220  
ACUS03 KWNS 270833  
SWODY3  
SPC AC 270833  
 
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0233 AM CST FRI DEC 27 2024  
 
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE  
SOUTHEAST STATES/CAROLINAS INTO VIRGINIA...  
   
..SUMMARY  
 
SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST STATES ON  
SUNDAY.  
   
..SOUTHEAST STATES/CAROLINAS INTO VIRGINIA  
 
GLOBAL GUIDANCE VARIABILITY PERSISTS REGARDING SOME OF THE IMPORTANT  
TIMING/SPATIAL DETAILS OF RELEVANT MASS-FIELD FEATURES AND  
INSTABILITY, HOWEVER AN EASTWARD-SHIFTING UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL  
LIKELY OVERSPREAD THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY AND APPALACHIANS ON SUNDAY.  
A STRONG CYCLONICALLY CURVED WIND FIELD WILL OVERSPREAD AN  
INCREASINGLY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER WITH LOWER/SOME MIDDLE 60S F  
SURFACE DEWPOINTS, POTENTIALLY AS FAR NORTH AS SOUTHERN VIRGINIA.  
 
00Z-BASED GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED TO TREND A BIT STRONGER WITH DIURNAL  
DESTABILIZATION AND THE NORTHERN EXTENT THEREOF, ALTHOUGH THE  
POTENTIAL FOR FAIRLY EXTENSIVE CONVECTION AND CLOUD COVER EARLY IN  
THE DAY REMAINS EVIDENT, COMPLICATING FORECAST DETAILS. REGARDLESS,  
STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS EARLY IN THE DAY MAY PERSIST, WITH  
AT LEAST MODEST DESTABILIZATION AND ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT AND  
INTENSIFICATION DURING THE DAY FROM GEORGIA INTO THE CAROLINAS AND  
POSSIBLY VIRGINIA. A MIXED CONVECTIVE MODE SEEMS PROBABLE INCLUDING  
LINEAR BOWING SEGMENTS AND SOME SEMI-DISCRETE SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF  
DAMAGING WINDS AND A TORNADO RISK.  
   
..CENTRAL APPALACHIANS/UPPER OHIO RIVER VALLEY  
 
IN CLOSER REGIONAL PROXIMITY TO THE PRIMARY MID-LEVEL VORT MAX AND  
SURFACE LOW TRACK, 50S F SURFACE DEWPOINTS OF MINIMAL BUOYANCY (A  
COUPLE HUNDRED J/KG MLCAPE OR LESS) MAY BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW  
STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS IN PRESENCE OF STRONG  
DEEP-LAYER/LOW-LEVEL SHEAR, HIGHLIGHTED BY 50-60 KT SOUTHWESTERLY  
WINDS IN THE LOWEST 2-3 KM AGL.  
 
..GUYER.. 12/27/2024  
 
 
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