Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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   FNUS21 KWNS 050752
   STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
   400 AM CDT MON AUG 05 2002
     
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PMWE98 KWNS
   VALID 051200-061200
     
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR - CENTRAL AND ERN GREAT BASIN /
   EXTREME SERN ID AND SWRN WY...
    
   ...SYNOPSIS... 
   UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE NWRN U.S...MAKING FOR WINDY
   CONDITIONS INTO THE GREAT BASIN AND INTO LEEWARD SIDES OF MTN
   CHAINS.  WARM AND DRY AIR WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS TO POSE FIRE
   WEATHER HAZARD OVER NV / CA / UT / SERN ID AND WRN WY.  THE REST OF
   THE COUNTRY WILL BE RELATIVELY MOIST....EXPECT FOR LOCALLY LOW RH
   INTO THE SRN APPALACHIANS AND PIEDMONT AREA WHERE EXCEPTIONAL LONG
   TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE.
     
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA # 1 - CENTRAL AND ERN GREAT BASIN /
   EXTREME SERN ID AND SWRN WY...
     
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY SWLY WINDS / LOW RH / EXTREME FIRE DANGER
   
   ANOTHER WINDY DAY IS IN STORE FOR THE GREAT BASIN WITH BAND OF 20-
   30 MPH WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE...WHICH WILL MIX DOWNWARD DURING
   THE DAY.  WINDS IN THE LOWLANDS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE NEAR 20 MPH
   SUSTAINED WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER 30 MPH.  WINDS IN THE HIGHER
   TERRAIN WILL BE GREATER...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS CLOSER TO 25-30 MPH
   AND GUSTY.  DRY AIR ALREADY IN PLACE COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING
   WILL ALLOW RH LEVELS TO DROP INTO THE 10-15 PERCENT RANGE MOST
   PLACES.
     
   ...NERN CA INTO NWRN NV...
   WIND AND RH COMBINATIONS OF 15-20 MPH AND 10-25 PERCENT CAN BE
   EXPECTED TODAY.  TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S AND RH NEAR 20
   PERCENT WILL MITIGATE FIRE THREAT A BIT TODAY OVER NRN CA...WHILE
   WIND SPEEDS OF 15-20 MPH OVER NWRN NV REMAIN JUST BELOW CRITICAL
   LEVELS.  
   
   ..JEWELL.. 08/05/02
     
   SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE
     
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   FNUS22 KWNS 050752
   STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
   500 AM CDT MON AUG 05 2002
     
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PMWI98 KWNS
   VALID 061200-071200
     
   ...NO LARGE-SCALE SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED...
     
   ...SYNOPSIS... 
   UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NWRN U.S. WILL MOVE NWD A BIT ALLOWING FOR A
   SLIGHT DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS FOR THE GREAT BASIN AREA.  A LARGE
   UPPER RIDGE WILL HOLD FOR THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY...WHILE
   A DRY  COLD FRONT MOVES SWD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND
   APPALACHIANS.
     
   ...GREAT BASIN AREA...
   UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY NWD ON TUESDAY...ALLOWING FOR A
   DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS ON AVERAGE OVER THE GREAT BASIN.  BY
   AFTERNOON...SWLY WINDS AROUND 15 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
   HIGHER GUSTS.  MIN RH WILL BE LOW ONCE AGAIN AT 10-15 PERCENT.    
   
   ...WRN NC / NWRN SC...
   A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC AREA ON
   TUESDAY...CAUSING WINDS TO SHIFT NLY AT 15-20 MPH.  THIS COLD FRONT
   IS EXPECTED TO BE MOSTLY DRY IN NATURE.  RH WILL BE ON THE HIGH
   SIDE HOWEVER...AT 30-40 PERCENT.  A WARM DRY SPELL OVER THE LAST
   WEEK ALONG WITH SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS SUGGEST INCREASING FIRE
   DANGER...PARTICULARLY INTO WRN NC AND EXTREME NWRN SC.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 08/05/02
      
   SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE
     
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