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   SPC AC 021650
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1050 AM CST MON JAN 02 2006
   
   VALID 021630Z - 031200Z
   
   THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 55 SW
   PFN 20 ENE CEW TOI 10 W AUO 35 WNW MCN 25 WNW AGS 25 NE CAE FLO 40
   SW CRE 20 N CTY 55 SSE TLH.
   
   THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 ESE
   SGJ 30 WSW PIE ...CONT... 30 WSW BVE 50 ESE MEI 30 NNW TCL 35 ESE
   MEM 20 E PAH 10 S MTO 30 NE PIA 30 WSW FWA 30 N CMH 10 N PKB 35 E
   CRW 15 WNW BLF 15 NNW AVL 20 SW AVL 25 W GSP 15 SE SPA 35 E HKY 15
   ENE DAN 20 NE AVC 40 WSW ORF 30 NW HSE 50 SSW HSE.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 NNE MLB 50 W FMY
   ...CONT... 60 S HUM 30 SE MEI 20 SSE CBM 10 NW UOX 25 WSW PAH 40 NE
   VIH 10 ENE UIN 20 ENE MLI 35 S LSE 10 WSW MTW 35 WNW MBS 30 NE MTC
   ...CONT... 25 NW ERI 20 N DUJ 10 ENE AOO 15 ESE HGR 20 ESE BWI 25
   SSW DOV 50 ESE SBY.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 NNW CLM 35 SSW OLM
   50 S EUG 35 ESE MHS 40 NW RNO 35 SE NFL 40 SW ELY 40 NW MLF 40 ESE
   MLF 25 NW PGA 40 ENE GCN 25 N PRC 35 N BLH 15 SE RAL 35 SSW OXR.
   
   ...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS PORTIONS CENTRAL/ERN FL
   PANHANDLE...SERN AL...GA...SRN/ERN SC...
   
   ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ELSEWHERE FROM NRN FL NWWD TO
   SRN INDIANA/SRN OH/ERN IL...AND MUCH OF CAROLINAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   PROGRESSIVE SYNOPTIC PATTERN FEATURES PRIMARY TROUGHS INITIALLY
   OFFSHORE CA AND OVER MS VALLEY.  PRONOUNCED MID-UPPER LEVEL CYCLONE
   ASSOCIATED WITH LATTER FEATURE -- EVIDENT IN MOISTURE CHANNEL
   IMAGERY AND PROFILER DATA OVER NRN MO -- IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ESEWD
   ACROSS LOWER OH VALLEY...REACHING VICINITY TN/VA BORDER BY 3/12Z. 
   ASSOCIATED SFC CYCLONE -- INITIALLY OVER WRN IL -- WILL MOVE EWD
   ACROSS SRN OH AND WEAKEN AS SFC CYCLOGENESIS GETS UNDERWAY OVER
   TIDEWATER REGION OF VA/NC.  MEANWHILE ASSOCIATED SFC COLD FRONT WILL
   SWEEP EWD ACROSS TN VALLEY AND SRN APPALACHIANS REGION THROUGH
   REMAINDER PERIOD.  TROUGH OFFSHORE CA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND
   THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL/SRN CA.  OTHERWISE SEE GEOGRAPHIC
   SECTIONS BELOW FOR PERTINENT SFC FEATURES.
   
   ...SERN CONUS...
   REF WW 5 AND RELATED MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS FOR NOWCAST INFORMATION
   REGARDING BAND OF STRONG-SVR TSTMS CURRENTLY FROM SWRN GA ACROSS FL
   PANHANDLE.
   
   SFC...925 AND 850 MB ANALYSES SHOW MARKED ZONE OF RELATIVELY
   COOL/STABLE SFC AIR OVER SRN APPALACHIANS AND CAROLINAS NEWD...WRN
   BOUNDARY OF WHICH IS RETREATING SLOWLY ENEWD ACROSS NERN AL/NWRN GA.
    SERN EDGE OF THIS AIR MASS SHOULD DRIFT NWD OVER ERN GA AND SRN SC
   AHEAD OF MAIN ONGOING CONVECTIVE BAND. WAA AND DIABATIC HEATING
   WILL AID NEWD EROSION OF COLD AIR WEDGE OVER GA AND EVENTUALLY
   SC...POSSIBLY INTO SRN/WRN NC THIS EVENING.  TORNADO AND WIND
   POTENTIAL WILL BE STRONGLY TIED TO EXTENT AND MAGNITUDE OF
   ASSOCIATED SFC-BASED DESTABILIZATION...HENCE DECREASE IN SEVERE
   PROBABILITIES NEWD ACROSS REGION.
   
