LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AT Franklin, Venango Regional Airport Temperature 0 F / 0 C Wind Chill 0 F / 0 C Dew Point 0 F / 0 C Humidity 0% Wind Speed 5.8 Wind Direction WSW 240 Degrees Visibility 10 Miles Sky Conditions broken at 3900 feet overcast at 11000 feet Current Weather Barometer 30.12 Inches Issued At 07/18/2025 18:56 $$ |
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ACUS48 KWNS 180855 SWOD48 SPC AC 180854 Day 4-8 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0354 AM CDT Fri Jul 18 2025 Valid 211200Z - 261200Z ...DISCUSSION... Medium-range guidance suggests that mid/upper ridging may remain a prominent influence across much of the central and southeastern U.S. through this period. Beneath its northern periphery, across parts of the northern Great Plains into Upper Midwest and Great Lakes/Ohio Valley, it appears that a seasonably moist boundary-layer may become characterized by moderate to strong diurnal destabilization each day. However, forcing for ascent to support convective development remains unclear, and might be largely dependent on sub-synoptic features with low predictability, particularly at this extended range. Sizable spread exists among the output concerning synoptic features within the westerlies, as well. However, there appears some signal that a short wave perturbation, emerging either from the Pacific Northwest or northwestern Canadian provinces early next week, could be accompanied by an eastward advecting plume of elevated mixed-layer air, low-level moistening and strengthening lower/mid-tropospheric wind fields across parts of the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes toward the St. Lawrence Valley/Northeast late next Wednesday into Friday. It might not be out of the question that this regime could become supportive of one or two sustained, organized clusters of storms capable of producing swaths of damaging winds and some hail. ..Kerr.. 07/18/2025 |