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Dec- 9-2003 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 090052
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0652 PM CST MON DEC 08 2003
   
   VALID 090100Z - 091200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SSW TOP 25 ENE MKC
   40 NNE COU 35 ESE MDH 35 S PAH JBR 35 WNW HOT 45 WNW TXK 15 N FTW 40
   S LTS 50 E AMA 10 S DHT 35 N CAO 40 ESE LAA 20 ESE RSL 25 SSW TOP.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED VORT MAX NOW OVER THE FOUR
   CORNERS REGION WILL CONTINUE MOVING EWD TOWARD THE CENTRAL AND SRN
   PLAINS THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.  IN RESPONSE...SURFACE LOW NOW
   OVER NERN NM / SERN CO WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS OK.  STRONG WARM
   ADVECTION AHEAD OF THIS LOW WILL LIKELY CONTRIBUTE TO THUNDERSTORM
   DEVELOPMENT LATER IN THE PERIOD.
   
   ...PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SRN PLAINS EWD TO THE MID MS VALLEY...
   SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
   PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SRN HIGH PLAINS AHEAD OF APPROACHING
   MID-LEVEL FEATURE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. 
   
   MORE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER IN THE PERIOD
   ACROSS SERN KS / ERN OK EWD ACROSS THE OZARKS. ALTHOUGH EVENING
   RAOBS ACROSS THIS REGION INDICATE THAT SUBSTANTIAL MOISTENING WILL
   BE REQUIRED IN THE 850 TO 700 MB LAYER TO SUPPORT CONVECTIVE
   DEVELOPMENT...THETA-E ADVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH INTENSIFYING SSWLY
   LOW-LEVEL JET SHOULD PROVIDE SUFFICIENT MOISTENING TO YIELD MINIMAL
   INSTABILITY.  ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE AS
   A RESULT...IT APPEARS THAT DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION WILL LIKELY BE
   INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT A SEVERE HAIL THREAT.
   
   ..GOSS.. 12/09/2003
   
   ...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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