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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