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Apr- 9-2004 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 090056
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0756 PM CDT THU APR 08 2004
   
   VALID 090100Z - 091200Z
   
   THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 NNE
   CDS 60 NNW ABI 20 E BGS 25 WNW MAF 45 E ROW 30 SE AMA 50 NNW CDS 25
   NNE CDS.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 S ELP 30 E PRC 45
   NNW NID 15 S TVL 25 W BAM 45 NW ENV 15 NNW BYI 40 S S80 45 NW 63S
   ...CONT... 60 NW HVR 50 E WRL 35 ENE SNY 20 NE RSL 45 SSE PNC 10 SSE
   FTW 30 NNE SAT 35 ENE CRP.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 E SSU 45 WSW EKN
   10 SE AOO 20 NW CXY 25 WNW ILG 15 SSE NHK 40 S CHO 10 E SSU.
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FOR PORTIONS OF ERN NM TROUGH W
   TX...
   
   ...SRN HIGH PLAINS...
   
   EARLY THIS EVENING AN AXIS OF MARGINAL TO MODERATE INSTABILITY
   EXTENDS FROM SW TX NWD THROUGH ERN NM AND INTO CNTRL PARTS OF W TX
   WITH MLCAPE FROM 500 TO 1200 J/KG. SCATTERED STORMS THAT DEVELOPED
   OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NM IN UPSLOPE REGIME HAVE SPREAD EWD INTO
   THE HIGH PLAINS OF ERN NM AND W TX. THOUGH ACTIVITY IS EVOLVING INTO
   AN MCS...A FEW DISCRETE CELLS INCLUDING SUPERCELLS PERSIST.
   
   SLY LOW LEVEL JET WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THROUGH W TX AND INTO WRN OK
   IN ADVANCE OF SHORTWAVE NOW MOVING EWD THROUGH NM. SURFACE BASED
   CONVECTIVE INHIBITION WILL INCREASE AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS AND
   SHOULD LIMIT SWD EXTENT OF DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...UPPER DIVERGENCE
   DOWNSTREAM FROM SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH WARM
   ADVECTION ACCOMPANYING STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET WILL SUPPORT
   ACTIVITY CONTINUING THROUGH W TX AND EVENTUALLY INTO OK. STRONGEST
   STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ON SRN HALF OF MCS IN CLOSER PROXIMITY
   TO FEED OF HIGHER INSTABILITY. STORMS MAY BECOME ELEVATED LATER
   TONIGHT AS BOUNDARY LAYER DECOUPLES. HOWEVER...THREAT FOR ISOLATED
   LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND SHOULD PERSIST AT LEAST INTO THE LATE
   EVENING THROUGH W TX BEFORE ACTIVITY GRADUALLY WEAKENS DUE TO
   INCREASINGLY MARGINAL INSTABILITY.
   
   OTHER MORE ISOLATED STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER SW TX NEAR SAN ANGELO
   IN ASSOCIATION WITH A WEAKER SRN STREAM SHORTWAVE TROUGH AS WELL AS
   OVER THE DAVIES MOUNTAINS. THIS ACTIVITY EXISTS AN ENVIRONMENT WITH
   WEAKER SHEAR AND WHERE FORCING FOR ASCENT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
   RELATIVELY WEAK. THOUGH AN ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT MAY CONTINUE
   THROUGH MID EVENING..STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS THE BOUNDARY
   LAYER COOLS AND CONVECTIVE INHIBITION INCREASES.
   
   ..DIAL.. 04/09/2004
   
   ...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 0600Z
        
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