ACUS03 KWNS 260720 SWODY3 SPC AC 260718 DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0118 AM CST THU NOV 26 2009 VALID 281200Z - 291200Z ...SYNOPSIS/FCST... POSITIVE-TILT LARGE SCALE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE OVER THE WRN TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY EARLY THIS WEEKEND. THE TROUGH WILL MAINTAIN A SPLIT CHARACTERISTIC WITH THE NRN WAVE CONTINUING EWD ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS/UPR GRTLKS. STRONGER SRN BRANCH WILL CONTINUE DIGGING INTO NRN BAJA/NWRN SONORA ON SATURDAY WITH A MUCH WEAKER IMPULSE MIGRATING EWD THROUGH THE TN VLY/GULF CST REGION. TSTM PROBABILITIES WILL BE CONFINED TO PARTS OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...GRT BASIN AND DESERT SW ON SATURDAY. HIGHEST CHANCES WILL EXIST WITHIN LEFT-EXIT REGION OF A 130 KT H25 JET FROM PARTS OF SRN CA ENE INTO AZ FROM SATURDAY MORNING INTO THE EARLY EVENING. ALTHOUGH LLVL MOISTURE WILL LIKELY BE LIMITED...SUFFICIENT FORCING AND SUBSEQUENT MOISTENING OF THE H7-H5 LAYER WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A COUPLE HUNDRED J PER KG OF MUCAPE AND THE POTENTIAL RISK FOR WDLY SCTD TSTMS. SOME THREAT MAY CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS SRN/ERN AZ. DESPITE INCREASING WIND FIELDS AND SHEAR...LACK OF SUFFICIENT MOISTURE SHOULD KEEP SVR TSTM PROBABILITIES LOW. ..RACY.. 11/26/2009