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ACUS48 KWNS 150858
SWOD48
SPC AC 150857

Day 4-8 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0357 AM CDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Valid 181200Z - 231200Z

...DISCUSSION...
...Saturday/Day 4...
A large-scale mid-level trough will move through the Great Plains on
Saturday, with a moist airmass in place across the Ark-La-Tex,
Ozarks and lower Mississippi Valley. Within this airmasss, an area
of thunderstorms is likely to be ongoing at the start of the period
across parts of eastern Oklahoma and southwest Missouri. Ahead of
this convection, moisture advection and surface heating will
contribute to a moderately unstable airmass by midday, with
forecasts increasing MLCAPE to around 1500 J/kg across the
Ark-La-Tex. Thunderstorm development appears likely in the early
afternoon over much of Ozarks, where moderate deep-layer shear is
forecast. The ECWMF is forecasting 0-6 km shear in the 40 to 50 knot
range over this part of the moist sector, suggesting a severe threat
will be probable during the afternoon. Wind damage will be possible
with bowing line segments, and low-level shear should be sufficient
for tornadoes. Hail will also be possible, mainly if supercells can
develop. Storm mode still remains uncertain. If the mode goes linear
early in the event, the wind-damage threat could become dominant.
The severe threat should persist through the evening and into the
overnight period, as an MCS moves through the central Gulf Coast
states.

...Sunday/Day 5 and Monday/Day 6...
The mid-level trough is forecast to move through the Ohio and
Tennessee Valleys on Sunday, and to the Atlantic Seaboard on Monday.
Ahead of the trough, scattered thunderstorms with an isolated severe
threat will be possible Sunday and Sunday night, with much of the
convection moving offshore into the Atlantic relatively early on
Monday. An isolated severe threat would still be possible closer to
the mid-level low in parts of the Mid-Atlantic Monday afternoon.

...Tuesday/Day 7 and Wednesday/Day 8...
From Tuesday into Wednesday, a mid-level low is forecast to move
across the southwestern U.S., reaching the southern Rockies by
Wednesday night. If the models are relatively close on the system
timing, an isolated severe threat could develop ahead of the system
Wednesday night across the southern Plains. However, uncertainty at
this range is substantial.

..Broyles.. 10/15/2025