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| Day 4 | Thursday, September 10 | predictability too low |
| Day 5 | Friday, September 11 | predictability too low |
| Day 6 | Saturday, September 12 | predictability too low |
| Day 7 | Sunday, September 13 | predictability too low |
| Day 8 | Monday, September 14 | predictability too low |
ZCZC SPCSWOD48 ALL ACUS48 KWNS 070732 SPC AC 070732
Day 4-8 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0232 AM CDT Mon Sep 07 2026
Valid 101200Z - 151200Z
DISCUSSION
An upper shortwave trough will weaken as it spread east across the Northeast on Day 4/Thursday. As this occurs, a surface cold front will shift east/southeast across the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic. A moist airmass will be in place, but vertical shear will weaken through the day and deep-layer flow will remain parallel to the surface boundary. Thunderstorms are expected in the vicinity of the front, but may tend to be just to the cool side of the boundary. Nevertheless, some low-end severe potential could develop from the Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic as the front sags southward across the region.
During the weekend into early next week, forecast guidance suggests a more progressive upper pattern will emerge across the northern tier of the U.S. A series of shortwave upper troughs will move from the northern Rockies to the Great Lakes and eventually the Northeast during this time. Some severe risk is likely to develop ahead of the upper shortwave troughs around the Day 5/Friday to Day 8/Monday time period. However, large spread exists in both the timing and intensity of these upper trough, resulting in vastly different evolution and timing of key surface features (mainly surface low position). These differences have large implications for where the best corridors of severe potential will ultimately develop, but severe probabilities may become necessary in later outlooks for portions the northern/central Plains to the Upper Midwest during the weekend.
..Leitman.. 09/07/2026
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