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Day 3-8 Fire Weather Forecast Issued on Nov 20, 2009
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Day 3-8 Fire Weather Forecast Graphic
D3Sun, Nov 22, 2009 - Mon, Nov 23, 2009 D6Wed, Nov 25, 2009 - Thu, Nov 26, 2009
D4Mon, Nov 23, 2009 - Tue, Nov 24, 2009 D7Thu, Nov 26, 2009 - Fri, Nov 27, 2009
D5Tue, Nov 24, 2009 - Wed, Nov 25, 2009 D8Fri, Nov 27, 2009 - Sat, Nov 28, 2009
(All days are valid from 12 UTC - 12 UTC)
   ZCZC SPCFWDD38 ALL
   FNUS28 KWNS 200934
   
   DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0334 AM CST FRI NOV 20 2009
   
   VALID 221200Z - 281200Z
   
   ...DISCUSSION...
   A RELATIVELY ACTIVE PATTERN WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE PERIOD.
   THE PRIMARY TROUGH FOR THE PERIOD WILL BE LOCATED ACROSS THE WRN
   STATES ON D3...MOVING INTO THE PLAINS ON D4 AND POSSIBLY SLOWING
   DOWN ACROSS THE UPPER MS VALLEY AND WRN GREAT LAKES REGION D5-D6 AS
   ANOTHER TROUGH AMPLIFIES SEWD OUT OF CANADA AND INTO THE NRN PLAINS
   D5-D6.
   
   HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD INTO THE GREAT BASIN BEHIND THIS
   PRIMARY TROUGH ON MON D4...WITH DRY OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING ACROSS
   SRN CA MAINLY DURING THE D5-D7 PERIOD. MIN RH WILL LIKELY DROP INTO
   THE LOW TEENS OR UPPER SINGLE DIGITS TUE D5 INTO WED D6 WHEN WINDS
   WILL BE STRONGEST. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A
   WEAK TO MODERATE EVENT. HOWEVER...GIVEN RELATIVELY WEAK UPPER
   SUPPORT...PREDICTABILITY OF THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS
   TOO LOW FOR ANY CRITICAL AREAS.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 11/20/2009
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
   $$

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