ZCZC SPCSWODY1 ALL ACUS01 KWNS 030536 SPC AC 030535 STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PGWE46 KWNS. VALID 031200Z - 041200Z NO SVR TSTM AREAS FCST. GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 SSE FMY 20 SE VRB. ...SOUTH FL... SRN END OF UPPER TROUGH AXIS IS PROGRESSING STEADILY ACROSS THE ERN GULF OF MEXICO...IN LINE WITH LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE. DOWNSTREAM...LOCAL VWP DATA INDICATE DEEP LAYER FLOW CONTINUES TO VEER WHILE BROAD ZONE OF CONVECTION SAGS SEWD ACROSS THE SRN PENINSULA. THIS SUGGESTS FOCUS FOR DEEP CONVECTION WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE EARLY IN THE PERIOD AND ANY THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED TO THE FIRST 2-4 HOURS OF THE PERIOD. ...PACIFIC NORTHWEST... UPPER TROUGH AXIS IS MOVING INLAND AND UPPER RIDGE AND RESULTANT WARM ADVECTION REGIME WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED EARLY IN THE PERIOD AHEAD OF NEXT UPSTREAM TROUGH. ANY CONVECTION THAT OCCURS ALONG THE PACIFIC NW COAST WILL OCCUR VERY EARLY IN THE PERIOD...EVEN SO THIS ACTIVITY MAY PROVE TOO SHALLOW TO WARRANT ANY REAL THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS. TIMING OF NEXT FRONT WILL OCCUR LATER DAY2. ..DARROW.. 01/03/03 NNNN |