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ACUS48 KWNS 140859
SWOD48
SPC AC 140857

Day 4-8 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0357 AM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Valid 171200Z - 221200Z

...DISCUSSION...
...Friday/Day 4 and Saturday/Day 5...
A large-scale mid-level trough, and an associated cold front are
forecast to move across the central U.S. on Friday and Saturday.
Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop from
late Friday afternoon into the evening along and ahead of the front
from the southern Plains northeastward into the lower to mid
Missouri Valley. Ahead of much of the front, MLCAPE is forecast to
peak around 1000 J/kg with 0-6 km shear ranging from 30 to 40 knots.
This should be sufficient for an isolated severe threat. Cells with
potential for large hail and severe wind gusts will be possible.

On Saturday, moisture advection is forecast to markedly increase
ahead of the approaching trough, as surface dewpoints increase into
the 60s F over much of the moist sector. In spite of this,
instability will be tempered over parts of the Ozarks by ongoing
convection Saturday morning. The models suggest that an axis of
moderate instability will develop a bit further west by afternoon,
with MLCAPE increasing to the 1500 to 2000 J/kg range, mainly in the
Ark-La-Tex. Thunderstorms that develop along and near the
instability axis should obtain a severe threat. Moderate deep-layer
shear is forecast over much of the moist sector, which will
contribute to a potential for supercells with wind damage, hail and
potentially a tornado threat. Storm mode is still uncertain, and
linear mode could become favored relatively early in the event.
Under this scenario, wind damage would be the most likely of the
three hazards. The severe threat should persist into the overnight
period, as an MCS moves eastward through the lower to mid
Mississippi Valley.

...Sunday/Day 6 to Tuesday/Day 8...
Widespread convection is expected to be ongoing Sunday morning
across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys southward into the central
Gulf Coast states. This convection, along with abundant cloud cover,
should limit destabilization over much of the moist sector during
the day. In spite of this, an isolated severe threat could develop
in areas where sufficient surface heating takes place, from parts of
northern Florida northward into the southern Appalachians. The
severe threat is expected to diminish across the eastern U.S. on
Monday and Tuesday, as the cold front moves offshore into the
western Atlantic. However, uncertainty is still substantial at this
forecast range.

..Broyles.. 10/14/2025