| D3: Fri, Jan 18, 2008 - Sat, Jan 19, 2008 | D6: Mon, Jan 21, 2008 - Tue, Jan 22, 2008 |
| D4: Sat, Jan 19, 2008 - Sun, Jan 20, 2008 | D7: Tue, Jan 22, 2008 - Wed, Jan 23, 2008 |
| D5: Sun, Jan 20, 2008 - Mon, Jan 21, 2008 | D8: Wed, Jan 23, 2008 - Thu, Jan 24, 2008 |
| (All days are valid from 12 UTC - 12 UTC) | |
ZCZC SPCFWDD38 ALL FNUS28 KWNS 160945 DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0345 AM CST WED JAN 16 2008 VALID 181200Z - 241200Z ...DISCUSSION... IN THE WAKE OF AN UPPER TROUGH...GUSTY NWLY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SRN PLAINS ON DAY 3 /FRI/. HOWEVER GENERALLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES SHOULD PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. A STRONG UPPER RIDGE WILL BE MAINTAINED OVER THE ERN PACIFIC THROUGH THE PERIOD....WITH DOWNSTREAM BROAD UPPER TROUGH OVER CANADA AND ZONAL FLOW OVER THE CONUS. THIS PATTERN SHOULD MAINTAIN BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE NATION THROUGH DAY 7...AS THE SHALLOW SURFACE AIRMASS ORIGINATING FROM THE ARCTIC REGION OF CANADA UNDERCUTS THE ZONAL UPPER PATTERN. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT INDICATING A SHORTWAVE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE SWD ALONG THE WEST COAST DURING DAYS 4-7. THIS WILL SUPPORT AN END TO THE OFFSHORE WINDS OVER SRN CA BY DAY 4 /SAT/. BEFORE OFFSHORE WINDS END OVER SRN CA...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED ON DAY 3 GIVEN RECENT RAINFALL. OTHERWISE...GUSTY SWLY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER TX/OK /SOUTH OF THE SHALLOW ARCTIC BOUNDARY/ ON DAYS 4-5 /SAT-SUN/. HOWEVER...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN CRITICAL GIVEN RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES. ..CROSBIE.. 01/16/2008 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... $$