Subj : DAY48SVR: Nws Storm Prediction Center Norman Ok To : wx-storm@lists.illinois.edu From : COD Weather Processor Date : Thu Jan 02 2025 09:18:20 ACUS48 KWNS 020918 SWOD48 SPC AC 020916 Day 4-8 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0316 AM CST Thu Jan 02 2025 Valid 051200Z - 101200Z ....DISCUSSION... Medium-range guidance is in relatively good agreement that a shortwave trough will extend from western/central KS into the TX Hill Country early D4/Sunday morning. This shortwave is then forecast to progress northeastward throughout the day, likely reaching the Mid MS Valley by D5/Monday morning. An associated surface low will move just ahead of the parent shortwave, with an attendant cold front sweeping eastward across east TX and Lower MS Valley. A warm sector characterized by low to mid 60s dewpoints will precede this front, which should be sufficient for modest buoyancy despite a relatively warm profile and poor lapse rates. Thunderstorm development is anticipated along the front, with some potential for isolated discrete storms ahead of the front as well. Moderate to strong mid-level flow will extend across the warm sector, resulting in deep-layer vertical shear strong enough to support organized storms (i.e. 0-6 km bulk shear from 40 to 50 kt). General expectation is for the development of a fast-moving convective line capable of strong to severe gusts along the cold front, supported by modest buoyancy and deep-layer shear orthogonal to the front. Strengthening low-level flow (i.e. 50 to 60 kt at 850 mb) could also support enough low-level shear for line-embedded circulations as well. Some thunderstorms will remain possible across the Southeast on D5/Monday as the front continues eastward. However, limited low-level moisture ahead of the front should limit the severe thunderstorm threat. From D6/Tuesday through D8/Thursday, cold and stable conditions are expected to preclude thunderstorm development across the CONUS. ...Mosier.. 01/02/2025 = = = To unsubscribe from WX-STORM and you already have a login, go to https://lists.illinois.edu and use the "Unsubscribe" link. Otherwise email Chris Novy at cnovy@cox.net and ask to be removed from WX-STORM. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .