SPC Day 1 Thunderstorm Outlook Issued 13Z 20031206


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.

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