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Feb- 8-2003 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK 
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS.
   
   VALID 081630Z - 091200Z
   
   NO SVR TSTM AREAS FCST.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 70 ESE YUM INW 4SL
   CAO DHT LBB INK 70 SE ELP.
   
   BROAD UPPER LONGWAVE TROUGH EXISTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CONUS
   TODAY...WITH SERIES OF UPPER FEATURES ROTATING ACROSS CA/AZ.  PLUME
   OF STEEP LAPSE RATES AND MARGINAL ELEVATED INSTABILITY ARE
   RESULTING IN ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY
   INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN AZ AND
   NORTHERN NM.  ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY CONTINUE LATE TONIGHT
   AS FAR EAST AS THE TX PANHANDLE IN VICINITY OF UPPER VORT MAX.
   
   ELSEWHERE...GENERALLY DRY/STABLE CONDITIONS WILL PRECLUDE
   THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.
    
   ..HART.. 02/08/03
   
   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 2000Z
        
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