Severe Storms

SPC 1630Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1025 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301630Z - 011200Z ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT FROM SOUTHEAST TX INTO SOUTHERN LA... ...SUMMARY... A few severe storms/tornadoes are possible this afternoon through tonight from southeast Texas into southern Louisiana. Farther north, isolated hail and strong wind gusts will also be possible across parts of East/North Texas and southern Oklahoma. ...Northwest Gulf coast and southern Plains through tonight... Thunderstorms are forming this morning over southeast TX from Matagorda Bay northeastward through the Houston area to Toledo Bend reservoir. The convection appears to be driven by low-level warm advection, as well as a subtle/lead speed max ejecting aloft, in advance of the primary shortwave trough over NM. Observed and forecast hodographs (with substantial length and curvature) across southeast TX look favorable for right-moving supercells with some tornado potential. However, with widespread cloud cover and warm advection being the primary mode of storm initiation, the updrafts may be rooted slightly above the ground. Thus, the convection may not take full advantage of the shear profiles, compared to a more favorable scenario where fully surface-based storms formed in a warmer environment upstream and moved into the environment expected across southeast TX/upper TX coast this afternoon/evening. Regardless, there will be some potential for supercells and a few tornadoes given the strong low-level shear in a moistening/gradually destabilizing environment, with the aforementioned caveats related to poor low-level lapse rates. This threat will slowly increase across southeast TX/upper TX coast through the afternoon and continue through tonight while spreading eastward into southwest/south central LA. Farther northwest, elevated thunderstorm development is expected from central/north TX into southern OK, in the zone of ascent preceding the primary shortwave trough that will begin to move east-northeastward this afternoon from NM toward OK and north TX. The strongest of these storms will pose some threat for marginally severe hail based on some steepening of midlevel lapse rates and relatively long hodographs aloft. A narrow zone of buoyancy rooted near the surface may develop later this afternoon from western north TX into extreme southwest OK, near the primary surface cyclone. However, the main forcing for ascent will be east/northeast of this zone by late afternoon, and forecast hodographs reflect low-midlevel wave passage with a pronounced veer-back signature relatively close to the ground (as low as 1 km AGL). ..Thompson/Moore.. 11/30/2023 Read more

SPC 1630Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1025 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301630Z - 011200Z ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT FROM SOUTHEAST TX INTO SOUTHERN LA... ...SUMMARY... A few severe storms/tornadoes are possible this afternoon through tonight from southeast Texas into southern Louisiana. Farther north, isolated hail and strong wind gusts will also be possible across parts of East/North Texas and southern Oklahoma. ...Northwest Gulf coast and southern Plains through tonight... Thunderstorms are forming this morning over southeast TX from Matagorda Bay northeastward through the Houston area to Toledo Bend reservoir. The convection appears to be driven by low-level warm advection, as well as a subtle/lead speed max ejecting aloft, in advance of the primary shortwave trough over NM. Observed and forecast hodographs (with substantial length and curvature) across southeast TX look favorable for right-moving supercells with some tornado potential. However, with widespread cloud cover and warm advection being the primary mode of storm initiation, the updrafts may be rooted slightly above the ground. Thus, the convection may not take full advantage of the shear profiles, compared to a more favorable scenario where fully surface-based storms formed in a warmer environment upstream and moved into the environment expected across southeast TX/upper TX coast this afternoon/evening. Regardless, there will be some potential for supercells and a few tornadoes given the strong low-level shear in a moistening/gradually destabilizing environment, with the aforementioned caveats related to poor low-level lapse rates. This threat will slowly increase across southeast TX/upper TX coast through the afternoon and continue through tonight while spreading eastward into southwest/south central LA. Farther northwest, elevated thunderstorm development is expected from central/north TX into southern OK, in the zone of ascent preceding the primary shortwave trough that will begin to move east-northeastward this afternoon from NM toward OK and north TX. The strongest of these storms will pose some threat for marginally severe hail based on some steepening of midlevel lapse rates and relatively long hodographs aloft. A narrow zone of buoyancy rooted near the surface may develop later this afternoon from western north TX into extreme southwest OK, near the primary surface cyclone. However, the main forcing for ascent will be east/northeast of this zone by late afternoon, and forecast hodographs reflect low-midlevel wave passage with a pronounced veer-back signature relatively close to the ground (as low as 1 km AGL). ..Thompson/Moore.. 11/30/2023 Read more

