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Feb-21-2004 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 210553
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1153 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2004
   
   VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 N U17 40 W MTJ 35
   SSE GUC 30 SSE ALS 20 SSE LVS 25 WSW 4CR 25 W TCS 30 NW SAD 35 NE
   PHX 35 WNW FLG 40 WSW PGA 25 N U17.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER CA WILL MOVE SLOWLY EWD TODAY.
   LARGE-SCALE LIFT RESPONSIBLE FOR WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS
   SERN CA WILL SPREAD EWD ACROSS AZ INTO NM TODAY. COLD TEMPS ALOFT
   (500 MB TEMPS OF -22 TO -24 C) AND WARMING SFC TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON
   WILL STEEPEN LAPSE RATES ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. ALTHOUGH
   LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED...ENOUGH INSTABILITY
   SHOULD DEVELOP FOR HIGH-BASED STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
   EVENING.
   
   ..BROYLES.. 02/21/2004
   
   ...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 1300Z
        
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