SPC AC 031231
Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0731 AM CDT Wed Nov 03 2021
Valid 031300Z - 041200Z
...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST...
...SUMMARY...
Severe thunderstorms are not currently forecast across the
contiguous United States today and tonight.
...Synopsis and Discussion...
Cyclonic flow aloft will persist across much of the central and
eastern CONUS today. Several shortwave troughs are forecast to move
through this more expansive upper troughing, including the
southern-stream shortwave currently moving through the southern High
Plains. This system is expected to continue progressing
southeastward throughout the day, and will likely reach the TX Hill
Country by early Thursday morning.
Recent surface analysis places a cold front from just north of DRT
eastward through the Houston area and off the upper TX Coast. This
front is expected to push southward throughout the day, with both
ascent along the front as well as ascent attendant to the
approaching shortwave contributing to a relatively broad area of
showers and thunderstorms from the TX Hill Country across much of
central and southeast TX. Much of this activity will be behind the
front amid modest buoyancy, but a few pre-frontal storms are
possible across from the middle/lower Rio Grande Valley to the lower
TX Coast. Despite relatively moist low levels, warm temperatures
aloft will temper the overall buoyancy. This area will also be
displaced south of the stronger flow aloft, although some modest
shear may result from the veering of the low-level easterly flow to
westerly in the mid levels. These environmental conditions could
support a few strong storms, but overall storm intensity/coverage
will be limited.
Elsewhere, a strong shortwave trough will move across the northern
CA/Pacific Northwest coast this evening and tonight, with a few
lightning flashes possible within the primary frontal band.
..Mosier.. 11/03/2021
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