Subj : DAY1SVR: Day 1 Convective To : All From : Mike Powell Date : Sat Nov 09 2024 09:07:00 ACUS01 KWNS 091226 SWODY1 SPC AC 091224 Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0624 AM CST Sat Nov 09 2024 Valid 091300Z - 101200Z ....NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ....SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected over the conterminous U.S. through tonight. ....Synopsis/Discussion... The mid/upper-level pattern across the CONUS will lose amplitude through the period, as a synoptic-scale cyclone now centered near GLD weakens, ejects northeastward, and rejoins the prevailing westerlies. The associated 500-mb low should reach central NE by 00Z, then across northwestern IA by 12Z tomorrow. Meanwhile, the NHC forecasts Hurricane Rafael to move slowly west-northwest across the west-central Gulf through tonight, remaining far from land, while weakening due to deep shear and dry-air involvement. In between, a plume of partly modified return-flow air, marginally moist/unstable for deep convection, will support isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms in a broad swath from the TX/LA Gulf Coast to parts of IA/IN and much of IL. Effective inflow to convection in this swath should be elevated over the mid Mississippi Valley and similar latitudes, where deep shear is greatest. As shear weakens with southward extent from the Mid-South to the coast, especially south of a warm front now over north-central LA, surface-based parcels amid weak lapse rates will prevail. By afternoon, the warm front will angle northward into parts of eastern AR, and MLCAPE should range from around 500 J/kg over the Mid-South to near 1000 J/kg just inland from the coast. Organized severe potential will be stunted by lack of stronger lift and shear where buoyancy is sufficient. ...Edwards/Bentley.. 11/09/2024 $$ --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: ILink: CCO - capitolcityonline.net (454:3/105) .