Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook Issued on May 22, 2013
Updated: Wed May 22 20:39:02 UTC 2013 (Print Version)
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Flagstaff, AZ...St. George, UT...Gallup, NM...Tuba City, AZ...Show Low, AZ...
D4
64,350
506,446
Flagstaff, AZ...St. George, UT...Gallup, NM...Socorro, NM...Tuba City, AZ...
D3
Fri, May 24, 2013 - Sat, May 25, 2013
D6
Mon, May 27, 2013 - Tue, May 28, 2013
D4
Sat, May 25, 2013 - Sun, May 26, 2013
D7
Tue, May 28, 2013 - Wed, May 29, 2013
D5
Sun, May 26, 2013 - Mon, May 27, 2013
D8
Wed, May 29, 2013 - Thu, May 30, 2013
(All days are valid from 12 UTC - 12 UTC)
ZCZC SPCFWDD38 ALL
FNUS28 KWNS 222037
DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0337 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013
VALID 241200Z - 301200Z
OVERALL...THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE WARM AND DRY. THE EXCEPTION
IS THAT SOME BENEFICIAL RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ON DAYS 3/4 AND
5/FRI-SUN...OVER THE EASTERN 1/3 OF NEW MEXICO AND THE TX PANHANDLE
WERE FUELS HAVE BEEN VERY DRY WITH LONG TERM DROUGHT.
DAYS 3-5/FRI-SUN...UPPER LOW OVER NW AND TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST
WILL CONTINUE AS UPPER RIDGE HOLDS OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. THE UPPER
TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL ROTATE NEWD INTO NEW ENGLAND BY
MONDAY. A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE BASE OF
THE WESTERN TROUGH AND INCREASE THE WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST WITH
A CRITICAL AREA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF NRN AZ/NM WITH
AN ELEVATED AREA FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY FOR PARTS OF ERN AZ AND
WRN/CNTRL NM.
DAYS 6-8/MON-WED...MODELS DIFFER ON ANY EWD PROGRESSION OF WRN U.S.
TROUGH BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AND AFTER SOME ELEVATED CONDITIONS IN ERN
AZ/WRN NM ON MONDAY...WILL NOT HIGHLIGHT ANY SPECIFIC AREA FOR DAYS
7-8/TUE-WED EXCEPT TO NOTE THAT OVERALL DRY/WARM CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF ARIZONA AND THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF NEW
MEXICO.
..BOTHWELL.. 05/22/2013
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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