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Please refer to local WFO fire weather forecasts for specific fire
weather watches and red flag warnings.
Fire Weather Composite Maps (updated 4 times daily)
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlooks became official on June 12, 2007.
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Day 1 FireWX (print version) |
Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 240857
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0257 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR INTERIOR SRN CA W OF THE COASTAL
RANGE...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE SLOWLY EWD ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS AND
INTO THE MIDWEST THROUGH THE PERIOD. TO THE W...A LARGE AREA OF HIGH
PRESSURE WILL COVER MUCH OF THE WRN U.S...CREATING GUSTY OFFSHORE
FLOW FOR SRN CA WITH LOW RH.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - INTERIOR SRN CA W OF THE COASTAL
RANGE...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: MODERATELY STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITY
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ONGOING TUE MORNING AND WILL PERSIST
INTO WED. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH ARE LIKELY MAINLY
THROUGH FAVORED PASSES AND CANYON AREAS. A DRY AIR MASS IS ALREADY
IN PLACE EARLY THIS MORNING WITH RH IN THE TEENS...AND MIN RH INTO
THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INLAND WITH HIGHS
WELL INTO THE 70S F. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT WITH AREAS
OF POOR RH RECOVERY.
ALTHOUGH VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
WEEKS...OFFICIALS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL HAVE INDICATED THAT FUELS MAY
NOT BE CRITICALLY DRY. PLEASE CHECK WITH LOCAL AGENCIES FOR SPECIFIC
FUEL CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA.
...SRN PLAINS...
A COOL BUT DRY AIR MASS WILL EXIST IN A POST FRONTAL REGIME. NWLY
WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 20-25 MPH OVER KS AND OK TO 10-15 MPH OVER WRN
AND W CNTRL TX. MIN RH WILL STILL DROP INTO THE TEENS DESPITE
RELATIVELY COOL HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S F.
..JEWELL.. 11/24/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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Day 2 FireWX (print version) |
Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 240857
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0257 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR INTERIOR SRN CA W OF THE COASTAL
RANGE...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL BE FIRMLY ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS
INTO THE GREAT LAKES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXIST AT THE SURFACE OVER
MUCH OF THE WRN U.S...EXTENDING EWD ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS AND GULF
COAST STATES. LOCALLY STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN W OF THE SRN CA
COASTAL RANGE WITH LOW RH. ELSEWHERE...A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL
EXIST FROM NM INTO WRN AND CNTRL TX WITH MILD TEMPERATURES.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - INTERIOR SRN CA W OF THE COASTAL
RANGE...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: MODERATELY STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITY
GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BE ONGOING WED MORNING WITH RH LOWERING
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH THE DAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL LIKELY
BE LOWER THAN ON TUE WITH HIGHS APPROACHING 80 F. WINDS W OF THE
COASTAL RANGE EXTENDING SWD TO THE MEXICO BORDER MAY BE A BIT
STRONGER THAN ON TUE AS WELL.
ALTHOUGH VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
WEEKS...OFFICIALS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL HAVE INDICATED THAT FUELS MAY
NOT BE CRITICALLY DRY. PLEASE CHECK WITH LOCAL AGENCIES FOR SPECIFIC
FUEL CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA.
..JEWELL.. 11/24/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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