   VERTICAL SHEAR WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SUPERCELL AND BOW POTENTIAL
   BOTH IN EXISTING CONVECTIVE BAND AND IN DESTABILIZING AIR MASS
   FARTHER W...ALTHOUGH VEERING WIND PROFILE RESULT IN STRAIGHTER
   HODOGRAPHS AND SMALLER PROJECTED SRH BETWEEN EXISTING CONVECTIVE
   BAND AND SFC COLD FRONT.  DEEP-LAYER SHEARS ARE EXPECTED TO
   STRENGTHEN ACROSS GA/CAROLINAS WITH TIME THROUGH TONIGHT AS
   MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW APCHS...AND ASSOCIATED HEIGHT GRADIENTS ALOFT
   STRENGTHEN.  SHEAR/VORTICITY ALSO WILL BE ENHANCED INVOF RETREATING
   WEDGE/FRONT...FURTHER AIDING TORNADO POTENTIAL ON MESOSCALE.  GIVEN
   SHEAR PROFILES...ANY SUSTAINED SUPERCELLS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY
   PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT TORNADO.
   
   ...OH VALLEY REGION...
   SFC WARM FRONT IS EVIDENT FROM NERN AL NNWWD ACROSS CENTRAL KY TO
   SWRN AL...INTERSECTING SQUALL LINE INVOF SRN PORTION IL/INDIANA
   BORDER.  EXPECT WARM FRONT TO RETREAT ENEWD ACROSS TN/KY AND SRN
   INDIANA THROUGH AFTERNOON.  RELATIVELY COLD AIR ALOFT AND STRONG LOW
   LEVEL FORCING SHOULD CONTINUE CONVECTIVE BAND NOW OVER THIS REGION
   THROUGH MUCH OF AFTERNOON.  REF SPC WWS 4 AND 6...AND ASSOCIATED
   MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS -- FOR NEAR-TERM INFO.
   
   NEAR-FRONTAL TSTM BAND SHOULD GRADUALLY OVERTAKE EWD MOVING WARM
   FRONT OVER OH VALLEY THROUGH 00Z...RESULTING IN SFC-BASED
   INSTABILITY DECREASING WITH TIME AND FROM N-S IN INFLOW LAYER. 
   MEANWHILE BAND WILL BACKBUILD SWD INTO TN VALLEY REGION...RESULTING
   IN SEWD NET SHIFT OF SEVERE POTENTIAL FROM ONGOING WW AREAS TOWARD
   CENTRAL PORTIONS KY/TN.  BOWS AND EMBEDDED SUPERCELLS ARE POSSIBLE
   WITH SLGT POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES...ALONG WITH DAMAGING GUSTS AND
   LARGE HAIL.
   
   ...CENTRAL/SRN CA...
   PRONOUNCED MIDLEVEL DESTABILIZATION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
   ACROSS THIS REGION AS MIDLEVEL TROUGH APCHS.  VERTICAL SHEAR
   PROFILES WILL STRENGTHEN WITH APCH OF TROUGH ALOFT...WHILE SFC FLOW 
   BACKS ACROSS CENTRAL VALLEY BECAUSE OF OROGRAPHIC FORCING.  MAIN
   CAVEAT WILL BE TIMING/EXTENT OF DESTABILIZATION BEHIND ONGOING
   PRECIP PLUME...DURING ROUGHLY 20Z-00Z TIME FRAME.  MESOSCALE TRENDS
   WILL BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE UPGRADE IN SEVERE POTENTIAL FOR 20Z
   OUTLOOK.
   
   ..EDWARDS.. 01/02/2006
   
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