Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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   FNUS21 KWNS 040839
   STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
   400 AM CDT WED SEP 04 2002
     
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PMWE98 KWNS
   VALID 041200-051200
     
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR - NERN CA TO SWRN MT...
     
   ...SYNOPSIS... 
   UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OFF PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL DEEPEN
   SOUTHWARD AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OFF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST
   MOVES NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH CALIFORNIA..NORTHWEST NEVADA AND INTO
   SOUTHERN IDAHO BY END OF PERIOD.  ANOTHER WEAK UPPER LEVEL STORM
   SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS BY 00 UTC. 
     
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - NERN CA/NWRN NV/SERN OR/SRN
   ID/SWRN MT AND NW WY...
     
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS:  STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH
   WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH AND LOWEST AFTERNOON HUMIDITY FROM 5 TO
   15 PERCENT.  ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS. 
   
   UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BUILD SLOWLY SOUTHWARD ALONG THE PACIFIC
   COAST AS A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM NORTHWESTERN MONTANA THROUGH
   SOUTHWEST OREGON MOVES LITTLE THROUGH 12 UTC. AHEAD OF THE
   FRONT..STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND EXTREMELY DRY LOW LEVELS WILL
   CONTINUE DURING THE AFTERNOON.  SOME MID-LEVEL MOISTURE AHEAD OF
   AND COMBINED WITH THE WEAK UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM NOW MOVING
   NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST MAY BE SUFFICIENT
   TO TRIGGER ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THIS
   AREA..BUT OVERALL INSTABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIMITED.
   
   ...BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA...
   
   WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENDING BY EARLY AFTERNOON OVER THE
   BLACK HILLS AREA WILL BE FOLLOWED BY HOT..DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS
   THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND FUELS ARE EXTREMELY DRY ACROSS
   THIS AREA.
   
   ..BOTHWELL.. 09/04/02
     
   SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE
     
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   FNUS22 KWNS 040912
   STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
   500 AM CDT WED SEP 04 2002
     
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PMWI98 KWNS
   VALID 051200-061200
     
   ...NO LARGE-SCALE SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED...
     
   ...SYNOPSIS... 
   
   UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OFF PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL MOVE SLOWLY INTO THE
   REGION AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE FRONT FROM NORTHWESTERN MONTANA INTO
   EXTREME NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD.  LARGE
   UPPER-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL HOLD OVER A LARGE PART OF THE
   CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S.
     
   ...EXTRM NE CA/NW NV/SRN ID/NWRN WY/SWRN MT...
   WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THIS
   AREA AND AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INTO THE NORTHWEST..EXPECT
   INCREASED CLOUDS ALONG WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN THE HUMIDITY IN
   THE LOWER LEVELS.  
     
   ..BOTHWELL.. 09/04/02
      
   SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE
     
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