SPC 1630Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1025 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301630Z - 011200Z ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT FROM SOUTHEAST TX INTO SOUTHERN LA... ...SUMMARY... A few severe storms/tornadoes are possible this afternoon through tonight from southeast Texas into southern Louisiana. Farther north, isolated hail and strong wind gusts will also be possible across parts of East/North Texas and southern Oklahoma. ...Northwest Gulf coast and southern Plains through tonight... Thunderstorms are forming this morning over southeast TX from Matagorda Bay northeastward through the Houston area to Toledo Bend reservoir. The convection appears to be driven by low-level warm advection, as well as a subtle/lead speed max ejecting aloft, in advance of the primary shortwave trough over NM. Observed and forecast hodographs (with substantial length and curvature) across southeast TX look favorable for right-moving supercells with some tornado potential. However, with widespread cloud cover and warm advection being the primary mode of storm initiation, the updrafts may be rooted slightly above the ground. Thus, the convection may not take full advantage of the shear profiles, compared to a more favorable scenario where fully surface-based storms formed in a warmer environment upstream and moved into the environment expected across southeast TX/upper TX coast this afternoon/evening. Regardless, there will be some potential for supercells and a few tornadoes given the strong low-level shear in a moistening/gradually destabilizing environment, with the aforementioned caveats related to poor low-level lapse rates. This threat will slowly increase across southeast TX/upper TX coast through the afternoon and continue through tonight while spreading eastward into southwest/south central LA. Farther northwest, elevated thunderstorm development is expected from central/north TX into southern OK, in the zone of ascent preceding the primary shortwave trough that will begin to move east-northeastward this afternoon from NM toward OK and north TX. The strongest of these storms will pose some threat for marginally severe hail based on some steepening of midlevel lapse rates and relatively long hodographs aloft. A narrow zone of buoyancy rooted near the surface may develop later this afternoon from western north TX into extreme southwest OK, near the primary surface cyclone. However, the main forcing for ascent will be east/northeast of this zone by late afternoon, and forecast hodographs reflect low-midlevel wave passage with a pronounced veer-back signature relatively close to the ground (as low as 1 km AGL). ..Thompson/Moore.. 11/30/2023 Read more

SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1007 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301700Z - 011200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... The previous forecast remains on track, with no changes or additions made. Please see the previous forecast below for more details. ..Squitieri.. 11/30/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1253 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023/ ...Synopsis... A southern-stream midlevel trough accompanied by strong deep-layer westerly flow will lift northeastward from the southern Rockies into the Middle MS Valley. At the same time, an attendant surface low will track east-northeastward from NM across north TX and OK. Along the southern periphery of the surface low, a tight pressure gradient and boundary-layer mixing into the strong flow aloft will yield 20+ mph sustained westerly surface winds (with higher gusts) over portions of southeast NM, the TX Trans-Pecos, and TX South Plains. While these winds could lead to locally elevated fire-weather conditions, marginal RH (25-30 percent) and limited fuels should generally mitigate the threat. Farther east, breezy/gusty south-southwesterly surface winds are expected from parts of the Mid-South into the Ohio Valley -- along the western periphery of an expansive surface high off the Carolinas coast. While 30-40 percent minimum RH should temper the fire-weather threat, locally elevated conditions are possible owing to the breezy winds over receptive fuels. ...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 1007 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301700Z - 011200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... The previous forecast remains on track, with no changes or additions made. Please see the previous forecast below for more details. ..Squitieri.. 11/30/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1253 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023/ ...Synopsis... A southern-stream midlevel trough accompanied by strong deep-layer westerly flow will lift northeastward from the southern Rockies into the Middle MS Valley. At the same time, an attendant surface low will track east-northeastward from NM across north TX and OK. Along the southern periphery of the surface low, a tight pressure gradient and boundary-layer mixing into the strong flow aloft will yield 20+ mph sustained westerly surface winds (with higher gusts) over portions of southeast NM, the TX Trans-Pecos, and TX South Plains. While these winds could lead to locally elevated fire-weather conditions, marginal RH (25-30 percent) and limited fuels should generally mitigate the threat. Farther east, breezy/gusty south-southwesterly surface winds are expected from parts of the Mid-South into the Ohio Valley -- along the western periphery of an expansive surface high off the Carolinas coast. While 30-40 percent minimum RH should temper the fire-weather threat, locally elevated conditions are possible owing to the breezy winds over receptive fuels. ...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 1007 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301700Z - 011200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... The previous forecast remains on track, with no changes or additions made. Please see the previous forecast below for more details. ..Squitieri.. 11/30/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1253 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023/ ...Synopsis... A southern-stream midlevel trough accompanied by strong deep-layer westerly flow will lift northeastward from the southern Rockies into the Middle MS Valley. At the same time, an attendant surface low will track east-northeastward from NM across north TX and OK. Along the southern periphery of the surface low, a tight pressure gradient and boundary-layer mixing into the strong flow aloft will yield 20+ mph sustained westerly surface winds (with higher gusts) over portions of southeast NM, the TX Trans-Pecos, and TX South Plains. While these winds could lead to locally elevated fire-weather conditions, marginal RH (25-30 percent) and limited fuels should generally mitigate the threat. Farther east, breezy/gusty south-southwesterly surface winds are expected from parts of the Mid-South into the Ohio Valley -- along the western periphery of an expansive surface high off the Carolinas coast. While 30-40 percent minimum RH should temper the fire-weather threat, locally elevated conditions are possible owing to the breezy winds over receptive fuels. ...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 1007 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301700Z - 011200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... The previous forecast remains on track, with no changes or additions made. Please see the previous forecast below for more details. ..Squitieri.. 11/30/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1253 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023/ ...Synopsis... A southern-stream midlevel trough accompanied by strong deep-layer westerly flow will lift northeastward from the southern Rockies into the Middle MS Valley. At the same time, an attendant surface low will track east-northeastward from NM across north TX and OK. Along the southern periphery of the surface low, a tight pressure gradient and boundary-layer mixing into the strong flow aloft will yield 20+ mph sustained westerly surface winds (with higher gusts) over portions of southeast NM, the TX Trans-Pecos, and TX South Plains. While these winds could lead to locally elevated fire-weather conditions, marginal RH (25-30 percent) and limited fuels should generally mitigate the threat. Farther east, breezy/gusty south-southwesterly surface winds are expected from parts of the Mid-South into the Ohio Valley -- along the western periphery of an expansive surface high off the Carolinas coast. While 30-40 percent minimum RH should temper the fire-weather threat, locally elevated conditions are possible owing to the breezy winds over receptive fuels. ...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 1007 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301700Z - 011200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... The previous forecast remains on track, with no changes or additions made. Please see the previous forecast below for more details. ..Squitieri.. 11/30/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1253 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023/ ...Synopsis... A southern-stream midlevel trough accompanied by strong deep-layer westerly flow will lift northeastward from the southern Rockies into the Middle MS Valley. At the same time, an attendant surface low will track east-northeastward from NM across north TX and OK. Along the southern periphery of the surface low, a tight pressure gradient and boundary-layer mixing into the strong flow aloft will yield 20+ mph sustained westerly surface winds (with higher gusts) over portions of southeast NM, the TX Trans-Pecos, and TX South Plains. While these winds could lead to locally elevated fire-weather conditions, marginal RH (25-30 percent) and limited fuels should generally mitigate the threat. Farther east, breezy/gusty south-southwesterly surface winds are expected from parts of the Mid-South into the Ohio Valley -- along the western periphery of an expansive surface high off the Carolinas coast. While 30-40 percent minimum RH should temper the fire-weather threat, locally elevated conditions are possible owing to the breezy winds over receptive fuels. ...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 1007 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301700Z - 011200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... The previous forecast remains on track, with no changes or additions made. Please see the previous forecast below for more details. ..Squitieri.. 11/30/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1253 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023/ ...Synopsis... A southern-stream midlevel trough accompanied by strong deep-layer westerly flow will lift northeastward from the southern Rockies into the Middle MS Valley. At the same time, an attendant surface low will track east-northeastward from NM across north TX and OK. Along the southern periphery of the surface low, a tight pressure gradient and boundary-layer mixing into the strong flow aloft will yield 20+ mph sustained westerly surface winds (with higher gusts) over portions of southeast NM, the TX Trans-Pecos, and TX South Plains. While these winds could lead to locally elevated fire-weather conditions, marginal RH (25-30 percent) and limited fuels should generally mitigate the threat. Farther east, breezy/gusty south-southwesterly surface winds are expected from parts of the Mid-South into the Ohio Valley -- along the western periphery of an expansive surface high off the Carolinas coast. While 30-40 percent minimum RH should temper the fire-weather threat, locally elevated conditions are possible owing to the breezy winds over receptive fuels. ...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 1007 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301700Z - 011200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... The previous forecast remains on track, with no changes or additions made. Please see the previous forecast below for more details. ..Squitieri.. 11/30/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1253 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023/ ...Synopsis... A southern-stream midlevel trough accompanied by strong deep-layer westerly flow will lift northeastward from the southern Rockies into the Middle MS Valley. At the same time, an attendant surface low will track east-northeastward from NM across north TX and OK. Along the southern periphery of the surface low, a tight pressure gradient and boundary-layer mixing into the strong flow aloft will yield 20+ mph sustained westerly surface winds (with higher gusts) over portions of southeast NM, the TX Trans-Pecos, and TX South Plains. While these winds could lead to locally elevated fire-weather conditions, marginal RH (25-30 percent) and limited fuels should generally mitigate the threat. Farther east, breezy/gusty south-southwesterly surface winds are expected from parts of the Mid-South into the Ohio Valley -- along the western periphery of an expansive surface high off the Carolinas coast. While 30-40 percent minimum RH should temper the fire-weather threat, locally elevated conditions are possible owing to the breezy winds over receptive fuels. ...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 1007 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301700Z - 011200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... The previous forecast remains on track, with no changes or additions made. Please see the previous forecast below for more details. ..Squitieri.. 11/30/2023 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1253 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023/ ...Synopsis... A southern-stream midlevel trough accompanied by strong deep-layer westerly flow will lift northeastward from the southern Rockies into the Middle MS Valley. At the same time, an attendant surface low will track east-northeastward from NM across north TX and OK. Along the southern periphery of the surface low, a tight pressure gradient and boundary-layer mixing into the strong flow aloft will yield 20+ mph sustained westerly surface winds (with higher gusts) over portions of southeast NM, the TX Trans-Pecos, and TX South Plains. While these winds could lead to locally elevated fire-weather conditions, marginal RH (25-30 percent) and limited fuels should generally mitigate the threat. Farther east, breezy/gusty south-southwesterly surface winds are expected from parts of the Mid-South into the Ohio Valley -- along the western periphery of an expansive surface high off the Carolinas coast. While 30-40 percent minimum RH should temper the fire-weather threat, locally elevated conditions are possible owing to the breezy winds over receptive fuels. ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Read more

