LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AT Franklin, Venango Regional Airport Temperature 51.8 F / 11 C Dew Point 39.2 F / 4 C Humidity 62% Wind Speed 3.5 Wind Direction S 170 Degrees Visibility 10 Miles Sky Conditions Clear Current Weather Barometer 29.99 Inches Issued At 10/18/2025 00:56 $$ |
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ACUS01 KWNS 171952 SWODY1 SPC AC 171950 Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0250 PM CDT Fri Oct 17 2025 Valid 172000Z - 181200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PARTS OF NORTHERN/WESTERN OKLAHOMA...EASTERN KANSAS...AND WESTERN MISSOURI... ...SUMMARY... Thunderstorms with isolated large hail and severe gusts will be possible this evening and tonight from the southern and central Plains into the lower Missouri Valley. ...20Z Update... No changes to the ongoing forecast. See the previous discussion for additional details. ..Wendt.. 10/17/2025 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1052 AM CDT Fri Oct 17 2025/ ...Central Plains/Lower Missouri Valley... An upper trough over the western states will maintain deep southwesterly flow across the Plains states. A surface cold front currently extending from eastern NE into the TX Panhandle will sag southeastward into a somewhat moist and unstable air mass, providing the focus for scattered thunderstorms. Convection now occurring in southeast NE will expand eastward and southward this afternoon, with storms building southwestward along the front into OK through the evening. Thermodynamic parameters are relatively weak, with poor lapse rates and marginal CAPE. However, the combination of frontal forcing and favorable shear profiles may result in isolated strong storms this evening capable of hail and gusty/damaging winds. $$ |