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Jan-28-2004 1200 UTC Day 3 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 280836
   
   DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0236 AM CST WED JAN 28 2004
   
   VALID 301200Z - 311200Z
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS/FORECAST...
   PROGRESSIVE SPLIT FLOW REGIME WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS
   THE LOWER 48...WITH DOMINANT NRN STREAM JET EXPECTED TO SAG A BIT
   FARTHER S ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW AND NRN RCKYS. MAIN PART OF SRN
   STREAM IMPULSE NOW OVER CA SHOULD BE OVER CNTRL MEXICO AT THE START
   OF THE DAY 3 PERIOD.  TO ITS N...A WEAK EXTENSION OF THE MEXICAN
   SYSTEM WILL LIKELY REACH NE ACROSS FAR S TX INTO NWRN GULF.
   
   SURFACE WAVE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WRN GULF ON THURSDAY
   SHOULD CONTINUE ENE ACROSS THE CNTRL GULF ON FRIDAY...REACHING THE
   AREA WELL S OF THE PENSACOLA OR MOBILE BAY EARLY SATURDAY.  THE WAVE
   SHOULD REMAIN WEAK AS UPPER SYSTEM WILL BE SHEARING E INTO CONFLUENT
   FLOW PATTERN ALONG THE S ATLANTIC CST.
   
   A FEW ELEVATED STORMS MAY GRAZE THE LA/MS CST EARLY IN THE PERIOD...
   BUT LIMITED LARGE SCALE ASCENT/INSTABILITY SHOULD PRECLUDE
   STRONG/WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE GULF CST REGION
   THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD.  ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED POST-
   FRONTAL STORMS MAY OCCUR FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF STRONG NRN STREAM
   DISTURBANCE OVER THE PACIFIC NW.
   
   ..CORFIDI.. 01/28/2004
   
   ...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 3 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1200Z
        
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