699  
ACUS11 KWNS 270335  
SWOMCD  
SPC MCD 270335  
WAZ000-270500-  
 
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0268  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1035 PM CDT WED MAR 26 2025  
 
AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF NWRN WA  
 
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 65...  
 
VALID 270335Z - 270500Z  
 
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 65  
CONTINUES.  
 
SUMMARY...WIDESPREAD CONVECTION AND EMBEDDED WEAK THUNDERSTORM  
ACTIVITY LINGERS, BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS  
UNLIKELY TO INCREASE. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 65 MAY BE ALLOWED  
TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM PDT.  
 
DISCUSSION...CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT, AND EMBEDDED WEAK THUNDERSTORM  
ACTIVITY, PERSISTS ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE OREGON CASCADES.  
HOWEVER, THE PRIMARY CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS NOW RAPIDLY  
SPREADING WITH THE MORE FAVORABLE MID/UPPER FORCING FOR ASCENT  
ACROSS AND NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE PUGET SOUND VICINITY. LOCALLY  
STRONG SURFACE GUSTS MIGHT STILL BE POSSIBLE, BUT THERMODYNAMIC  
PROFILES CHARACTERIZED BY RATHER MODEST TO WEAK MID/UPPER LAPSE  
RATES, AND MORE LIMITED LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE THAN SOME MODEL GUIDANCE  
INDICATED, APPEAR TO HAVE MITIGATED THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.  
 
..KERR.. 03/27/2025  
   
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT  
 
ATTN...WFO...SEW...  
 
LAT...LON 48802319 48752155 47612133 47162195 47512281 48262387  
48802319  
 
MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH  
MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...UP TO 1.25 IN  
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