Severe Storms

SPC 1730Z Day 2 Outlook
Day 2 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1044 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 301200Z - 311200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected on Saturday. ...Synopsis... A negatively tilted mid/upper-level trough will move across parts of CA during the day on Saturday, before advancing toward the Four Corners region by early Sunday morning. A deep upper-level trough will persist over the central/eastern CONUS, as a reinforcing shortwave trough moves southeastward toward the upper Great Lakes region. Generally dry and stable conditions will preclude thunderstorm development across most of the CONUS. Weak convection will be possible across parts of CA during the morning/afternoon in association with the shortwave trough. Isolated lightning flashes cannot be ruled out with this convection, though very weak buoyancy and relatively warm equilibrium-level temperatures will limit thunderstorm coverage and intensity. Elsewhere, thunderstorms are not expected on Saturday. ..Dean.. 12/29/2023 Read more

SPC 1730Z Day 2 Outlook
Day 2 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1044 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 301200Z - 311200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected on Saturday. ...Synopsis... A negatively tilted mid/upper-level trough will move across parts of CA during the day on Saturday, before advancing toward the Four Corners region by early Sunday morning. A deep upper-level trough will persist over the central/eastern CONUS, as a reinforcing shortwave trough moves southeastward toward the upper Great Lakes region. Generally dry and stable conditions will preclude thunderstorm development across most of the CONUS. Weak convection will be possible across parts of CA during the morning/afternoon in association with the shortwave trough. Isolated lightning flashes cannot be ruled out with this convection, though very weak buoyancy and relatively warm equilibrium-level temperatures will limit thunderstorm coverage and intensity. Elsewhere, thunderstorms are not expected on Saturday. ..Dean.. 12/29/2023 Read more

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1011 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291700Z - 301200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... No changes are needed to the current D1 Fire Weather Outlook. See previous discussion below. ..Thornton.. 12/29/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1242 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023/ ...Synopsis... Fire weather concerns will remain limited for today. Per recent surface observations, cool continental air continues to overspread the Plains into the Midwest and Mississippi River Valley behind an occluded surface low. Breezy northwest winds may coincide with diurnal RH reductions below 25% across parts of the southern High Plains this afternoon. However, fuels are currently not receptive due to recent precipitation and cool conditions. ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1011 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291700Z - 301200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... No changes are needed to the current D1 Fire Weather Outlook. See previous discussion below. ..Thornton.. 12/29/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1242 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023/ ...Synopsis... Fire weather concerns will remain limited for today. Per recent surface observations, cool continental air continues to overspread the Plains into the Midwest and Mississippi River Valley behind an occluded surface low. Breezy northwest winds may coincide with diurnal RH reductions below 25% across parts of the southern High Plains this afternoon. However, fuels are currently not receptive due to recent precipitation and cool conditions. ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1011 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291700Z - 301200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... No changes are needed to the current D1 Fire Weather Outlook. See previous discussion below. ..Thornton.. 12/29/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1242 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023/ ...Synopsis... Fire weather concerns will remain limited for today. Per recent surface observations, cool continental air continues to overspread the Plains into the Midwest and Mississippi River Valley behind an occluded surface low. Breezy northwest winds may coincide with diurnal RH reductions below 25% across parts of the southern High Plains this afternoon. However, fuels are currently not receptive due to recent precipitation and cool conditions. ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1011 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291700Z - 301200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... No changes are needed to the current D1 Fire Weather Outlook. See previous discussion below. ..Thornton.. 12/29/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1242 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023/ ...Synopsis... Fire weather concerns will remain limited for today. Per recent surface observations, cool continental air continues to overspread the Plains into the Midwest and Mississippi River Valley behind an occluded surface low. Breezy northwest winds may coincide with diurnal RH reductions below 25% across parts of the southern High Plains this afternoon. However, fuels are currently not receptive due to recent precipitation and cool conditions. ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1011 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291700Z - 301200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... No changes are needed to the current D1 Fire Weather Outlook. See previous discussion below. ..Thornton.. 12/29/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1242 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023/ ...Synopsis... Fire weather concerns will remain limited for today. Per recent surface observations, cool continental air continues to overspread the Plains into the Midwest and Mississippi River Valley behind an occluded surface low. Breezy northwest winds may coincide with diurnal RH reductions below 25% across parts of the southern High Plains this afternoon. However, fuels are currently not receptive due to recent precipitation and cool conditions. ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1011 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291700Z - 301200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... No changes are needed to the current D1 Fire Weather Outlook. See previous discussion below. ..Thornton.. 12/29/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1242 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023/ ...Synopsis... Fire weather concerns will remain limited for today. Per recent surface observations, cool continental air continues to overspread the Plains into the Midwest and Mississippi River Valley behind an occluded surface low. Breezy northwest winds may coincide with diurnal RH reductions below 25% across parts of the southern High Plains this afternoon. However, fuels are currently not receptive due to recent precipitation and cool conditions. ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC 1630Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1001 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291630Z - 301200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected through Saturday morning. ...Northern/central CA coast through Saturday morning... No changes to previous outlook. In association with a midlevel shortwave trough moving eastward, a front and coincident rain band will spread inland over the central/northern CA coast late today into tonight. Gradual steepening of low-midlevel lapse rates as the mid levels cool will contribute to weak buoyancy rooted near the surface within and west of the frontal band. Isolated low-topped thunderstorms will be possible, primarily near the coast tonight through Saturday morning. ..Thompson/Squitieri.. 12/29/2023 Read more

