This may warrant inclusion of
probabilities when status of fuels after precipitation D2-D4
(Thursday-Saturday) is known.
...Dry/Windy...
Weak troughing over the west amid deeply mixed profiles will lead to
overlap of dry and breezy conditions across portions of the Great
Basin into the northern Rockies on D3/Friday. Though winds are
mainly Elevated, several days of isolated dry thunderstorm activity,
low humidity, and recent fire activity encourage inclusion a 40
percent region for D3.
..Thornton.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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4 weeks ago
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0353 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 211200Z
Upper-level troughing will weaken across the Pacific Northwest
before a secondary jet streak deepens the trough again D4/Saturday
and D5/Sunday. Moisture will increase into the weekend, with showers
and thunderstorms with mostly wetting rainfall expected. As the
western high shifts into the Four Corners Region through D5/Sunday,
monsoonal moisture will return northward across portions of Arizona
and Utah. On the periphery of this deeper moisture, isolated dry
thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Great Basin
into the Northern Rockies.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
With the aforementioned shift of the surface high into the Four
Corners region, isolated dry thunderstorms will continue on the
fringe of the deeper moisture surge across portions of
central/northern Nevada into southern Idaho, western Wyoming. Storm
motions will be around 10-15 kts, with PWs around 0.50-0.75"
yielding little in terms of meaningful rainfall. Fuels in these
regions are critically dry, with little monsoon season rainfall and
recorded drought conditions.
Moisture will recede southward after the weekend, with potential for
less precipitation with thunderstorms along the Mogollon Rim and in
northern/central Arizona. This may warrant inclusion of
probabilities when status of fuels after precipitation D2-D4
(Thursday-Saturday) is known.
...Dry/Windy...
Weak troughing over the west amid deeply mixed profiles will lead to
overlap of dry and breezy conditions across portions of the Great
Basin into the northern Rockies on D3/Friday. Though winds are
mainly Elevated, several days of isolated dry thunderstorm activity,
low humidity, and recent fire activity encourage inclusion a 40
percent region for D3.
..Thornton.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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4 weeks ago
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0353 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 211200Z
Upper-level troughing will weaken across the Pacific Northwest
before a secondary jet streak deepens the trough again D4/Saturday
and D5/Sunday. Moisture will increase into the weekend, with showers
and thunderstorms with mostly wetting rainfall expected. As the
western high shifts into the Four Corners Region through D5/Sunday,
monsoonal moisture will return northward across portions of Arizona
and Utah. On the periphery of this deeper moisture, isolated dry
thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Great Basin
into the Northern Rockies.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
With the aforementioned shift of the surface high into the Four
Corners region, isolated dry thunderstorms will continue on the
fringe of the deeper moisture surge across portions of
central/northern Nevada into southern Idaho, western Wyoming. Storm
motions will be around 10-15 kts, with PWs around 0.50-0.75"
yielding little in terms of meaningful rainfall. Fuels in these
regions are critically dry, with little monsoon season rainfall and
recorded drought conditions.
Moisture will recede southward after the weekend, with potential for
less precipitation with thunderstorms along the Mogollon Rim and in
northern/central Arizona. This may warrant inclusion of
probabilities when status of fuels after precipitation D2-D4
(Thursday-Saturday) is known.
...Dry/Windy...
Weak troughing over the west amid deeply mixed profiles will lead to
overlap of dry and breezy conditions across portions of the Great
Basin into the northern Rockies on D3/Friday. Though winds are
mainly Elevated, several days of isolated dry thunderstorm activity,
low humidity, and recent fire activity encourage inclusion a 40
percent region for D3.
..Thornton.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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4 weeks ago
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0353 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 211200Z
Upper-level troughing will weaken across the Pacific Northwest
before a secondary jet streak deepens the trough again D4/Saturday
and D5/Sunday. Moisture will increase into the weekend, with showers
and thunderstorms with mostly wetting rainfall expected. As the
western high shifts into the Four Corners Region through D5/Sunday,
monsoonal moisture will return northward across portions of Arizona
and Utah. On the periphery of this deeper moisture, isolated dry
thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Great Basin
into the Northern Rockies.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
With the aforementioned shift of the surface high into the Four
Corners region, isolated dry thunderstorms will continue on the
fringe of the deeper moisture surge across portions of
central/northern Nevada into southern Idaho, western Wyoming. Storm
motions will be around 10-15 kts, with PWs around 0.50-0.75"
yielding little in terms of meaningful rainfall. Fuels in these
regions are critically dry, with little monsoon season rainfall and
recorded drought conditions.
