415  
ACUS48 KWNS 210921  
SWOD48  
SPC AC 210920  
 
DAY 4-8 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0320 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2025  
 
VALID 241200Z - 291200Z  
   
..DISCUSSION
 
 
MEDIUM-RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE INITIALLY SHOWS A PATTERN FEATURING AN  
UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS AND TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST,  
TRANSITIONING TO A MORE PROGRESSIVE FLOW REGIME AND LOWERING HEIGHTS  
ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS DURING THE THURSDAY-SATURDAY (D5-D7) PERIOD.  
THE INLAND-MOVING WEST COAST TROUGH WILL POTENTIALLY YIELD ISOLATED  
TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY OVER  
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL CA AND PERHAPS A LOCALIZED RISK FOR  
A COUPLE OF STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. DETAILS CONCERNING THIS  
CONVECTIVE SCENARIO AND OVERALL MAGNITUDE OF SEVERE RISK PRECLUDE  
SEVERE HIGHLIGHTS. FARTHER EAST, SOME MOISTURE RETURN NORTHWARD  
INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS AND MS VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY WILL  
LIKELY BE MODULATED BY FRONTAL ADVANCEMENTS DURING THE LATTER PART  
OF EXTENDED PERIOD.  
 
..SMITH.. 12/21/2025  
 
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