SPC 1630Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1001 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291630Z - 301200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected through Saturday morning. ...Northern/central CA coast through Saturday morning... No changes to previous outlook. In association with a midlevel shortwave trough moving eastward, a front and coincident rain band will spread inland over the central/northern CA coast late today into tonight. Gradual steepening of low-midlevel lapse rates as the mid levels cool will contribute to weak buoyancy rooted near the surface within and west of the frontal band. Isolated low-topped thunderstorms will be possible, primarily near the coast tonight through Saturday morning. ..Thompson/Squitieri.. 12/29/2023 Read more

SPC 1630Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1001 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291630Z - 301200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected through Saturday morning. ...Northern/central CA coast through Saturday morning... No changes to previous outlook. In association with a midlevel shortwave trough moving eastward, a front and coincident rain band will spread inland over the central/northern CA coast late today into tonight. Gradual steepening of low-midlevel lapse rates as the mid levels cool will contribute to weak buoyancy rooted near the surface within and west of the frontal band. Isolated low-topped thunderstorms will be possible, primarily near the coast tonight through Saturday morning. ..Thompson/Squitieri.. 12/29/2023 Read more

SPC 1630Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1001 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291630Z - 301200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected through Saturday morning. ...Northern/central CA coast through Saturday morning... No changes to previous outlook. In association with a midlevel shortwave trough moving eastward, a front and coincident rain band will spread inland over the central/northern CA coast late today into tonight. Gradual steepening of low-midlevel lapse rates as the mid levels cool will contribute to weak buoyancy rooted near the surface within and west of the frontal band. Isolated low-topped thunderstorms will be possible, primarily near the coast tonight through Saturday morning. ..Thompson/Squitieri.. 12/29/2023 Read more

SPC 1630Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1001 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291630Z - 301200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected through Saturday morning. ...Northern/central CA coast through Saturday morning... No changes to previous outlook. In association with a midlevel shortwave trough moving eastward, a front and coincident rain band will spread inland over the central/northern CA coast late today into tonight. Gradual steepening of low-midlevel lapse rates as the mid levels cool will contribute to weak buoyancy rooted near the surface within and west of the frontal band. Isolated low-topped thunderstorms will be possible, primarily near the coast tonight through Saturday morning. ..Thompson/Squitieri.. 12/29/2023 Read more

SPC 1630Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1001 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291630Z - 301200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected through Saturday morning. ...Northern/central CA coast through Saturday morning... No changes to previous outlook. In association with a midlevel shortwave trough moving eastward, a front and coincident rain band will spread inland over the central/northern CA coast late today into tonight. Gradual steepening of low-midlevel lapse rates as the mid levels cool will contribute to weak buoyancy rooted near the surface within and west of the frontal band. Isolated low-topped thunderstorms will be possible, primarily near the coast tonight through Saturday morning. ..Thompson/Squitieri.. 12/29/2023 Read more