Moisture will recede southward after the weekend, with potential for
less precipitation with thunderstorms along the Mogollon Rim and in
northern/central Arizona. This may warrant inclusion of
probabilities when status of fuels after precipitation D2-D4
(Thursday-Saturday) is known.
...Dry/Windy...
Weak troughing over the west amid deeply mixed profiles will lead to
overlap of dry and breezy conditions across portions of the Great
Basin into the northern Rockies on D3/Friday. Though winds are
mainly Elevated, several days of isolated dry thunderstorm activity,
low humidity, and recent fire activity encourage inclusion a 40
percent region for D3.
..Thornton.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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4 weeks ago
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0353 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 211200Z
Upper-level troughing will weaken across the Pacific Northwest
before a secondary jet streak deepens the trough again D4/Saturday
and D5/Sunday. Moisture will increase into the weekend, with showers
and thunderstorms with mostly wetting rainfall expected. As the
western high shifts into the Four Corners Region through D5/Sunday,
monsoonal moisture will return northward across portions of Arizona
and Utah. On the periphery of this deeper moisture, isolated dry
thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Great Basin
into the Northern Rockies.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
With the aforementioned shift of the surface high into the Four
Corners region, isolated dry thunderstorms will continue on the
fringe of the deeper moisture surge across portions of
central/northern Nevada into southern Idaho, western Wyoming. Storm
motions will be around 10-15 kts, with PWs around 0.50-0.75"
yielding little in terms of meaningful rainfall. Fuels in these
regions are critically dry, with little monsoon season rainfall and
recorded drought conditions.
Moisture will recede southward after the weekend, with potential for
less precipitation with thunderstorms along the Mogollon Rim and in
northern/central Arizona. This may warrant inclusion of
probabilities when status of fuels after precipitation D2-D4
(Thursday-Saturday) is known.
...Dry/Windy...
Weak troughing over the west amid deeply mixed profiles will lead to
overlap of dry and breezy conditions across portions of the Great
Basin into the northern Rockies on D3/Friday. Though winds are
mainly Elevated, several days of isolated dry thunderstorm activity,
low humidity, and recent fire activity encourage inclusion a 40
percent region for D3.
..Thornton.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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4 weeks ago
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0353 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 211200Z
Upper-level troughing will weaken across the Pacific Northwest
before a secondary jet streak deepens the trough again D4/Saturday
and D5/Sunday. Moisture will increase into the weekend, with showers
and thunderstorms with mostly wetting rainfall expected. As the
western high shifts into the Four Corners Region through D5/Sunday,
monsoonal moisture will return northward across portions of Arizona
and Utah. On the periphery of this deeper moisture, isolated dry
thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Great Basin
into the Northern Rockies.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
With the aforementioned shift of the surface high into the Four
Corners region, isolated dry thunderstorms will continue on the
fringe of the deeper moisture surge across portions of
central/northern Nevada into southern Idaho, western Wyoming. Storm
motions will be around 10-15 kts, with PWs around 0.50-0.75"
yielding little in terms of meaningful rainfall. Fuels in these
regions are critically dry, with little monsoon season rainfall and
recorded drought conditions.
Moisture will recede southward after the weekend, with potential for
less precipitation with thunderstorms along the Mogollon Rim and in
northern/central Arizona. This may warrant inclusion of
probabilities when status of fuels after precipitation D2-D4
(Thursday-Saturday) is known.
...Dry/Windy...
Weak troughing over the west amid deeply mixed profiles will lead to
overlap of dry and breezy conditions across portions of the Great
Basin into the northern Rockies on D3/Friday. Though winds are
mainly Elevated, several days of isolated dry thunderstorm activity,
low humidity, and recent fire activity encourage inclusion a 40
percent region for D3.