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0704 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301300Z - 011200Z ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible today especially over southeast Texas. A few tornadoes will be possible, along with hail and isolated damaging wind gusts. Farther north, hail along with a few strong wind gusts will also be possible across parts of East/North Texas and southern Oklahoma. ...Central/Eastern Texas and Louisiana... A progressive southern-stream shortwave trough centered over Arizona/New Mexico in the predawn hours will continue eastward toward the southern High Plains, before ejecting more northeastward toward the Ozarks/Lower Missouri Valley tonight, with surface cyclogenesis in a similar southwest/northeast-oriented corridor today. As this occurs, an increasingly moisture-rich maritime warm sector will spread inland along the middle/upper Texas coastal plain toward east-central Texas, although source-region trajectories have been somewhat deleteriously augmented, at least temporally, by overnight convection that developed over the western Gulf of Mexico. As additional low-level moistening (65-70F surface dewpoints) occurs, confluence/convergence should increase within the broadening warm sector across southeast/east-central Texas. Curved/relatively elongated hodographs will exist today, such as noted in the 12z observed sounding from Corpus Christi, TX, where 0-1 km SRH was around 180 m2/s2, although a flow weakness and a residual capping layer were both noted around 700 mb. Regardless, hodographs will further lengthen as 1-3 km AGL (850mb/750mb) southwesterly winds strengthen this afternoon. This will support an increasing potential for supercells into midday/afternoon across southeast/perhaps east-central Texas, with associated potential for a few tornadoes aside from thunderstorm wind damage and possibly some hail. The potential for severe storms including a tornado risk should continue into the evening as a convective cluster moves across southeast Texas into southwest Louisiana. ...North Texas/Oklahoma... Farther north, convection will tend to be elevated with a more isolated severe risk in the form of hail and possibly locally damaging winds. However, even with limited moisture, a few stronger near-surface-based low-topped storms could materialize across western north Texas/western Oklahoma in vicinity of the surface low/triple point, where a very steep lapse rate environment will exist. ..Guyer/Mosier.. 11/30/2023 Read more

