ACUS02 KWNS 130542 SWODY2 SPC AC 130541 DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1241 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2008 VALID 141200Z - 151200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SYNOPSIS... WHILE A MID-LEVEL SHORT-WAVE TROUGH MOVES QUICKLY EWD ACROSS ERN CANADA AND LATER ACROSS NEW ENGLAND...A WEAKENING TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. WILL MAKE SLOWER EWD PROGRESS -- HINDERED BY A PERSISTENT ERN U.S. RIDGE. A SIMILAR SITUATION IS FORECAST AT THE SURFACE...WHERE A COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE DAY AND THEN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT...WHILE FURTHER SW THE FRONT LINGERS ACROSS THE OH/MID MS VALLEYS AND INTO THE SRN PLAINS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN MINIMALLY-UNSTABLE AIRMASS INVOF THE FRONT -- MAINLY FROM MO/IL SWWD. SCATTERED/MAINLY ELEVATED POST-FRONTAL STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF WRN TX/OK/ERN NM. HOWEVER...WITH INSTABILITY FORECAST TO REMAIN MINIMAL...SEVERE THREAT ATTM APPEARS TO BE VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTENT. ..GOSS.. 10/13/2008