..Thornton.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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4 weeks ago
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0353 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 211200Z
Upper-level troughing will weaken across the Pacific Northwest
before a secondary jet streak deepens the trough again D4/Saturday
and D5/Sunday. Moisture will increase into the weekend, with showers
and thunderstorms with mostly wetting rainfall expected. As the
western high shifts into the Four Corners Region through D5/Sunday,
monsoonal moisture will return northward across portions of Arizona
and Utah. On the periphery of this deeper moisture, isolated dry
thunderstorms will be possible across portions of the Great Basin
into the Northern Rockies.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
With the aforementioned shift of the surface high into the Four
Corners region, isolated dry thunderstorms will continue on the
fringe of the deeper moisture surge across portions of
central/northern Nevada into southern Idaho, western Wyoming. Storm
motions will be around 10-15 kts, with PWs around 0.50-0.75"
yielding little in terms of meaningful rainfall. Fuels in these
regions are critically dry, with little monsoon season rainfall and
recorded drought conditions.
Moisture will recede southward after the weekend, with potential for
less precipitation with thunderstorms along the Mogollon Rim and in
northern/central Arizona. This may warrant inclusion of
probabilities when status of fuels after precipitation D2-D4
(Thursday-Saturday) is known.
...Dry/Windy...
Weak troughing over the west amid deeply mixed profiles will lead to
overlap of dry and breezy conditions across portions of the Great
Basin into the northern Rockies on D3/Friday. Though winds are
mainly Elevated, several days of isolated dry thunderstorm activity,
low humidity, and recent fire activity encourage inclusion a 40
percent region for D3.
..Thornton.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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4 weeks ago
MD 1939 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING INTO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
Mesoscale Discussion 1939
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0311 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Areas affected...portions of northeastern Wyoming into western South
Dakota
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible
Valid 132011Z - 132145Z
Probability of Watch Issuance...60 percent
SUMMARY...The severe threat is increasing across portions of the
northern Plains. Severe wind and hail are the main threats, with an
organized wind threat likely if storms merge into an MCS.
DISCUSSION...A multicellular cluster has developed across northern
WY, and is gradually intensifying (based on increasing lightning
trends) as a mid-level vort max traverses the northern Rockies. As
such, the ongoing convection should persist as it progresses into SD
over the next few hours. With the approach of the vort max,
deep-layer shear should continue to strengthen, with widespread 40
kts of effective bulk shear likely. At the same time, MLCINH will
continue to erode as surface temperatures climb into the 90s F amid
upper 50s F dewpoints in western SD, boosting MLCAPE to 1000 J/kg.
The combination of this buoyancy and mainly elongated hodographs
will encourage continued multicellular development and perhaps
preceding supercells, accompanied by both a severe wind and hail
threat. With time though, upscale growth into an MCS is possible,
particularly in western SD. This MCS will then approach a more moist
low-level airmass while traversing a surface boundary, with surface
dewpoints well into the 60s F, which will encourage further
strengthening and associated potential for some wind swath
organization. As such, a Severe Thunderstorm Watch will eventually
be needed, with timing of watch issuance remaining the primary
question.
..Squitieri/Mosier.. 08/13/2025
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...
ATTN...WFO...ABR...UNR...CYS...
LAT...LON 43370479 43720523 44130546 44500554 44760552 44900540
44900353 44640094 44339997 43859975 43469988 43190048
43090141 43090226 43080304 43210406 43370479
MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...UP TO 95 MPH
MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...65-80 MPH
MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...UP TO 1.25 IN
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4 weeks ago
SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook RESENT 1
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0352 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 161200Z
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST...
...SUMMARY...
At least isolated severe storms may occur over parts of the northern
Plains and Upper Midwest on Friday.
...Discussion...
An upper-ridge will strengthen on Friday with building heights
across the northern Plains. A diffuse surface low will be present
somewhere in the Nebraska/South Dakota vicinity with a dryline
extending to the south and a front extending northeast. This front
across eastern South Dakota into southeast North Dakota and northern
Minnesota will likely be the primary focus for organized severe
storm potential on Friday. Upper-level forcing should be weak with
rising heights across the region, but low-level convergence along
the front may be sufficient for storm development. Steep mid-level
lapse rates with moderate to strong shear and strong instability
supports a conditional risk for supercells capable of large to very
large hail and severe wind gusts from central South Dakota to
portions of northern Minnesota.