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0704 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301300Z - 011200Z ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible today especially over southeast Texas. A few tornadoes will be possible, along with hail and isolated damaging wind gusts. Farther north, hail along with a few strong wind gusts will also be possible across parts of East/North Texas and southern Oklahoma. ...Central/Eastern Texas and Louisiana... A progressive southern-stream shortwave trough centered over Arizona/New Mexico in the predawn hours will continue eastward toward the southern High Plains, before ejecting more northeastward toward the Ozarks/Lower Missouri Valley tonight, with surface cyclogenesis in a similar southwest/northeast-oriented corridor today. As this occurs, an increasingly moisture-rich maritime warm sector will spread inland along the middle/upper Texas coastal plain toward east-central Texas, although source-region trajectories have been somewhat deleteriously augmented, at least temporally, by overnight convection that developed over the western Gulf of Mexico. As additional low-level moistening (65-70F surface dewpoints) occurs, confluence/convergence should increase within the broadening warm sector across southeast/east-central Texas. Curved/relatively elongated hodographs will exist today, such as noted in the 12z observed sounding from Corpus Christi, TX, where 0-1 km SRH was around 180 m2/s2, although a flow weakness and a residual capping layer were both noted around 700 mb. Regardless, hodographs will further lengthen as 1-3 km AGL (850mb/750mb) southwesterly winds strengthen this afternoon. This will support an increasing potential for supercells into midday/afternoon across southeast/perhaps east-central Texas, with associated potential for a few tornadoes aside from thunderstorm wind damage and possibly some hail. The potential for severe storms including a tornado risk should continue into the evening as a convective cluster moves across southeast Texas into southwest Louisiana. ...North Texas/Oklahoma... Farther north, convection will tend to be elevated with a more isolated severe risk in the form of hail and possibly locally damaging winds. However, even with limited moisture, a few stronger near-surface-based low-topped storms could materialize across western north Texas/western Oklahoma in vicinity of the surface low/triple point, where a very steep lapse rate environment will exist. ..Guyer/Mosier.. 11/30/2023 Read more

