SPC AC 180502
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1202 AM CDT SAT OCT 18 2003
   
   VALID 181200Z - 191200Z.
   
   ...NO TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   STRONG RIDGE WILL PERSIST OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THROUGH THIS
   FORECAST PERIOD...WITH RELATIVELY COOL/DRY AND GENERALLY SUBSIDENT
   NORTHWESTERLY FLOW REGIME FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/SOUTHERN
   PLAINS EASTWARD INTO THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTAL AREAS.  
   
   WEST OF THE ROCKIES...CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL IS ALSO EXPECTED TO
   REMAIN QUITE LOW.  A SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE IS PROGGED TO LIFT OUT
   OF NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC TROUGH INTO THE CANADIAN ROCKIES. 
   HOWEVER...STRONGER MID-LEVEL COOLING AND ASSOCIATED DESTABILIZATION
   SUFFICIENT FOR LOW TOPPED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY APPEARS LIKELY TO
   REMAIN WEST/NORTH OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST COASTAL AREAS.
   
   ..KERR.. 10/18/2003
   
   ...NOTICE...
   FOR USERS DECODING THE POINTS PARAGRAPH HEREIN...LATITUDE AND
   LONGITUDE POINTS FOR THE CATEGORICAL AND PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK
   GRAPHICS ALSO ARE LOCATED IN A SEPARATE PRODUCT UNDER THE WMO
   HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1...WUUS02 PTSDY2...AND WUUS03 PTSDY3.  THE
   INCLUSION OF POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DISCONTINUED.
   
   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1300Z