Feb-19-2005 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
Updated: Sat Feb 19 12:08:01 UTC 2005
Categorical Graphic
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Probabilistic Tornado Graphic
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Probabilistic Large Hail Graphic
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   SPC AC 191205
   
   DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0605 AM CST SAT FEB 19 2005
   
   VALID 191300Z - 201200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM JBR HRO JLN MHK BIE
   40 N FNB P35 STL MDH 10 SSE PAH DYR JBR.
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 10 SW ONP 20 E ONP 30
   S SLE 40 ESE EUG 30 NE MFR 45 W MHS RBL 45 NE MER BIH P38 BCE CNY
   GJT GUC SAF 4CR CNM MAF 25 SE DRT.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   LARGE UPPER LOW THAT HAS BEEN OFF THE CA COAST FOR THE LAST COUPLE
   OF DAYS WILL BEGIN SHIFTING EASTWARD TODAY...WITH MAIN SHORTWAVE
   TROUGH ROTATING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST STATES.  SCATTERED
   SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM MUCH OF CA INTO THE FOUR
   CORNERS REGION...AS WELL AS FAR WEST TX.  TWO SMALL AREAS WITHIN
   THIS REGION APPEAR TO HAVE A SLIGHTLY HEIGHTENED THREAT OF STRONG
   CONVECTION TODAY.
   
   ...SOUTHERN CA COAST THIS MORNING...
   PRIMARY UPPER VORT MAX IS APPROACHING THE LA BASIN AT THIS TIME. 
   SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING ALONG THE COAST FOR THE
   LAST FEW HOURS...WITH ISOLATED CELLS SHOWING SOME POTENTIAL FOR
   HAIL.  THIS THREAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING AS NEW CELLS
   GENERATE JUST OFFSHORE AND MOVE INLAND.  ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH BY
   THIS AFTERNOON AS UPPER SYSTEM MOVES EASTWARD.
   
   ...SOUTHWEST AZ THIS AFTERNOON...
   PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRIMARY UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO
   WESTERN AZ BY THIS AFTERNOON.  AXIS OF HIGHER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
   VALUES IS PRESENT IN THIS REGION...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW/MID
   50S.  COMBINATION OF DAYTIME HEATING...COOLING ALOFT...AND
   INCREASING UPPER FORCING FOR VERTICAL MOTION WILL AID IN THE
   DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.  A FEW STORMS
   COULD PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OR HAIL.  ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
   ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
   
   ..HART.. 02/19/2005
   
   ...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 BY 1630Z