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Nov- 6-2003 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 061257
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0657 AM CST THU NOV 06 2003
   
   VALID 061300Z - 071200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 WNW CTY 30 WSW AYS
   60 ESE MCN 15 NNE MCN 20 E ANB 15 WSW ANB 20 NNW TCL 35 NE CBM 15
   WSW MSL 10 ESE CKV 10 NNW JKL 40 W MRB 30 SSE DOV.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 65 WNW MRF 35 NNE ROW
   35 SSW CAO 10 NW EHA 35 E LBL END 20 N OKC 30 WNW ADM 20 SE BWD 20
   SE JCT 15 W DRT.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   BROAD CYCLONIC UPPER FLOW REGIME IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE
   NATION TODAY AND TONIGHT.  A COUPLE OF LOW AMPLITUDE SUBTROPICAL
   JETLETS EMBEDDED IN THE SWLY FLOW ALONG THE SRN PERIPHERY OF THE
   LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL TRANSLATE NEWD.  THE FIRST IMPULSE WILL TRAVEL
   FROM THE LOWER OH VLY THIS MORNING INTO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION
   BY AFTERNOON.  UPSTREAM...ANOTHER IMPULSE WILL MOVE FROM BAJA CA
   REGION INTO THE SRN HIGH PLAINS BY LATE TONIGHT.  IN THE LOWER
   LEVELS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NERN STATES AND MIDDLE
   ATLANTIC COAST THROUGH TONIGHT WHILE TAIL END OF THE SAME FRONT
   REMAINS QUASI-STATIONARY ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS.
   
   ...LOWER DELMARVA AND ERN NC...
   AIR MASS REMAINS VERY MOIST ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AHEAD OF
   LEE TROUGH/BROKEN BAND OF TSTMS.  LOW CLOUDS/FOG SHOULD BEGIN TO
   THIN THIS MORNING...ALLOWING POCKETS OF HEATING.  MODIFYING 12Z GSO
   SOUNDING SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR AROUND 2000 J/KG CAPE AND LITTLE
   CINH.  AS TAIL END OF UPSTREAM VORT MAX MOVES ACROSS THE REGION
   EARLY-MID AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL TSTMS COULD DEVELOP...OR INTENSIFY
   WITHIN CURRENT BAND ACROSS SERN/EC VA/LOWER ERN MD SHORE AND ERN NC.
    VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE JUST ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ORGANIZED CONVECTION
   WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS A BRIEF
   TORNADO.  LARGE SCALE ASCENT WILL LIKELY DECREASE RAPIDLY BY EVENING
   AND THE STRONGER TSTMS SHOULD DIMINISH AND MOVE OFF THE COAST. 
   
   ...SRN HIGH PLAINS...
   ELEVATED CONVECTION WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
   HOURS AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT SPREADS DOWNSTREAM FROM APPROACHING
   SUBTROPICAL IMPULSE.  MUCAPES WILL GENERALLY BE UNDER 750 J/KG AND 
   TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SUB-SEVERE...THOUGH SMALL HAIL CANNOT BE
   RULED OUT IN THE STRONGER CELLS.  TSTMS SHOULD SPREAD RAPIDLY NEWD
   INTO PARTS OF THE SRN PLAINS LATER TONIGHT.
   
   ..RACY/JEWELL.. 11/06/2003
   
   ...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 1630Z
        
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