Subj : DAY2SVR: Nws Storm Predic To : All From : Mike Powell Date : Thu Dec 12 2024 09:31:00 ACUS02 KWNS 120656 SWODY2 SPC AC 120655 Day 2 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1255 AM CST Thu Dec 12 2024 Valid 131200Z - 141200Z ....NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ....SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected through Friday night. ....Synopsis... A shortwave trough is forecast to begin the period over the Four Corners before continuing eastward across the central Rockies and ending the period as a closed cyclone over the central Plains. An associated surface low is expected to move quickly northeastward just ahead of this shortwave, progressing from the northeast NM/southeast CO vicinity into eastern KS. As it does, an attendant cold front will push eastward across the southern High Plains and western KS. Modified moisture return is anticipated within the strong low to mid-level flow preceding this shortwave and its attendant cold front. Low 60s dewpoints will likely reach north Texas by early Saturday morning but the mid 60s dewpoints are expected to remain confined to the TX Coastal Plain. A strengthening low-level jet and associated warm-air advection over the pre-frontal warm sector (from southeast TX into the Lower MO Valley) is forecast to result in elevated thunderstorms from Friday evening through Saturday morning. Poor lapse rates will limit buoyancy, with the expectation that most updrafts will be weak and transient. Strong vertical shear (i.e. 0-6 km bulk shear around 50 kt) may support small hail within the deepest, most persistent updrafts. ...Mosier.. 12/12/2024 $$ --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: ILink: CCO - capitolcityonline.net (454:3/105) .