| D3 | Tue, Apr 29, 2008 - Wed, Apr 30, 2008 | D6 | Fri, May 02, 2008 - Sat, May 03, 2008 |
| D4 | Wed, Apr 30, 2008 - Thu, May 01, 2008 | D7 | Sat, May 03, 2008 - Sun, May 04, 2008 |
| D5 | Thu, May 01, 2008 - Fri, May 02, 2008 | D8 | Sun, May 04, 2008 - Mon, May 05, 2008 |
| (All days are valid from 12 UTC - 12 UTC) | |||
ZCZC SPCFWDD38 ALL FNUS28 KWNS 270746 DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0246 AM CDT SUN APR 27 2008 VALID 291200Z - 051200Z ...DISCUSSION... BY D3 THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TROUGH WILL SLOWLY CONTINUE EWD...WITH THE MAIN UPPER LOW OVER NRN ONTARIO/QUEBEC AND A SURFACE LOW EXITING NEW ENGLAND. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL FOLLOW THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE IN THE SOUTHEAST...WITH CRITICALLY LOW RHS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE ON D3 IN THE WEST...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL ENTER THE NWRN STATES AND BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE GREAT BASIN. LOW PRESSURE WILL BUILD SWD ON THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES...AND INDICATIONS ARE THAT A CRITICAL AREA MAY ALSO NEED TO BE ADDED TO ERN NM/WRN TX SHOULD THE MODELS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT...IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT DAY 3 CRITICAL OUTLINE. SWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SWRN STATES THROUGH D4. BY D5 THE LOW DEEPENS OVER THE PLAINS...WITH DRY AND WARM FLOW AND INCREASING WINDS ACROSS A LARGE AREA EXTENDING THROUGH AZ/NM/CO...THE TX/OK PANHANDLES AND WRN TX. FROM D6 ONWARD IT APPEARS THE STRONGEST CORE OF WINDS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE EASTERN US AS THE MAIN TROUGH AXIS MOVES EWD...ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST WILL REMAIN DRY. ..HURLBUT.. 04/27/2008 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... $$