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0704 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301300Z - 011200Z ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible today especially over southeast Texas. A few tornadoes will be possible, along with hail and isolated damaging wind gusts. Farther north, hail along with a few strong wind gusts will also be possible across parts of East/North Texas and southern Oklahoma. ...Central/Eastern Texas and Louisiana... A progressive southern-stream shortwave trough centered over Arizona/New Mexico in the predawn hours will continue eastward toward the southern High Plains, before ejecting more northeastward toward the Ozarks/Lower Missouri Valley tonight, with surface cyclogenesis in a similar southwest/northeast-oriented corridor today. As this occurs, an increasingly moisture-rich maritime warm sector will spread inland along the middle/upper Texas coastal plain toward east-central Texas, although source-region trajectories have been somewhat deleteriously augmented, at least temporally, by overnight convection that developed over the western Gulf of Mexico. As additional low-level moistening (65-70F surface dewpoints) occurs, confluence/convergence should increase within the broadening warm sector across southeast/east-central Texas. Curved/relatively elongated hodographs will exist today, such as noted in the 12z observed sounding from Corpus Christi, TX, where 0-1 km SRH was around 180 m2/s2, although a flow weakness and a residual capping layer were both noted around 700 mb. Regardless, hodographs will further lengthen as 1-3 km AGL (850mb/750mb) southwesterly winds strengthen this afternoon. This will support an increasing potential for supercells into midday/afternoon across southeast/perhaps east-central Texas, with associated potential for a few tornadoes aside from thunderstorm wind damage and possibly some hail. The potential for severe storms including a tornado risk should continue into the evening as a convective cluster moves across southeast Texas into southwest Louisiana. ...North Texas/Oklahoma... Farther north, convection will tend to be elevated with a more isolated severe risk in the form of hail and possibly locally damaging winds. However, even with limited moisture, a few stronger near-surface-based low-topped storms could materialize across western north Texas/western Oklahoma in vicinity of the surface low/triple point, where a very steep lapse rate environment will exist. ..Guyer/Mosier.. 11/30/2023 Read more

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0704 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301300Z - 011200Z ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible today especially over southeast Texas. A few tornadoes will be possible, along with hail and isolated damaging wind gusts. Farther north, hail along with a few strong wind gusts will also be possible across parts of East/North Texas and southern Oklahoma. ...Central/Eastern Texas and Louisiana... A progressive southern-stream shortwave trough centered over Arizona/New Mexico in the predawn hours will continue eastward toward the southern High Plains, before ejecting more northeastward toward the Ozarks/Lower Missouri Valley tonight, with surface cyclogenesis in a similar southwest/northeast-oriented corridor today. As this occurs, an increasingly moisture-rich maritime warm sector will spread inland along the middle/upper Texas coastal plain toward east-central Texas, although source-region trajectories have been somewhat deleteriously augmented, at least temporally, by overnight convection that developed over the western Gulf of Mexico. As additional low-level moistening (65-70F surface dewpoints) occurs, confluence/convergence should increase within the broadening warm sector across southeast/east-central Texas. Curved/relatively elongated hodographs will exist today, such as noted in the 12z observed sounding from Corpus Christi, TX, where 0-1 km SRH was around 180 m2/s2, although a flow weakness and a residual capping layer were both noted around 700 mb. Regardless, hodographs will further lengthen as 1-3 km AGL (850mb/750mb) southwesterly winds strengthen this afternoon. This will support an increasing potential for supercells into midday/afternoon across southeast/perhaps east-central Texas, with associated potential for a few tornadoes aside from thunderstorm wind damage and possibly some hail. The potential for severe storms including a tornado risk should continue into the evening as a convective cluster moves across southeast Texas into southwest Louisiana. ...North Texas/Oklahoma... Farther north, convection will tend to be elevated with a more isolated severe risk in the form of hail and possibly locally damaging winds. However, even with limited moisture, a few stronger near-surface-based low-topped storms could materialize across western north Texas/western Oklahoma in vicinity of the surface low/triple point, where a very steep lapse rate environment will exist. ..Guyer/Mosier.. 11/30/2023 Read more

SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0704 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 301300Z - 011200Z ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible today especially over southeast Texas. A few tornadoes will be possible, along with hail and isolated damaging wind gusts. Farther north, hail along with a few strong wind gusts will also be possible across parts of East/North Texas and southern Oklahoma. ...Central/Eastern Texas and Louisiana... A progressive southern-stream shortwave trough centered over Arizona/New Mexico in the predawn hours will continue eastward toward the southern High Plains, before ejecting more northeastward toward the Ozarks/Lower Missouri Valley tonight, with surface cyclogenesis in a similar southwest/northeast-oriented corridor today. As this occurs, an increasingly moisture-rich maritime warm sector will spread inland along the middle/upper Texas coastal plain toward east-central Texas, although source-region trajectories have been somewhat deleteriously augmented, at least temporally, by overnight convection that developed over the western Gulf of Mexico. As additional low-level moistening (65-70F surface dewpoints) occurs, confluence/convergence should increase within the broadening warm sector across southeast/east-central Texas. Curved/relatively elongated hodographs will exist today, such as noted in the 12z observed sounding from Corpus Christi, TX, where 0-1 km SRH was around 180 m2/s2, although a flow weakness and a residual capping layer were both noted around 700 mb. Regardless, hodographs will further lengthen as 1-3 km AGL (850mb/750mb) southwesterly winds strengthen this afternoon. This will support an increasing potential for supercells into midday/afternoon across southeast/perhaps east-central Texas, with associated potential for a few tornadoes aside from thunderstorm wind damage and possibly some hail. The potential for severe storms including a tornado risk should continue into the evening as a convective cluster moves across southeast Texas into southwest Louisiana. ...North Texas/Oklahoma... Farther north, convection will tend to be elevated with a more isolated severe risk in the form of hail and possibly locally damaging winds. However, even with limited moisture, a few stronger near-surface-based low-topped storms could materialize across western north Texas/western Oklahoma in vicinity of the surface low/triple point, where a very steep lapse rate environment will exist. ..Guyer/Mosier.. 11/30/2023 Read more

Day 4-8 Outlook
Day 4-8 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0333 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 031200Z - 081200Z ...DISCUSSION... On Sunday/D4, a large upper-level trough will move from the MS Valley toward the East Coast, with a front pushing quickly off the coast. A short period may exist for thunderstorms over parts of the eastern Carolinas, GA, and FL early Sunday, but instability is not forecast to be very strong. From Monday/D5 through Thursday/D8, a rather amplified yet progressive pattern is expected to persist across the eastern CONUS, with high pressure maintaining offshore flow and preventing destabilization for most of the period. Although predictability with the large-scale pattern does decrease markedly after Wednesday/D7, the overall pattern does not appear to favor severe weather through the period. Read more

Day 4-8 Outlook
Day 4-8 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0333 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 031200Z - 081200Z ...DISCUSSION... On Sunday/D4, a large upper-level trough will move from the MS Valley toward the East Coast, with a front pushing quickly off the coast. A short period may exist for thunderstorms over parts of the eastern Carolinas, GA, and FL early Sunday, but instability is not forecast to be very strong. From Monday/D5 through Thursday/D8, a rather amplified yet progressive pattern is expected to persist across the eastern CONUS, with high pressure maintaining offshore flow and preventing destabilization for most of the period. Although predictability with the large-scale pattern does decrease markedly after Wednesday/D7, the overall pattern does not appear to favor severe weather through the period. Read more

Day 4-8 Outlook
Day 4-8 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0333 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 031200Z - 081200Z ...DISCUSSION... On Sunday/D4, a large upper-level trough will move from the MS Valley toward the East Coast, with a front pushing quickly off the coast. A short period may exist for thunderstorms over parts of the eastern Carolinas, GA, and FL early Sunday, but instability is not forecast to be very strong. From Monday/D5 through Thursday/D8, a rather amplified yet progressive pattern is expected to persist across the eastern CONUS, with high pressure maintaining offshore flow and preventing destabilization for most of the period. Although predictability with the large-scale pattern does decrease markedly after Wednesday/D7, the overall pattern does not appear to favor severe weather through the period. Read more

Day 4-8 Outlook
Day 4-8 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0333 AM CST Thu Nov 30 2023 Valid 031200Z - 081200Z ...DISCUSSION... On Sunday/D4, a large upper-level trough will move from the MS Valley toward the East Coast, with a front pushing quickly off the coast. A short period may exist for thunderstorms over parts of the eastern Carolinas, GA, and FL early Sunday, but instability is not forecast to be very strong. From Monday/D5 through Thursday/D8, a rather amplified yet progressive pattern is expected to persist across the eastern CONUS, with high pressure maintaining offshore flow and preventing destabilization for most of the period. Although predictability with the large-scale pattern does decrease markedly after Wednesday/D7, the overall pattern does not appear to favor severe weather through the period. Read more