423  
ACUS02 KWNS 111651  
SWODY2  
SPC AC 111649  
 
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1049 AM CST SAT JAN 11 2025  
 
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z  
   
..NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST
 
 
   
..SUMMARY
 
 
WEAK THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE NEAR SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA  
COASTAL AREAS SUNDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE, THE RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS  
WILL REMAIN NEGLIGIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE THE NATION THROUGH THIS  
PERIOD.  
   
..DISCUSSION
 
 
DOWNSTREAM OF AMPLIFYING MID/UPPER RIDGING OFFSHORE OF THE U.S.  
PACIFIC COAST, MODELS INDICATE THAT A BELT OF CYCLONIC FLOW,  
INITIALLY ENCOMPASSING MUCH OF WESTERN INTO CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA,  
WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY SPLIT. ONE EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE  
PERTURBATION, EMERGING FROM THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST TODAY, IS  
FORECAST TO ACCELERATE THROUGH AN INCREASINGLY CONFLUENT REGIME  
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO NORTHEAST, IN ADVANCE OF A MID-LEVEL  
CLOSED LOW DIGGING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HUDSON BAY INTO THE MINNESOTA  
INTERNATIONAL BORDER VICINITY BY 12Z MONDAY. ANOTHER ONE OR TWO  
DIGGING UPSTREAM PERTURBATIONS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO FURTHER  
AMPLIFICATION OF MID-LEVEL TROUGHING ACROSS CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE  
SOUTHWEST, NORTHERN MEXICAN PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY VICINITY.  
 
DOWNSTREAM OF THIS TROUGHING, IT APPEARS THAT LARGE-SCALE MID-LEVEL  
RIDGING WILL BUILD ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN AND GULF OF MEXICO  
INTO THE SOUTHEAST. AS THIS OCCURS, A LOWER/MID-TROPOSPHERIC LOW,  
CURRENTLY NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF THE BAJA PENINSULA, IS FORECAST TO  
BECOME INCREASINGLY DEFORMED AND WEAKEN WHILE ACCELERATING  
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH AN INCREASINGLY CONFLUENT REGIME ACROSS THE  
WESTERN GULF/GULF COAST VICINITY THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS  
SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.  
 
BENEATH THIS REGIME, WHILE A SEASONABLY COLD AND STABLE ENVIRONMENT  
NOW ESTABLISHED ACROSS MUCH OF THE NATION WILL GENERALLY BE  
MAINTAINED, MODELS INDICATE THAT LOWER/MID-TROPOSPHERIC WARMING ON  
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF  
MEXICO INTO THE SOUTHEAST. IT APPEARS THAT THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED  
BY MOISTENING EMANATING FROM A MODIFYING GULF BOUNDARY-LAYER, AND  
INCREASING PRECIPITATION WITHIN AN EVOLVING PLUME OF LARGE-SCALE  
ASCENT. BASED ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS, THIS MAY INCLUDE CONVECTION  
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIGHTNING AS FAR NORTH AS NORTH CENTRAL GULF  
COASTAL AREAS BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.  
 
..KERR.. 01/11/2025  
 

 
 
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