Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks
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FNUS21 KWNS 090850
STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
400 AM CDT TUE JUL 09 2002
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PMWE98 KWNS
VALID 091200-101200
...NO LARGE-SCALE SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED...
...SYNOPSIS...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BUILD ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES TODAY IN
WAKE OF POTENT UPPER LOW WHICH BROUGHT SEVERE WEATHER THROUGHOUT
MUCH OF MT. EXPECT DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND AS A
RESULT. BROAD UPPER HIGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO
DOMINATE MUCH OF THE WEST. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP
ACROSS NM AND AZ AS MID-LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTS WWD ALONG THE SRN
PORTION OF THE HIGH.
...EXTREME SERN MT/NWRN SD/SWRN ND...
PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL REMAIN RATHER TIGHT TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF
THE REGION AS UPPER LOW DIVES SEWD AROUND THE NE PERIPHERY OF THE
UPPER HIGH. 60 KNOT MID-LEVEL WINDS UNDERNEATH THIS GRADIENT
SHOULD TRANSLATE 20-25 MPH WNW SUSTAINED WINDS TO THE
SURFACE...WHILE 40 MPH GUSTS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF SW ND. RECENT RAINFALL HOWEVER...WILL KEEP RH VALUES
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AROUND 30-40 PERCENT.
..CUPO.. 07/09/02
SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE
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FNUS22 KWNS 090852
STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
400 AM CDT TUE JUL 09 2002
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PMWI98 KWNS
VALID 101200-111200
...NO LARGE-SCALE SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED...
...SYNOPSIS...
NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD AS
UPPER HIGH ENCOMPASSES MOST OF THE WEST. AS A RESULT...EXPECT
WARM...DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL WHILE SYNOPTIC-SCALE
WINDS REMAIN LIGHT. CHANCE OF WETTING THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN
THE FORECAST FOR PARTS OF AZ AND NM THROUGH DAY 2.
..CUPO.. 07/09/02
SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE
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