SPC AC 110510
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1110 PM CST WED DEC 10 2003
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 W MER 35 E SAC 20
SSE RNO 20 SSE DRA 30 NE DAG 15 ESE BFL 15 W MER.
...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
...WEST...
A STRONG PACIFIC IMPULSE WAS COMING ASHORE NORTH OF SFO. THIS SYSTEM
WILL DIG INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
WITH 60-90M 500MB HEIGHT FALLS SPREADING ACROSS AZ AND NM BY EARLY
FRIDAY. DESPITE STRONG ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH DPVA AND LOW STATIC
STABILITY...IT APPEARS THAT BEST CHANCES FOR WIDELY SCATTERED TSTMS
WILL BE EARLY IN THE PERIOD ACROSS PORTIONS OF CNTRL AND ERN CA AND
PERHAPS INTO NV. FAVORABLE UPPER DYNAMICS AND LOW LEVEL OROGRAPHIC
FORCING COUPLED WITH SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND COLD MID LEVEL TEMPS
SHOULD SUPPORT A FEW TSTMS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OVER PARTS OF
THESE AREAS. FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST...LIMITED MOISTURE AND
WARMER/MARGINAL EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURES APPEAR TO NEGATE LIGHTNING
POTENTIAL WITH ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS.
...NORTHEAST...
A VERY STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED DEEP SURFACE CYCLONE WILL
LIFT RAPIDLY NEWD FROM THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THROUGH NEW ENGLAND.
INTENSE WARM/MOIST CONVEYOR BELT WITHIN THE ERN/NERN QUADRANT OF
THIS SYSTEM WILL BE POWERED BY A 70-80KT LOW LEVEL JET WHICH WILL
TRANSITION FROM LONG ISLAND...TO SERN NEW ENGLAND...TO THE GULF OF
MAINE DURING THE PERIOD. FORCING FOR ASCENT ON THE NOSE OF THIS JET
WILL BE INTENSE BUT THE BEST CHANCE FOR TSTMS WILL LIKELY REMAIN
NEAR OR JUST OFFSHORE WHERE GREATER INSTABILITY WILL RESIDE NEAR THE
GULF STREAM CURRENT.
..CARBIN/CROSBIE.. 12/11/2003
...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
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