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ACUS02 KWNS 091730
SWODY2
SPC AC 091728
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1128 AM CST FRI JAN 09 2026
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
THE SOUTHEAST...
..SUMMARY
A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ON SATURDAY ACROSS THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST AND SOUTHEAST.
..CENTRAL GULF COAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST
ALONG AND SOUTH OF AN OUTFLOW-REINFORCED COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS
CENTRAL AL INTO SOUTHERN MS, SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING
ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF COAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST AT THE START OF THE
PERIOD. THESE STORMS WILL GENERALLY BE FOCUSED ALONG A 30-40-KT
SOUTHWESTERLY LOW-LEVEL JET AND AHEAD OF A NORTHEASTWARD-MOVING
FRONTAL WAVE.
DESPITE MODEST BUOYANCY, AMPLE BOUNDARY-LAYER MOISTURE (MIDDLE/UPPER
60S DEWPOINTS) AND AROUND 50 KT OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR WILL CONTINUE TO
PROMOTE ORGANIZED STORM CLUSTERS, TO INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
COUPLE SUPERCELLS. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE A CONCERN, THOUGH ENLARGED
CLOCKWISE-CURVED LOW-LEVEL HODOGRAPHS (UPWARDS OF 200-250 M2/S2
EFFECTIVE SRH) WITHIN THE MOIST AXIS WILL YIELD SOME RISK FOR A
COUPLE TORNADOES AS WELL. THE TORNADO RISK WILL BE LARGELY DEPENDENT
ON THE DEGREE OF CONVECTIVE OVERTURNING IN THE WARM SECTOR. THE
WINDOW OF GREATEST SEVERE RISK APPEARS TO BE FROM 12Z-18Z -- BEFORE
LOW-LEVEL FLOW VEERS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT AND DEPARTING
FRONTAL WAVE. A SLGT RISK WAS ADDED FOR THIS CORRIDOR OF HEIGHTENED
SEVERE POTENTIAL.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL GENERALLY SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS GA INTO THE
CAROLINAS IN TANDEM WITH THE NORTHEASTWARD-ADVANCING LOW-LEVEL JET
AND FRONTAL WAVE, WHERE THEY WILL EVENTUALLY OUTPACE THE
SURFACE-BASED WARM SECTOR DURING THE AFTERNOON.
..WEINMAN.. 01/09/2026
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