487  
ACUS01 KWNS 200037  
SWODY1  
SPC AC 200036  
 
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0636 PM CST WED FEB 19 2025  
 
VALID 200100Z - 201200Z  
   
..NO THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST  
 
   
..SUMMARY  
 
THE RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS APPEARS NEGLIGIBLE ACROSS THE U.S.  
TONIGHT.  
   
..01Z UPDATE  
 
   
..FLORIDA  
 
PRE-FRONTAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE EASTERN/SOUTHEASTERN  
GULF HAS DIMINISHED WITH THE PASSAGE OF AN APPARENT SUPPORTING  
MID-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH, WHICH IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF  
PROGRESSING EAST OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST. AS SURFACE  
CYCLOGENESIS COMMENCES AND PROCEEDS OFFSHORE OF SOUTHERN MID  
ATLANTIC COASTAL AREAS LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, THE  
TRAILING SURFACE COLD FRONT MAY ADVANCE INTO THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA  
OF FLORIDA BY 12Z THURSDAY. HOWEVER, LINGERING WARM/DRY LAYERS  
ALOFT ACROSS THIS REGION WILL TEND TO MINIMIZE THE RISK FOR NEW  
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.  
   
..GREAT BASIN  
 
BENEATH THE MID-LEVEL COLD POOL OF A VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE IMPULSE  
PROGRESSING INTO PORTIONS OF THE GREAT BASIN, DESTABILIZATION AIDED  
BY DAYTIME HEATING HAS BEEN SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT WEAK CONVECTIVE  
DEVELOPMENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA. WHILE  
THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES HAVE BECOME SUPPORTIVE OF SOME LIGHTNING  
DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS, POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTION  
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME INCREASINGLY  
NEGLIGIBLE WITH DIURNAL BOUNDARY-LAYER COOLING.  
 
..KERR.. 02/20/2025  
 
 
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