Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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   FNUS21 KWNS 080835
   STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
   400 AM CDT THU AUG 08 2002
     
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PMWE98 KWNS
   VALID 081200-091200
     
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR - SWRN OREGON / NRN CA...
     
   ...SYNOPSIS... 
   UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM ID INTO WY AND MT...BRINGING
   PRECIPITATION TO MT BUT DRIER AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO WY.  IN THE
   WAKE OF THIS TROUGH...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD...ALLOWING A
   THERMAL TROUGH TO SET UP WITH AXIS EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL CA NWD
   INTO SRN OREGON.  HIGH PRESSURE OVER MT AND ID WILL HELP CREATE ELY
   DOWNSLOPE WINDS W OF THE OREGON CASCADES...AND INTO NRN CA.  A VERY
   DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...DESERT
   SW...CA AND OREGON.
          
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA # - 1 SWRN OREGON / NRN CA...
     
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS:  EAST WINDS / VERY LOW RH / HOT TEMPERATURES 
   
   AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE W COAST...THERMAL LOW/TROUGH WILL
   DEVELOP FROM THE VALLEYS OF CENTRAL CA NWD INTO OREGON.  RH VALUES
   DURING THE DAYTIME WILL DROP INTO THE 10-20 PERCENT RANGE IN
   GENERAL UNDER SUNNY SKIES.  HIGH PRESSURE TO THE E WILL HELP INDUCE
   OFFSHORE FLOW.  SPEEDS OF 10-20 MPH WILL BE COMMON INTO THE
   LOWLANDS...WITH GREATER SPEEDS AND GUSTS THROUGH PASSES.  WINDS ARE
   EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS THERMAL TROUGH MOVES
   WWD...ALLOWING DRY AIR TO BLOW IN FROM THE EAST AND KEEP RH
   RECOVERY POOR.  
   
   ...SRN AND WRN WY...
   CONDITIONS WILL APPROACH CRITICAL LEVELS TODAY OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL
   AND SWRN WYOMING.  LIMITING FACTORS WILL BE MARGINAL RH VALUES IN
   MUCH OF THE STATE AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN COOL INTO THE 70S...AND
   RECENT RAINFALL WHICH WILL TEMPER THE DEGREE OF FIRE THREAT.  A
   FAIRLY STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH TODAY...CAUSING WINDY
   CONDITIONS.  WLY WINDS OF 20-30 MPH SUSTAINED WILL BE COMMON WITH
   HIGHER GUSTS.  RH WILL BE LOWEST INTO SWRN WY...WHERE VALUES OF 15-
   20 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED.  CRITICAL FIRE THREAT WILL BE LIMITED TO
   ISOLATED AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED NO RAIN RECENTLY OVER PORTIONS
   OF CENTRAL AND SW WY.  
   
   ...NRN AZ / WRN CO / NWRN NM...
   VERY DRY AIR WILL SPREAD OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN...AND INTO NRN AZ
   WRN CO AND NWRN NM WHERE IT HAS BEEN RELATIVELY MOIST.  ALTHOUGH
   WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...DECREASING HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO
   DRY FUELS AND INCREASE FIRE DANGERS.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 08/08/02
     
   SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE
     
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   FNUS22 KWNS 081619
   STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
   500 AM CDT THU AUG 08 2002
     
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PMWI98 KWNS
     
   ...NO LARGE-SCALE SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED...
     
   ...SYNOPSIS... 
   SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE OUT OF MT/WY AND INTO NRN MN BY SAT
   MORNING.  AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NRN ROCKIES WILL PUSH
   EWD AS A COLD FRONT...AND SHIFT WINDS TO NWLY THROUGH THE CENTRAL
   AND NRN PLAINS.  A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE WRN
   U.S...AS WARM DRY AIR MOVES FURTHER NWD INTO OREGON AND WASHINGTON.
   HAINES INDICES WILL REACH THE HIGH CATEGORY OVER THE FOUR CORNERS
   AREA.  EXTREMELY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO SRN CA. 
     
   ...OREGON / NRN CA...
   INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE EAST WINDS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG AS
   ON THUR...BUT NEVERTHELESS FIRE CONCERNS WILL BE HEIGHTENED DUE TO
   THE HOT DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE.  MIN RH VALUES OF 10-15 PERCENT ARE
   EXPECTED...WITH SINGLE DIGITS INTO THE VALLEYS OF NRN CA.  RH
   RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT WILL BE POOR EXCEPT IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE
   COAST.  
   
   ..JEWELL.. 08/08/02
      
   SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE
     
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