SPC AC 260656
Day 2 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1256 AM CST Sun Dec 26 2021
Valid 271200Z - 281200Z
...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST...
...SUMMARY...
Isolated thunderstorms will be possible along the California Coast
and from eastern Oklahoma into the Ohio Valley.
...Synopsis...
A mid-level shortwave trough will move from the northern Plains
Monday morning to southern Quebec by early Tuesday morning. In
addition, a second shortwave trough will eject from the western
CONUS trough Monday and move to the southern/central High Plains by
early Tuesday morning. A surface low pressure center will weaken as
it moves from central Illinois toward Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the
associated cold front will slow and eventually become stationary
from northern Arkansas to central Kentucky. Early Tuesday, this
front will start to lift northward as a warm front, amid
strengthening southerly flow ahead of a developing lee cyclone in
the Plains. Some elevated thunderstorms may develop toward the end
of the period in a zone of strengthening isentropic ascent near this
warm front in Arkansas.
...Portions of the Ohio Valley...
Some guidance suggests a storm or two could develop along the front
on Monday afternoon across portions of northern Kentucky.
Large-scale forcing will be weak and convergence along the front is
not expected to be that strong. However, weak height falls are
forecast during the afternoon with a cooling mid-level inversion.
While a few storms may be possible, confidence in storm development
is not that high. Only slight boundary-layer heating is expected
with cloud cover across the region. Therefore, instability should be
quite weak and preclude a severe-weather threat.
..Bentley.. 12/26/2021
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