732  
ACUS03 KWNS 251932  
SWODY3  
SPC AC 251931  
 
DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
0231 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2026  
 
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z  
 
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE  
MID-ATLANTIC STATES...  
   
..SUMMARY  
 
SOME SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY, WITH THE MID-ATLANTIC  
REGION APPEARING TO HAVE THE PRIMARY POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS  
CAPABLE OF WIND DAMAGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  
   
..MID-ATLANTIC STATES  
 
STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION  
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL BE AS THE UPSTREAM  
SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVERSPREADS A MOIST/UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT ALONG AND  
SOUTH OF A ROUGHLY WEST/EAST-ORIENTED FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS WOULD  
LIKELY BE THE MOST PROBABLE SEVERE-WEATHER RISK.  
   
..SOUTH/SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO LOUISIANA  
 
THIS IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO A BE RATHER COMPLEX SCENARIO INTO THE  
DAY 3 TIME FRAME WITH THE UNCERTAIN TIMING/LOCATION OF A POTENTIAL  
LINGERING MCS SOMEWHERE ACROSS SOUTH/SOUTHEAST TEXAS TO SOUTHERN  
LOUISIANA. SOME SEVERE POTENTIAL COULD LINGER ACROSS THE COASTAL  
PLAIN AND/OR REDEVELOP LATER WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND  
THE ADJACENT SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS VIA LOW-LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW,  
ALTHOUGH MID-LEVEL WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK.  
   
..NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN WEST  
 
SOME STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS COULD AGAIN OCCUR WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITHIN A MARGINALLY MOIST/UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT  
BENEATH THE UPPER-JET EXIT REGION ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE PROMINENT  
UPPER TROUGH EXPECTED TO BE CENTERED OVER CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA.  
   
..SOUTHERN MINNESOTA/SOUTHERN WISCONSIN/NORTHERN IOWA  
 
A FEW STRONG/SEVERE STORMS COULD OCCUR AS AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT  
PERSISTS NEAR THE SOUTHWARD-SHIFTING FRONT. SUCH STORM DEVELOPMENT  
MIGHT BE AIDED BY A GLANCING SHORTWAVE TROUGH WITH SOMEWHAT  
STRENGTHENING FLOW ALOFT. HOWEVER, OVERALL PREDICTABILITY IN THIS  
SCENARIO IS LIMITED IN THE DAY 3 TIME FRAME.  
   
..SOUTH-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/RATON MESA VICINITY  
 
A FEW STRONG OR LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS COULD OCCUR REGIONALLY  
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER, MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND  
DEEP-LAYER WINDS SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY WEAK, AND THUS OVERALL  
SEVERE POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN RATHER LOW/DISORGANIZED.  
 
..GUYER.. 05/25/2026  
 
 
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