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Jun- 4-2003 0600 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 041200Z - 051200Z
   
   THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM
   80 SSE MRF 45 SW ROW 45 SSW PUB 20 SSE LAR 30 SSE DGW 45 NW CDR
   35 SSW PHP 35 SSW ANW 20 N RSL 35 NW P28 15 E FSI DAL 25 ESE GGG
   10 S ESF 40 ESE MCB 20 W BVE ...CONT... GLS 25 NNW VCT 45 S SAT
   45 NW LRD.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 75 E ELO 30 NW VOK
   30 ENE OTM 30 W IRK 30 E MKC 35 NNE JLN 25 SSW HRO 30 NE LIT GWO
   35 E MEI 20 SW MGM 15 SSE AUO 30 N MCN 35 NNW AND 10 NNW TRI
   20 S UNI 20 ESE CMH 30 W MFD 40 S JXN 20 WNW FNT 40 SSE OSC
   ...CONT... 35 N ART 15 NW MPV 20 S AUG.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SSE ELP
   20 WNW ONM 40 E DRO 25 NNE GUC 25 NNW CAG 25 W WRL 35 S LVM
   15 WNW LWT 55 ENE CTB.
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   BROAD UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE ERN HALF OF
   THE NATION.  WITHIN THE TROUGH...UPPER LOW OVER THE UPPER MS VLY
   WILL FILL AND MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION WHILE A MODEST
   BELT OF WLYS CONTINUES ALONG ITS SRN PERIPHERY.  A STRONGER UPPER
   LOW WILL DROP SEWD INTO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS.  NWLY FLOW WILL
   CONTINUE ACROSS THE PLAINS...CARRYING NUMEROUS MIDLEVEL IMPULSES
   FROM THE NRN ROCKIES INTO THE SRN PLAINS. 
   
   ...CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS...
   A MCS OR TWO ARE LIKELY TO BE ONGOING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
   PERIOD ACROSS PORTIONS OF ERN/NRN TX INTO WRN OK.  THESE TSTMS
   SHOULD WEAKEN WITH TIME DURING THE MORNING...LIKELY REINFORCING THE
   BOUNDARY SITUATED JUST SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER NWWD INTO ERN CO.  
   
   SET-UP APPEARS FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL TSTMS TO FORM ON THE HIGHER
   TERRAIN OF SERN WY/CO/NM BY MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. STRONGEST
   UPSLOPE FLOW APPEARS THAT IT WILL BE ACROSS SERN CO AND ERN NM. 
   BOUNDARY LAYER DEW POINTS IN THE MID/UPPER 50S BENEATH STEEP
   MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. 
   40-45 KT NWLY MIDLEVEL FLOW ATOP 20-25 KT SELY LOW LEVEL CURRENT
   WILL RESULT IN DEEP LAYER SHEAR SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS WITH
   LARGE HAIL AND ISOLD TORNADOES THE PRIMARY THREATS THROUGH EARLY
   EVENING.  ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO CONGEAL INTO ONE OR MORE MCS/S AND
   MOVE ESEWD INTO WRN KS/ERN NM/TX PNHDL/WRN OK OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY
   WITH SEVERE THREAT TRANSITIONING INTO MORE OF A WIND DAMAGE/HEAVY
   RAINFALL THREAT.
   
   ...CNTRL/ERN TX INTO LA...
   A MYRIAD OF BOUNDARIES WILL EXIST ACROSS CNTRL/ERN TX INTO LA.  THE
   MAIN BOUNDARY WILL BE SITUATED FROM SRN LA INTO CNTRL TX...AND WILL
   LIKELY BE REINFORCED BY OUTFLOW FROM TONIGHT/S MCS ROLLING SEWD
   FROM THE CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS.  THIS AREA WILL PROBABLY BE
   UNTOUCHED BY CNTRL/SRN TX MCS AND SHOULD BECOME VERY UNSTABLE BY
   AFTERNOON.  SLIGHTLY HIGHER MIDLEVEL WIND FLOW SHOULD EXIST FROM
   CNTRL TX INTO LA AS WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. 
   THUS...A FEW TSTMS MAY BECOME ORGANIZED WITH PERHAPS SUPERCELLS
   WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
   
   FARTHER SOUTH...A FEW TSTMS ARE APT TO DEVELOP ALONG SEABREEZE OR
   RESIDUAL BOUNDARIES ACROSS S TX.  MIDLEVEL FLOW IS MUCH WEAKER THAN
   FARTHER NORTH AND WITH NWLY COMPONENT BECOMING MORE WLY WITH TIME
   ON TUESDAY...ANY SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BE ISOLD IN NATURE.
   
   ...MIDDLE ATLANTIC...
   IT APPEARS THE ETA IS OVERDOING MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY EAST OF
   THE MOUNTAINS ACROSS PARTS OF THE DELMARVA.  IT APPEARS THAT
   UPSLOPE/SLY MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL MAINTAIN CLOUDS AND SHOWERS
   MOST OF THE DAY...WITH STRONGER HEATING POTENTIAL WEST OF THE BLUE
   RIDGE MOUNTAINS.  TSTMS COULD FORM OVER THE WV/VA/PA MOUNTAINS AND
   MAY PRODUCE ISOLD MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL...BUT THE SEVERE POTENTIAL
   EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS APPEARS MINIMAL.  
    
   ..RACY/NADEN.. 06/04/03
   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1300Z
        
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