017  
ACUS02 KWNS 301726  
SWODY2  
SPC AC 301725  
 
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1225 PM CDT WED JUL 30 2025  
 
VALID 311200Z - 011200Z  
 
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS  
OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND MID-ATLANTIC...  
   
..SUMMARY  
 
A FEW STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS  
ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF THE COLORADO/WYOMING FRONT RANGE AND  
STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE  
MID-ATLANTIC.  
   
..SYNOPSIS  
 
UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL  
US ON D2/THURSDAY. A BELT OF ENHANCED WESTERLY FLOW MOVING THROUGH  
THE TROUGH ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN CANADA WILL OVERSPREAD A COLD FRONT  
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID ATLANTIC. THE SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL  
EXTEND FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC BACK INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS.  
   
..CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS  
 
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGH  
TERRAIN IN WYOMING AND NORTHERN COLORADO. ACROSS THIS REGION, STEEP  
LOW TO MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND SUFFICIENT SHEAR AROUND 25-35 KTS  
WILL SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SUPERCELLS. THESE STORMS WOULD BE  
CAPABLE OF STRONG TO SEVERE WIND AND SOME INSTANCES OF LARGE HAIL AS  
THEY MOVE OUT OF THE HIGH TERRAIN.  
   
..MID-ATLANTIC  
 
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE  
SURFACE COLD FRONT IN THE MID-ATLANTIC ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  
ENHANCED FLOW FROM THE TROUGH WILL SUPPORT DEEP LAYER SHEAR AROUND  
30-40 KTS. MODE WILL LIKELY BE MIXED WITH MULTI-CELL CLUSTERS  
DEVELOPING BY THE LATE AFTERNOON. DEEP MOISTURE AND MODERATE MLCAPE  
SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS  
FROM WET DOWNBURSTS.  
 
..THORNTON.. 07/30/2025  
 
 
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