Away from the front, warm temperatures aloft and weak large scale
forcing should limit storm development Friday afternoon/early
evening. However, some modest enhancement of the low-level jet is
forecast by late Friday evening which could result in some elevated
storm development. If these storms form, moderate to strong shear
and strong instability would support at least isolated severe storm
risk.
The CAPE/shear space on Friday supports a conditional threat for
strong supercells, but storm coverage remains questionable due to an
ambient environment featuring rising heights aloft and weak
large-scale forcing. Therefore, a broad Marginal risk seems
appropriate at this time, but storm intensity would likely support
higher probabilities in later outlooks if a concentrated zone of
higher storm coverage appears likely.
..Bentley.. 08/13/2025
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4 weeks ago
SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook RESENT 1
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0352 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 161200Z
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST...
...SUMMARY...
At least isolated severe storms may occur over parts of the northern
Plains and Upper Midwest on Friday.
...Discussion...
An upper-ridge will strengthen on Friday with building heights
across the northern Plains. A diffuse surface low will be present
somewhere in the Nebraska/South Dakota vicinity with a dryline
extending to the south and a front extending northeast. This front
across eastern South Dakota into southeast North Dakota and northern
Minnesota will likely be the primary focus for organized severe
storm potential on Friday. Upper-level forcing should be weak with
rising heights across the region, but low-level convergence along
the front may be sufficient for storm development. Steep mid-level
lapse rates with moderate to strong shear and strong instability
supports a conditional risk for supercells capable of large to very
large hail and severe wind gusts from central South Dakota to
portions of northern Minnesota.
Away from the front, warm temperatures aloft and weak large scale
forcing should limit storm development Friday afternoon/early
evening. However, some modest enhancement of the low-level jet is
forecast by late Friday evening which could result in some elevated
storm development. If these storms form, moderate to strong shear
and strong instability would support at least isolated severe storm
risk.
The CAPE/shear space on Friday supports a conditional threat for
strong supercells, but storm coverage remains questionable due to an
ambient environment featuring rising heights aloft and weak
large-scale forcing. Therefore, a broad Marginal risk seems
appropriate at this time, but storm intensity would likely support
higher probabilities in later outlooks if a concentrated zone of
higher storm coverage appears likely.
..Bentley.. 08/13/2025
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4 weeks ago
SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook RESENT 1
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0352 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 161200Z
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST...
...SUMMARY...
At least isolated severe storms may occur over parts of the northern
Plains and Upper Midwest on Friday.
...Discussion...
An upper-ridge will strengthen on Friday with building heights
across the northern Plains. A diffuse surface low will be present
somewhere in the Nebraska/South Dakota vicinity with a dryline
extending to the south and a front extending northeast. This front
across eastern South Dakota into southeast North Dakota and northern
Minnesota will likely be the primary focus for organized severe
storm potential on Friday. Upper-level forcing should be weak with
rising heights across the region, but low-level convergence along
the front may be sufficient for storm development. Steep mid-level
lapse rates with moderate to strong shear and strong instability
supports a conditional risk for supercells capable of large to very
large hail and severe wind gusts from central South Dakota to
portions of northern Minnesota.
Away from the front, warm temperatures aloft and weak large scale
forcing should limit storm development Friday afternoon/early
evening. However, some modest enhancement of the low-level jet is
forecast by late Friday evening which could result in some elevated
storm development. If these storms form, moderate to strong shear
and strong instability would support at least isolated severe storm
risk.
The CAPE/shear space on Friday supports a conditional threat for
strong supercells, but storm coverage remains questionable due to an
ambient environment featuring rising heights aloft and weak
large-scale forcing. Therefore, a broad Marginal risk seems
appropriate at this time, but storm intensity would likely support
higher probabilities in later outlooks if a concentrated zone of
higher storm coverage appears likely.
..Bentley.. 08/13/2025
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4 weeks ago
SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook RESENT 1
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0352 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 161200Z
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST...
...SUMMARY...
At least isolated severe storms may occur over parts of the northern
Plains and Upper Midwest on Friday.
...Discussion...
