Nov 25, 2020 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Wed Nov 25 19:27:35 UTC 2020 (20201125 2000Z Day 1 shapefile | 20201125 2000Z Day 1 KML)
Probabilistic to Categorical Outlook Conversion Table
Categorical Graphic
20201125 2000 UTC Day 1 Outlook Graphic
Day 1 Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
MARGINAL 107,095 15,591,027 Indianapolis, IN...New Orleans, LA...Cincinnati, OH...Louisville, KY...Lexington-Fayette, KY...
Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
20201125 2000 UTC Day 1 Tornado Probabilities Graphic
Probability of a tornado within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of EF2 - EF5 tornadoes within 25 miles of a point.
Day 1 Tornado Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
2 % 72,592 8,959,672 Indianapolis, IN...New Orleans, LA...Louisville, KY...Birmingham, AL...Metairie, LA...
Probabilistic Damaging Wind Graphic
20201125 2000 UTC Day 1 Damaging Wind Probabilities Graphic
Probability of damaging thunderstorm winds or wind gusts of 50 knots or higher within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% of greater probability of wind gusts 65 knots or greater within 25 miles of a point.
Day 1 Wind Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
5 % 108,047 15,652,109 Indianapolis, IN...New Orleans, LA...Cincinnati, OH...Louisville, KY...Lexington-Fayette, KY...
Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
20201125 2000 UTC Day 1 Large Hail Probabilities Graphic
Probability of hail 1" or larger within 25 miles of a point.
Hatched Area: 10% or greater probability of hail 2" or larger within 25 miles of a point.
Day 1 Hail Risk Area (sq. mi.) Area Pop. Some Larger Population Centers in Risk Area
No Risk Areas Forecast
   SPC AC 251927

   Day 1 Convective Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0127 PM CST Wed Nov 25 2020

   Valid 252000Z - 261200Z

   ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH LATE
   EVENING FROM SOUTHEAST LA INTO PARTS OF AL AND NORTHWEST GA...AND
   ACROSS THE LOWER OH VALLEY...

   ...SUMMARY...
   Isolated damaging winds and a tornado or two will be possible
   through late evening from southeast Louisiana to central Alabama and
   northwest Georgia, and across the lower Ohio Valley.

   ...20z Update...

   The ongoing forecast remains on track. Only minor changes have been
   made on the western edges of the OH Valley and southeast
   LA/AL/northwest GA Marginal risk areas. These adjustments have been
   made based on the current location of the cold front and surface
   low. A few strong gusts and possibly a brief spin-up remain possible
   through this evening.

   ..Leitman.. 11/25/2020

   .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1027 AM CST Wed Nov 25 2020/

   ...Lower OH Valley this afternoon/evening...
   A midlevel shortwave trough over MO will continue east-northeastward
   to the upper OH Valley overnight.  A surface cyclone near Saint
   Louis will likewise move east-northeastward toward Lake Erie, and
   both the midlevel trough and cyclone are expected to weaken
   gradually by tonight.  A narrow zone of surface
   heating/destabilization and boundary-layer dewpoints in the upper
   50s is expected this afternoon from southern IL into southwestern IN
   and western KY, southeast of the surface cyclone.  Though
   surface-based buoyancy will remain weak, vertical shear will be
   favorable for a low-end threat of low-topped supercells or short
   line segments capable of producing isolated damaging winds and
   perhaps a tornado.

   ...Southeast LA to central AL/northwest GA through late evening...
   Farther south, a pre-frontal squall line is moving eastward across
   southeast LA, central MS, and northwestern AL.  The influence of
   this ongoing convection will likely limit the potential for
   destabilization this afternoon, immediately to its north into TN. 
   The ongoing convective band will shift slowly eastward, with some
   low-level moistening/destabilization possible into central AL. 
   Deep-layer and low-level vertical shear/SRH will tend to weaken
   through the day from southwest-to-northeast as the primary synoptic
   wave passes to the north over the OH Valley.  Still, some low-end
   potential will remain for line segments and embedded supercells
   capable of producing isolated damaging winds and a tornado or two.

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