869  
ACUS01 KWNS 161234  
SWODY1  
SPC AC 161232  
 
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0632 AM CST SUN NOV 16 2025  
 
VALID 161300Z - 171200Z  
   
..NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST  
 
   
..SUMMARY  
 
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS STATES  
TODAY AND PARTS OF CALIFORNIA MAINLY LATE TONIGHT. SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.  
   
..SYNOPSIS AND DISCUSSION  
 
AN UPPER TROUGH/LOW OVER CA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE  
EAST-NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN/SOUTHWEST TODAY WHILE  
ACQUIRING A NEGATIVE TILT. ALTHOUGH LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN  
QUITE LIMITED, COOL TEMPERATURES AND MODESTLY STEEPENED LAPSE RATES  
ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH/LOW MAY SUPPORT CONVECTION  
DEEP ENOUGH TO GENERATE OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING FLASHES ACROSS PARTS OF  
THE FOUR CORNERS STATES INTO WY. A SEPARATE UPPER TROUGH WILL  
APPROACH THE WEST COAST LATE TONIGHT, WITH LARGE-SCALE ASCENT  
ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG MID-LEVEL JET OVERSPREADING PARTS OF CA.  
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ALONG/AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT TONIGHT  
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THIS AREA. FOR ALL REGIONS, WEAK  
INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO PRECLUDE ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS,  
ALTHOUGH GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER CORES.  
 
..GLEASON/BROYLES.. 11/16/2025  
 
 
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