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Dec-28-2003 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 281936
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0136 PM CST SUN DEC 28 2003
   
   VALID 282000Z - 291200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM MFE 20 ESE COT 20 SW
   SAT 35 NW AUS 25 WSW HRO UNO DYR 15 WNW UOX 35 NW JAN 25 SSE 7R4.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   
   NWLY LOW LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES TO UNDERCUT ONGOING THUNDERSTORM
   ACTIVITY FROM NEAR SAT TO THE ARKLATX REGION WHILE A CLUSTER OF
   APPARENT BOUNDARY LAYER CONVECTION IS STREAMING NWD OFF THE MIDDLE
   TX COAST TOWARD SWD-SURGING FRONT.  THIS ACTIVITY WILL SOON BECOME
   ELEVATED IN NATURE AS STRONGEST SUPPORT FOR CONVECTION REMAINS
   WITHIN WARM ADVECTION ZONE ATOP FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ALTHOUGH WARM
   SECTOR HAS MOISTENED...WEAK LAPSE RATES/INSTABILITY WILL HAMPER
   UPDRAFT STRENGTH FOR ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. 
   ASIDE FROM A FEW COASTAL PLAINS THUNDERSTORMS...MAJORITY OF ACTIVITY
   SHOULD OCCUR WITHIN POST-FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT AS ZONE OF DEEP
   CONVECTION SHIFTS SEWD INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY REGION.
   
   ..DARROW.. 12/28/2003
   
   ...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 0100Z
        
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