609  
ACUS03 KWNS 310750  
SWODY3  
SPC AC 310749  
 
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0149 AM CST TUE DEC 31 2024  
 
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z  
   
..NO THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST
 
 
   
..SUMMARY
 
 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THURSDAY.  
   
..SYNOPSIS
 
 
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO ROTATE THROUGH THE CENTRAL/EASTERN  
CONUS UPPER TROUGHING ON THURSDAY, PROGRESSING CYCLONICALLY FROM THE  
CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THE MID MS VALLEY INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES  
AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. ANOTHER, MORE NORTHERLY SHORTWAVE TROUGH  
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND UPPER GREAT LAKES.  
PROGRESSION OF THESE WAVES WILL HELP MAINTAIN UPPER TROUGHING ACROSS  
THE EASTERN CONUS INTO EARLY FRIDAY. FARTHER WEST, UPPER RIDGING  
WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS, AHEAD OF A STRONG  
SHORTWAVE TROUGH EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST  
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
AT THE SURFACE, RIDGING ASSOCIATED WITH A DRY CONTINENTAL AIRMASS IS  
EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD FROM THE TN VALLEY/SOUTHEAST  
TOWARDS THE MID-ATLANTIC. ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR IS ANTICIPATED  
ACROSS THE PLAINS, HELPING TO REINFORCE THE DRY CONDITIONS FROM A  
PRECEDING COLD FRONT. A WEAK LOW MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE TX COAST,  
ALONG A WEAK INVERTED TROUGH, HELPING TO PRECLUDE ANY INLAND  
MOISTURE RETURN. DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CONUS WILL  
PREVENT THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  
 
..MOSIER.. 12/31/2024  
 

 
 
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