Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 180752
STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
400 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2003
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PMWE98 KWNS
VALID 181200-191200
...NO LARGE-SCALE SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED...
...SYNOPSIS...
WRN U.S. MID-UPPER LVL RIDGING TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN THRU THE DAY ONE
PERIOD WITH DEEP TROUGH EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE ERN
HALF OF THE U.S. BY 19/00Z...WEAK CYCLONE TO BE LOCATED IN THE NRN
LAKES ASSOCIATED WITH BROAD COLD CYCLONIC FLOW WITH LOW-LVL HIGH
PRESSURE CENTERED IN THE ERN GREAT BASIN. WITH WEAKENING WIND
REGIME IN SRN CA AND COLD AIR ENTRENCHED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE
REMAINDER OF THE U.S...NO FIRE WX CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED.
..NADEN.. 01/18/03
SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 180803
STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
400 AM CST SAT JAN 18 2003
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PMWI98 KWNS
VALID 191200-201200
...NO LARGE-SCALE SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED...
...SYNOPSIS...
LITTLE CHANGE TO OVERALL PATTERN FOR THE DAY TWO PERIOD...WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF SOME LOW-LVL WARMING FROM THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES INTO
THE SRN PLAINS. FROM THE NRN PLAINS...ESEWD THRU THE LAKES INTO THE
ERN STATES...COLD AIR TO REMAIN ENTRENCHED LIMITING ANY FIRE WX
DIFFICULTIES. DESPITE WARMING TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH VALUES ACROSS
NM/CO...INTO TX/OK/AND KS...THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EXPECTED WIND
REGIME IS NOT EXPECTED TO APPROACH CRITICAL LEVELS.
..NADEN.. 01/18/03
SPC FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE
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