ACUS48 KWNS 240901
SWOD48
SPC AC 240900

Day 4-8 Convective Outlook  
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0400 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Valid 271200Z - 021200Z

...DISCUSSION...
...D4/Saturday - Southern Plains into the upper Great Lakes...
An active severe thunderstorm episode appears possible on Saturday
across parts of the central and southern Plains, as a shortwave
trough and attendant strong mid/upper-level jet overspread a
generally warm and moist warm sector. A surface low is forecast to
deepen across southwest KS, with a dryline extending southward into
west TX. Thunderstorms are expected to develop near the dryline, and
potentially farther north/east within a moderate to strongly
unstable and weakly capped warm sector. Strong deep-layer shear will
support organized convection, including the potential for
supercells. There is some potential for rather early initiation and
evolution toward a complex convective mode with time, but any
supercells within this regime could become tornadic as low-level
shear/SRH notably increases during the afternoon/evening. A 30% area
has been added from south-central/southeast KS into OK and north TX,
where confidence is currently greatest regarding storm development
within the favorable environment described above. 

A separate regime of severe potential could evolve from eastern IA
toward the upper Great Lakes, associated with the departing
shortwave trough and surface low. While this system will gradually
be weakening with time, storms could redevelop during the afternoon
within a moist and weakly capped environment, with deep-layer shear
remaining sufficiently strong for organized convection. Late in the
period, extensive convection that initially develops over the
central/southern Plains could also spread into parts of IA/IL/WI,
with some severe potential. 

...D5/Sunday - ArkLaTex into the upper Midwest...
A corridor of organized severe potential could again evolve from the
ArkLaTex into the upper Midwest on D5/Sunday, as the strong
shortwave trough and attendant surface low move from the central
Plains towards the upper Great Lakes. Moderate instability and
favorable deep-layer shear could support a mix of supercells and
stronger storm clusters, though details remain uncertain at this
time. 

...D6/Monday - ArkLaTex region into the lower MS Valley...
Some severe threat could linger into D6/Monday across the ArkLaTex
region into the lower MS Valley, as low-level moisture transport
persists near the remnant frontal zone. However, in the wake of the
departing upper trough, convection may tend to be less organized
compared to previous days.

..Dean.. 04/24/2024