051  
ACUS02 KWNS 081713  
SWODY2  
SPC AC 081711  
 
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1211 PM CDT THU MAY 08 2025  
 
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z  
 
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM PARTS OF  
THE GULF COAST STATES NORTHWARD INTO THE CAROLINAS...  
   
..SUMMARY
 
 
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING GUSTS AND LARGE  
HAIL ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES.  
   
..SYNOPSIS
 
 
UPPER TROUGHINESS WILL EXTEND FROM THE NORTHEAST SOUTHWESTWARD INTO  
TX, WITH UPPER LOWS IN BOTH LOCALES. THE LOW/TROUGH OVER THE MID  
ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND WILL DEEPEN THROUGH THE PERIOD, WITH THE  
BASE OF THIS WAVE SWEEPING ACROSS VA AND NC. TO THE SOUTH, COOL  
MIDLEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN OVER THE GULF COAST STATES AS A  
POSITIVE TILT TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN GULF.  
 
AT THE SURFACE, WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP FROM THE MID ATLANTIC  
COAST TO THE EASTERN CAROLINAS, AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SUFFICIENT  
MOISTURE WILL EXIST AHEAD OF THE FRONT, FROM FAR SOUTHEAST VA TOWARD  
THE GULF COAST AND FL, TO SUPPORT SCATTERED STRONG AND ISOLATED  
SEVERE DAYTIME STORMS.  
   
..SOUTHEASTERN STATES
 
 
ALTHOUGH THE GULF COAST PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL BE WEAK, MODERATE  
INSTABILITY DUE TO STRONG HEATING SHOULD LEAD TO SCATTERED STORMS BY  
LATE AFTERNOON IN AN EAST-WEST ZONE FROM SOUTHERN MS INTO SOUTHERN  
GA. FORECAST SOUNDINGS DEPICT WEAK SHEAR BUT A STEEP LAPSE RATE  
ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR DIURNAL HAIL. COLD DOWNDRAFTS MAY ALSO  
YIELD LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE.  
 
TO THE NORTH, STORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER MUCH OF THE  
CAROLINAS INTO FAR SOUTHEAST VA. INSTABILITY MAY BE A BIT MARGINAL  
OVER NORTH PARTS OF THIS REGION DUE TO EARLY DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER,  
POCKETS OF AIR MASS RECOVERY WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED STRONG STORMS,  
AIDED BY THE UPPER TROUGH INFLUENCE TO THE NORTH.  
 
OVER FL, STRONG HEATING BENEATH COOL MIDLEVEL TEMPERATURES (500 MB  
AROUND -11 C) WILL RESULT IN MODERATE INSTABILITY. ISOLATED STORMS  
ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER THE INTERIOR PENINSULA, WITH LARGE HAIL  
POTENTIAL. STORMS SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY GIVEN WEAK FLOW BELOW 500 MB,  
AND AS SUCH, THE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY LOCALIZED.  
 
..JEWELL.. 05/08/2025  
 

 
 
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