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Feb- 9-2004 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 091925
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0125 PM CST MON FEB 09 2004
   
   VALID 092000Z - 101200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 SSE CRP 60 W COT
   ...CONT... DRT SJT TYR 10 W ELD 30 NNE MLU 35 SW HEZ 20 SSW LCH.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SOUTHERN TIER STATES...
   MODELS INDICATE LOW/MID-LEVEL CIRCULATION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
   IN THE VICINITY OF THE LOWER COLORADO VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
   TONIGHT.  AS THIS OCCURS...DOWNSTREAM MID-LEVEL FLOW REGIME IS
   PROGGED TO BECOME INCREASINGLY CONFLUENT/CONVERGENT OVER THE SOUTH
   CENTRAL PLAINS...WHERE SURFACE RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD.  THIS
   WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WEAK LOW-LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS BY THE EVENING
   HOURS FROM PARTS OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
   TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
   
   FRONT WILL PROVIDE A ZONE OF ENHANCED LIFT...WHICH COULD BECOME
   FOCUS FOR WEAK THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.  BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION
   APPEARS TO BE EAST OF SAN ANTONIO/AUSTIN INTO THE LUFKIN/FORT POLK
   AREAS DURING THE MID/LATE EVENING HOURS.  MODELS SUGGEST
   LOWER/MID-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION JUST AHEAD OF BUILDING UPPER RIDGE
   MAY BRIEFLY CONTRIBUTE TO UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION ACROSS THIS
   REGION...BEFORE WEAKENING/SHIFTING EASTWARD OVERNIGHT.
   
   ..KERR.. 02/09/2004
   
   ...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 0100Z
        
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