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Oct-25-2003 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 250057
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0757 PM CDT FRI OCT 24 2003
   
   VALID 250100Z - 251200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 NNW YNG 15 E ZZV
   35 ENE OWB 60 ENE PBF 30 NW TXK 35 S ADM 40 NE CSM 35 SSE ICT 15 ENE
   EMP 15 ESE FLV 15 SSW LWD 35 WNW CID 10 NE MSN 25 NW MKG 25 NE MTC.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...MIDWEST/SRN GREAT LAKES TO OH VALLEY...
   MODEL CROSS SECTIONS THIS EVENING REVEAL STRONG FRONTOGENESIS
   THROUGH A DEEP SLOPED LAYER FROM THE MID MS VALLEY NNEWD ACROSS LAKE
   MI. FORCING FOR SLOPED ASCENT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SPREADING
   ESEWD THROUGH THE NIGHT BEING MAINTAINED BENEATH RIGHT REAR QUADRANT
   OF 125KT UPPER LEVEL JET. SUFFICIENT LARGE SCALE FORCING COUPLED
   WITH MOIST SYMMETRIC INSTABILITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO PROMOTE ELEVATED
   TSTM FORMATION ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
   
   ...SRN PLAINS/OZARKS...
   COLD FRONT WAS CURRENTLY SITUATED FROM NERN MO SWWD INTO CNTRL AND
   SWRN OK. EVENING SOUNDINGS WERE SHOWING PREFRONTAL AIRMASS REMAINED
   WARM AND DRY WITH STRONG CONVECTIVE INHIBITION AND ONLY MARGINAL
   MLCAPE ON THE ORDER OF 250-500 J/KG. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT
   THAT FORCED ASCENT AND MOISTENING WITHIN THE POST FRONTAL
   ENVIRONMENT LATER TONIGHT WILL BE ADEQUATE FOR TSTM DEVELOPMENT WITH
   STORM UPDRAFTS ROOTED ABOVE 850MB. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD INTO
   SRN MO/NRN AR...AND NERN OK THROUGH DAYBREAK. SEVERE WEATHER
   POTENTIAL CONTINUES TO APPEAR QUITE LIMITED BASED ON ELEVATED NATURE
   OF THE CONVECTION AND WEAK INSTABILITY.
   
   ..CARBIN.. 10/25/2003
   
   ...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 0600Z
        
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