740  
ACUS01 KWNS 311600  
SWODY1  
SPC AC 311559  
 
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1059 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2025  
 
VALID 311630Z - 011200Z  
 
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON  
OVER PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL REGION...AND TONIGHT OVER  
PARTS OF KANSAS/OKLAHOMA....  
   
..SUMMARY  
 
LARGE HAIL AND SEVERE OUTFLOW GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT FROM SOUTHERN KANSAS ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA  
TO THE RED RIVER. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS  
AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL REGION.  
   
..KS/OK  
 
MORNING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A WELL-DEFINED SHORTWAVE TROUGH  
DIGGING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. THIS FEATURE WILL APPROACH KS  
BY LATE AFTERNOON, AND TRACK INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS OVERNIGHT.  
STRONG HEATING AND STEEP LAPSE RATES AHEAD OF THE TROUGH, COMBINED  
WITH INCREASING LARGE SCALE ASCENT, WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NE/NORTHERN KS WITH A RISK OF HAIL AND  
GUSTY WINDS. AS THIS ACTIVITY MOVES SOUTHWARD INTO A PROGRESSIVELY  
MORE MOIST/UNSTABLE AIR MASS, THUNDERSTORM INTENSIFICATION IS  
EXPECTED - MAINLY AFTER DARK. STORMS WILL CONTINUE SOUTHWARD ACROSS  
SOUTHERN KS INTO OK, WITH A FEW SUPERCELLS EXPECTED CAPABLE OF LARGE  
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STORMS MAY PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT  
HOURS ACROSS SOUTHERN OK/NORTH TX.  
   
..DELMARVA  
 
A BROAD UPPER TROUGH IS PRESENT TODAY OVER THE NORTHEAST STATES,  
WITH A COMPACT SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER SOUTHWEST PA APPROACHING THE  
DELMARVA REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL PROMOTE AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE  
DEVELOPMENT FROM SOUTHEAST PA INTO EASTERN VA, WITH STORMS SPREADING  
ACROSS EASTERN MD/DE/SOUTHERN NJ BEFORE TRACKING OFFSHORE. COOL  
TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND SUFFICIENT WESTERLY MID-LEVEL WINDS SUGGEST  
THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORM ORGANIZATION AND A FEW SEVERE STORMS  
CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. REFER TO MCD #1054 FOR FURTHER  
DETAILS.  
   
..SOUTH FL  
 
A SAGGING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A FEW STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH FL THIS AFTERNOON, CAPABLE OF LOCALLY  
GUSTY WINDS. REFER TO MCD #1053 FOR FURTHER DETAILS.  
 
..HART/BARNES.. 05/31/2025  
 
 
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