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Sep-24-2003 0800 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 240738
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0238 AM CDT WED SEP 24 2003
   
   VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 S ACY 15 N RIC 30
   ESE TRI 15 S CHA 25 E GAD 15 E LGC 50 ESE MCN 25 E SAV ...CONT... 30
   SSW CEW 45 S SEM 35 SW 0A8 25 S GWO 50 NNW GWO 40 SSW MKL 10 SW BNA
   25 NNW LOZ 25 WNW UNI FKL 40 SE BUF 30 NW ART.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 NNW ELO 40 N GRB
   30 S MKE 30 N MLI 30 NNW MCW 50 W AXN P24 60 NNE ISN.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 70 S GBN 15 ENE PHX
   35 ESE SOW 35 N GNT 15 SW LVS 45 SSE CVS 45 ESE LBB 30 N MWL 15 NW
   ACT 40 ENE JCT 25 NE COT 20 SSE CRP.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   PROGRESSIVE PATTERN OF RECENT DAYS WITH STRONG WNWLY JET OVER SRN
   CANADA WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE TOWARD A MORE HIGHLY AMPLIFIED LARGE
   SCALE REGIME ON THURSDAY...A PATTERN THAT WILL COME FULLY INTO PLACE
   BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND.  POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH WHICH WILL CROSS
   THE GRT LKS TODAY SHOULD LIFT NE INTO QUEBEC THIS PERIOD ...WHILE A
   SERIES OF CLOSELY-SPACED SPEED MAXIMA /ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG SYSTEM
   NOW OFF THE BC CST/ DROP SE ACROSS WRN CANADA INTO THE UPR MS VLY. 
   FARTHER S...SEPARATE SRN STREAM/SUBTROPICAL JET EXPECTED TO PERSIST
   FROM THE SWRN U.S. E INTO TX AND THE LWR MS VLY.
   
   ...MID ATLANTIC/NEW ENG...
   A BAND OF EMBEDDED FORCED CONVECTION WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY COLD
   FRONT CROSSING NRN/WRN NEW ENG ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER SYSTEM LIFTS NE
   INTO QUEBEC.  GIVEN GRADUALLY WEAKENING DEEP SHEAR AND LIMITED
   SURFACE-BASED INSTABILITY...THREAT FOR SEVERE SHOULD BE MINIMAL.
   
   FARTHER S...CONVECTION/STORMS OF A MORE DIURNAL VARIETY WILL
   PROBABLY DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF SAME FRONT OVER THE MID ATLANTIC
   REGION SWD INTO THE TN VLY.  MEAN WLY FLOW SHOULD KEEP CONVERGENCE
   ALONG THE BOUNDARY WEAK...AND INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED BY MEAGER
   BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE INFLUX.  NEVERTHELESS...COMBINATION OF
   SURFACE HEATING AND MID LEVEL 30 KT WLY FLOW MAY SUPPORT A FEW
   STRONG AFTERNOON PULSE STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS OVER PARTS OF
   PA/MD/VA/WV.
   
   ...SWRN U.S./S TX...
   SCATTERED STRONG DIURNALLY-ENHANCED STORMS MAY DEVELOP DURING PERIOD
   OVER PARTS OF TX AND NM...WHERE AMPLE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL
   PERSIST BENEATH MODERATE WLY FLOW ALOFT.  MOST OF THE ACTIVITY
   SHOULD BE TIED TO TERRAIN...WITH THE BIG BEND REGION AND PERHAPS
   PARTS OF SRN NM BEING THE MOST LIKELY AREAS TO SEE DEVELOPMENT. 
   PRESENCE OF WEAK FRONT /TAIL END OF MID ATLANTIC BOUNDARY/ DRIFTING
   SWD INTO REGION MAY ALLOW A FEW STORMS TO DEVELOP EWD INTO CNTRL TX.
    WHILE THIS ACTIVITY MAY MERGE INTO A CLUSTER OR TWO THURSDAY
   EVENING...EXPECTED SHEAR/INSTABILITY SHOULD LIMIT OVERALL STORM
   ORGANIZATION/INTENSITY.
   
   ..CORFIDI.. 09/24/2003
   
   ...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 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1730Z
        
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