418  
ACUS48 KWNS 010935  
SWOD48  
SPC AC 010933  
 
DAY 4-8 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0333 AM CST THU JAN 01 2026  
 
VALID 041200Z - 091200Z  
   
..DISCUSSION
 
 
SEVERE POTENTIAL APPEARS LOW THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD, WITH AN  
INCREASE POSSIBLE LATE NEXT WEEK. WHILE RUN-TO-RUN PREDICTABILITY  
HAS BEEN POOR, LATEST GUIDANCE APPEARS TO BE TRENDING SOMEWHAT MORE  
CONSISTENTLY WITH THE EVOLUTION OF AN UPPER TROUGH OFF THE WEST  
COAST. THIS FEATURE MAY EVOLVE AS A LOWER-LATITUDE WAVE ACROSS BAJA  
CA AND NORTHERN MEXICO, OR ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER IN THE  
SOUTHWEST STATES, BEFORE EVENTUALLY EMERGING NEAR TX. WHILE  
PREDICTABILITY IS LOW FOR SPATIOTEMPORAL ASPECTS OF THIS WAVE, IT  
MAY EVENTUALLY INTERACT WITH A MODIFYING WARM-MOIST SECTOR FROM THE  
WESTERN GULF INTO THE SOUTH-CENTRAL STATES. SPC-CSU GEFS ML PROBS  
HIGHLIGHT A 5 PERCENT ON D8/THURSDAY (ALTHOUGH SEEMINGLY BIASED TOO  
FAR NORTH). MEANWHILE, NSSL GEFS ML V1.2 PROBS HIGHLIGHT ONLY A 2  
PERCENT ON D8, BUT HAVE A 10 PERCENT ON D9/FRIDAY.  
 
..GRAMS.. 01/01/2026  
 
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