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Mar- 6-2004 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 061727
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1127 AM CST SAT MAR 06 2004
   
   VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 15 SW HSE 30 ENE FAY
   15 N HKY 35 NW HSS 40 WSW LUK 35 W MIE JXN 40 WNW ERI 35 SE ELM EWR.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   STRONG UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH/VIGOROUS LARGE SCALE ASCENT MOVING
   ONTO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS TODAY WILL RAPIDLY MOVE SEWD AND AMPLIFY/
   STRENGTHEN OVER THE UPPER OH VLY AND MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES ON
   SUNDAY. AT THE SURFACE...A LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS GREAT LAKES WITH
   SECONDARY LOW DEVELOPING OFF THE VA COAST BY SUNDAY NIGHT.  A COLD
   FRONT WILL MOVE FROM THE NRN PLAINS TODAY TO OFF THE MID ATLANTIC
   COAST BY 12 UTC MONDAY. 
    
   ...MID/UPPER OH VLY AND MID ATLANTIC STATES...
   LOW LEVEL PROFILES WILL BE COOL AND RATHER DRY ACROSS THE AREA...IN
   WAKE OF TODAYS COLD FRONT...LIMITING THE INSTABILITY ALONG/AHEAD OF
   THE COLD FRONT.  NONETHELESS...MAGNITUDE OF PVA/FORCING AND
   STEEPENING LOW-MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES MAY SUPPORT BANDS OF TSTMS ALONG
   THE FRONT ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 
   FARTHER WEST...UPSLOPE AND UNSTABLE FLOW BENEATH CORE OF MIDLEVEL
   COLD POCKET WILL ENCOURAGE ISOLD DIURNAL TSTMS ACROSS THE MID/UPPER
   OH VLY.  THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AREA...STRONGER UPDRAFTS MAY YIELD
   SMALL HAIL/GRAUPEL GIVEN THE COOL TEMPERATURES PROFILES.  THE RISK
   OF SEVERE DOES NOT SEEM HIGH ENOUGH TO INTRODUCE SEVERE PROBS/
   CATEGORICAL OTLK.
   
   ..RACY.. 03/06/2004
   
   ...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 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 0800Z
        
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