MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0056
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0926 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2004
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...WRN/CNTRL ID
   
   CONCERNING...CONVECTIVE TRENDS 
   
   VALID 301526Z - 301700Z
   
   ...A NARROW LINE OF CONVECTION WITH STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS
   PORTIONS OF WRN ID OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...
   
   LATEST RADAR AND SFC DATA INDICATE A NARROW LINE OF STRONGLY FORCED
   CONVECTION IS MOVING EWD AT ROUGHLY 45KTS ACROSS WRN PORTIONS OF ID.
    THIS ACTIVITY IS DEVELOPING WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT OF APPARENT
   MINIMAL INSTABILITY...BUT RELATIVELY STEEP LAPSE RATES...ON THE
   ORDER OF 7 C/KM.  12Z SOUNDING FROM BOI SUGGESTS THUNDERSTORM
   ACTIVITY MAY ACTUALLY WEAKEN AS IT SPREADS EAST...ALTHOUGH HIGHER
   TERRAIN MAY TEMPORARILY INFLUENCE POST-WIND SHIFT DAMAGING WIND
   THREAT.
   
   ..DARROW.. 01/30/2004
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...PIH...BOI...
   
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