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Mar- 8-2004 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 080552
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1152 PM CST SUN MAR 07 2004
   
   VALID 081200Z - 091200Z.
   
   ...NO TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...NJ...
   AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL TRACK EWD ACROSS PA THIS MORNING. THE MODELS
   FORECAST PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THE LOW ACROSS NJ AND SRN NY IN A
   ZONE OF STRONG PVA FROM 12Z TO 18Z. LAPSE RATES WILL BE STEEP ATTM
   BUT THERE WILL BE PRACTICALLY NO INSTABILITY DISCOURAGING THE
   FORMATION OF CONVECTION. IF A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS OCCUR...AN
   ISOLATED STRIKE OR TWO WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING. LIGHTNING
   COVERAGE DOES NOT WARRANT AN OUTLOOK. THE UPPER-LOW WILL MOVE
   OFFSHORE BY AFTERNOON...REDUCING ANY CHANCE FOR LIGHTNING STRIKES.
   
   ..BROYLES/BANACOS.. 03/08/2004
   
   ...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 1300Z
        
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