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Feb- 6-2003 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 061200Z - 071200Z
   
   NO SVR TSTM AREAS FCST.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 WSW GLS
   15 ENE AUS BWD 50 WSW SPS 25 NW FSI OKC 35 NNW MLC 15 SE PGO
   15 NNE ELD 30 WNW JAN 35 SSE MEI 35 SW TOI 10 NNW ABY 35 W SAV
   20 SSW CHS ...CONT... 25 SSE VRB 30 NW FMY.
   
   
   
   ...GULF COAST...
   
   MARITIME BOUNDARY LAYER AIR MASS OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WILL
   STRUGGLE TO MOVE INLAND DURING THE PERIOD AS MULTIPLE ANTICYCLONES
   DOMINATE FROM THE SRN PLAINS TO THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC WITH OFFSHORE
   TRAJECTORIES.  ALTHOUGH A WEAK SFC LOW WILL BRIEFLY DEVELOP AND
   SHIFT EAST ACROSS CENTRAL TX IN RESPONSE TO UPPER SHORTWAVE
   TROUGH...THIS FEATURE WILL WEAKEN OR DISSIPATE THEN REEMERGE ALONG
   BAROCLINIC ZONE OVER THE NRN GULF LATE BEFORE SHIFTING TOWARD THE
   FL PANHANDLE.
   
   LARGE SCALE ASCENT DUE IN LARGE PART TO WARM ADVECTION MAY AID
   ELEVATED CONVECTION/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG ERN EDGE OF
   STEEPER PLUME OF LAPSE RATES ACROSS OK/TX EARLY IN PERIOD.  HOWEVER
   THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 18Z.  DOWNSTREAM...GIVEN WEAK
   INSTABILITY NORTH OF SFC FRONT...THERE IS SOME QUESTION HOW MUCH
   DEEP CONVECTION MAY OCCUR ALONG THE GULF COAST.  IT APPEARS
   GREATEST FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAY REMAIN OFFSHORE AND
   THUNDERSTORM THREAT SHOULD REMAIN MARGINAL MOST OF THE PERIOD. 
    
   ..DARROW.. 02/06/03
   
   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1300Z
        
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