An upper-ridge will strengthen on Friday with building heights
across the northern Plains. A diffuse surface low will be present
somewhere in the Nebraska/South Dakota vicinity with a dryline
extending to the south and a front extending northeast. This front
across eastern South Dakota into southeast North Dakota and northern
Minnesota will likely be the primary focus for organized severe
storm potential on Friday. Upper-level forcing should be weak with
rising heights across the region, but low-level convergence along
the front may be sufficient for storm development. Steep mid-level
lapse rates with moderate to strong shear and strong instability
supports a conditional risk for supercells capable of large to very
large hail and severe wind gusts from central South Dakota to
portions of northern Minnesota.
Away from the front, warm temperatures aloft and weak large scale
forcing should limit storm development Friday afternoon/early
evening. However, some modest enhancement of the low-level jet is
forecast by late Friday evening which could result in some elevated
storm development. If these storms form, moderate to strong shear
and strong instability would support at least isolated severe storm
risk.
The CAPE/shear space on Friday supports a conditional threat for
strong supercells, but storm coverage remains questionable due to an
ambient environment featuring rising heights aloft and weak
large-scale forcing. Therefore, a broad Marginal risk seems
appropriate at this time, but storm intensity would likely support
higher probabilities in later outlooks if a concentrated zone of
higher storm coverage appears likely.
..Bentley.. 08/13/2025
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4 weeks ago
SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook RESENT 1
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0352 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 161200Z
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST...
...SUMMARY...
At least isolated severe storms may occur over parts of the northern
Plains and Upper Midwest on Friday.
...Discussion...
An upper-ridge will strengthen on Friday with building heights
across the northern Plains. A diffuse surface low will be present
somewhere in the Nebraska/South Dakota vicinity with a dryline
extending to the south and a front extending northeast. This front
across eastern South Dakota into southeast North Dakota and northern
Minnesota will likely be the primary focus for organized severe
storm potential on Friday. Upper-level forcing should be weak with
rising heights across the region, but low-level convergence along
the front may be sufficient for storm development. Steep mid-level
lapse rates with moderate to strong shear and strong instability
supports a conditional risk for supercells capable of large to very
large hail and severe wind gusts from central South Dakota to
portions of northern Minnesota.
Away from the front, warm temperatures aloft and weak large scale
forcing should limit storm development Friday afternoon/early
evening. However, some modest enhancement of the low-level jet is
forecast by late Friday evening which could result in some elevated
storm development. If these storms form, moderate to strong shear
and strong instability would support at least isolated severe storm
risk.
The CAPE/shear space on Friday supports a conditional threat for
strong supercells, but storm coverage remains questionable due to an
ambient environment featuring rising heights aloft and weak
large-scale forcing. Therefore, a broad Marginal risk seems
appropriate at this time, but storm intensity would likely support
higher probabilities in later outlooks if a concentrated zone of
higher storm coverage appears likely.
..Bentley.. 08/13/2025
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4 weeks ago
SPC 1930Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook RESENT 1
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0352 PM CDT Wed Aug 13 2025
Valid 151200Z - 161200Z
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST...
...SUMMARY...
At least isolated severe storms may occur over parts of the northern
Plains and Upper Midwest on Friday.
...Discussion...
An upper-ridge will strengthen on Friday with building heights
across the northern Plains. A diffuse surface low will be present
somewhere in the Nebraska/South Dakota vicinity with a dryline
extending to the south and a front extending northeast. This front
across eastern South Dakota into southeast North Dakota and northern
Minnesota will likely be the primary focus for organized severe
storm potential on Friday. Upper-level forcing should be weak with
rising heights across the region, but low-level convergence along
the front may be sufficient for storm development. Steep mid-level
lapse rates with moderate to strong shear and strong instability
supports a conditional risk for supercells capable of large to very
large hail and severe wind gusts from central South Dakota to
portions of northern Minnesota.
Away from the front, warm temperatures aloft and weak large scale
forcing should limit storm development Friday afternoon/early
evening. However, some modest enhancement of the low-level jet is
forecast by late Friday evening which could result in some elevated
storm development. If these storms form, moderate to strong shear
and strong instability would support at least isolated severe storm
risk.
The CAPE/shear space on Friday supports a conditional threat for
strong supercells, but storm coverage remains questionable due to an
ambient environment featuring rising heights aloft and weak
large-scale forcing. Therefore, a broad Marginal risk seems
appropriate at this time, but storm intensity would likely support
higher probabilities in later outlooks if a concentrated zone of
higher storm coverage appears likely.
..Bentley.. 08/13/2025
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