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0637 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291300Z - 301200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not forecast through tonight across the Lower 48 states. ...Synopsis... Water-vapor imagery early this morning shows a potent mid- to upper-level trough near -130 deg W moving east towards the West Coast. This large-scale trough will reach the CA coast by early Saturday morning. Cold-air advection in the mid levels associated with the approaching trough and increased large-scale forcing for ascent, will favor the development of showers and a few thunderstorms moving ashore from Point Conception to southwest OR. Pockets of scant instability will likely limit both thunderstorm coverage/intensity. Elsewhere across the contiguous U.S., surface high pressure will influence conditions and be hostile for thunderstorm activity. ..Smith/Marsh.. 12/29/2023 Read more

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0637 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291300Z - 301200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not forecast through tonight across the Lower 48 states. ...Synopsis... Water-vapor imagery early this morning shows a potent mid- to upper-level trough near -130 deg W moving east towards the West Coast. This large-scale trough will reach the CA coast by early Saturday morning. Cold-air advection in the mid levels associated with the approaching trough and increased large-scale forcing for ascent, will favor the development of showers and a few thunderstorms moving ashore from Point Conception to southwest OR. Pockets of scant instability will likely limit both thunderstorm coverage/intensity. Elsewhere across the contiguous U.S., surface high pressure will influence conditions and be hostile for thunderstorm activity. ..Smith/Marsh.. 12/29/2023 Read more

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0637 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291300Z - 301200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not forecast through tonight across the Lower 48 states. ...Synopsis... Water-vapor imagery early this morning shows a potent mid- to upper-level trough near -130 deg W moving east towards the West Coast. This large-scale trough will reach the CA coast by early Saturday morning. Cold-air advection in the mid levels associated with the approaching trough and increased large-scale forcing for ascent, will favor the development of showers and a few thunderstorms moving ashore from Point Conception to southwest OR. Pockets of scant instability will likely limit both thunderstorm coverage/intensity. Elsewhere across the contiguous U.S., surface high pressure will influence conditions and be hostile for thunderstorm activity. ..Smith/Marsh.. 12/29/2023 Read more

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0637 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291300Z - 301200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not forecast through tonight across the Lower 48 states. ...Synopsis... Water-vapor imagery early this morning shows a potent mid- to upper-level trough near -130 deg W moving east towards the West Coast. This large-scale trough will reach the CA coast by early Saturday morning. Cold-air advection in the mid levels associated with the approaching trough and increased large-scale forcing for ascent, will favor the development of showers and a few thunderstorms moving ashore from Point Conception to southwest OR. Pockets of scant instability will likely limit both thunderstorm coverage/intensity. Elsewhere across the contiguous U.S., surface high pressure will influence conditions and be hostile for thunderstorm activity. ..Smith/Marsh.. 12/29/2023 Read more

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0637 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291300Z - 301200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not forecast through tonight across the Lower 48 states. ...Synopsis... Water-vapor imagery early this morning shows a potent mid- to upper-level trough near -130 deg W moving east towards the West Coast. This large-scale trough will reach the CA coast by early Saturday morning. Cold-air advection in the mid levels associated with the approaching trough and increased large-scale forcing for ascent, will favor the development of showers and a few thunderstorms moving ashore from Point Conception to southwest OR. Pockets of scant instability will likely limit both thunderstorm coverage/intensity. Elsewhere across the contiguous U.S., surface high pressure will influence conditions and be hostile for thunderstorm activity. ..Smith/Marsh.. 12/29/2023 Read more

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0637 AM CST Fri Dec 29 2023 Valid 291300Z - 301200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not forecast through tonight across the Lower 48 states. ...Synopsis... Water-vapor imagery early this morning shows a potent mid- to upper-level trough near -130 deg W moving east towards the West Coast. This large-scale trough will reach the CA coast by early Saturday morning. Cold-air advection in the mid levels associated with the approaching trough and increased large-scale forcing for ascent, will favor the development of showers and a few thunderstorms moving ashore from Point Conception to southwest OR. Pockets of scant instability will likely limit both thunderstorm coverage/intensity. Elsewhere across the contiguous U.S., surface high pressure will influence conditions and be hostile for thunderstorm activity. ..Smith/Marsh.. 12/29/2023 Read more