945  
ACUS01 KWNS 031609  
SWODY1  
SPC AC 031607  
 
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1007 AM CST FRI JAN 03 2025  
 
VALID 031630Z - 041200Z  
   
..NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST
 
 
   
..SUMMARY
 
 
SPORADIC LIGHTNING FLASHES MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER  
PARTS OF THE COASTAL PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.  
   
..SYNOPSIS
 
 
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE ROCKIES TO THE SOUTHEAST WILL RESULT  
IN A DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS FOR MUCH OF THE CONUS, PRECLUDING  
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. THE EXCEPTION MAY BE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE  
NORTHWEST COASTAL VICINITY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS  
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS COASTAL OR INTO NORTHERN CA AS A STRONG  
UPPER TROUGH MOVES OVER THE NORTHWEST. COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND  
MODESTLY STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT MINOR INSTABILITY.  
LOW-TOPPED CONVECTION IN THE WAKE OF A SURFACE COLD FRONT MAY  
PRODUCE SPORADIC LIGHTNING FLASHES. A FEW INSTANCES OF SMALL HAIL  
AND GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS ACTIVITY, BUT WEAK  
INSTABILITY AND MODEST VERTICAL SHEAR WILL LIMIT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM  
POTENTIAL.  
 
..LEITMAN/WEINMAN.. 01/03/2025  
 

 
 
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