![]() | MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0375 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0348 PM CDT Fri Apr 10 2026 AREAS AFFECTED...portions of central California CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch unlikely VALID 102048Z - 102245Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...5 percent SUMMARY...An instance of hail or perhaps a BRIEF TORNADO may accompany the stronger storms that manage to develop this afternoon. However, the severe threat should remain sparse. DISCUSSION...Widespread clouds, rainfall, and occasional thunderstorms have overspread the central and northern CA Valley region through much of the day, inhibiting destabilization to a degree. However, some breaks in the clouds have ....... more |
![]() | MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0374 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0228 PM CDT Fri Apr 10 2026 AREAS AFFECTED...parts of northwest/west central Oklahoma CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch unlikely VALID 101928Z - 102200Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 percent SUMMARY...Intensifying thunderstorm development appears probable southwest through west-northwest of the Enid OK vicinity through 3-5 PM CDT, with stronger storms posing a risk for small to marginally SEVERE HAIL and localized STRONG WIND GUSTS. DISCUSSION...Insolation appears to have contribute to moderate boundary-layer destabilization (including CAPE up to 2000 J/kg) along the western flank of ....... more |
![]() | MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0373 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0225 PM CDT Fri Apr 10 2026 AREAS AFFECTED...portions of western...central...and northern Nevada into extreme southeast Oregon and extreme southwest Idaho CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch unlikely VALID 101925Z - 102130Z PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...20 percent SUMMARY...A few instances of SEVERE HAIL or wind may accompany the stronger storms this afternoon. DISCUSSION...MRMS mosaic radar data show convective cores deepening to the lee of the Sierra over portions of western NV, with convective initiation underway across central NV. Diurnal heating has helped boost surface temperatures into ....... more |