ZCZC SPCSWODY1 ALL ACUS01 KWNS 061213 SPC AC 061213 DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0613 AM CST SAT DEC 06 2003 VALID 061300Z - 071200Z GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 40 ENE BLI 25 NNE PDX 35 NE MFR 55 SSW SVE SAC 55 SSE UKI. ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...NWRN U.S COASTAL AREAS... EARLY THIS MORNING PRECIPITATION ALONG AND E OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM WA SWWD THROUGH NRN CA. MOIST ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST ALONG THE PACIFIC NW COAST IN THE WAKE OF THIS BOUNDARY. STEEPER LAPSE RATES SHOULD GRADUALLY DEVELOP SWD THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS MOVES INLAND. THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MARGINAL INSTABILITY WITH MLCAPES GENERALLY AOB 300 J/KG ALONG THE COASTS. INSTABILITY MAY BECOME SUFFICIENT LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT TO SUPPORT ISOLATED LIGHTNING STRIKES AS SCATTERED CONVECTION MOVES INLAND FROM THE ERN PACIFIC. ..DIAL.. 12/06/2003 ...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. $$ |