626  
ACUS03 KWNS 180713  
SWODY3  
SPC AC 180712  
 
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0112 AM CST SUN JAN 18 2026  
 
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z  
   
..NO THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST  
 
   
..SUMMARY  
 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.  
   
..SYNOPSIS  
 
A SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED WITHIN BROADER-SCALE UPPER TROUGHING WILL MOVE  
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS ON TUESDAY. AS THIS  
OCCURS, LEE CYCLOGENESIS IS EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.  
THIS LOW WILL DEVELOP SOUTH/SOUTHEAST INTO TX OVERNIGHT AND ENSUING  
LOW-LEVEL SOUTH/SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL TRANSPORT MODEST GULF  
MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTH TX LATE IN THE PERIOD.  
FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST MOISTURE WILL BE RELATIVELY SHALLOW AND  
WARMER MIDLEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL LIMIT INSTABILITY. WHILE SOME WARM  
ADVECTION SHOWERS COULD OCCUR OVER TX TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY  
WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF AN SOUTHEASTWARD ADVANCING COLD FRONT,  
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL APPEARS LOW.  
 
..LEITMAN.. 01/18/2026  
 
 
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