Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 030950
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0350 AM CST WED DEC 03 2003
   
   VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   MID/UPPER TROUGH OVER THE OZARKS THIS MORNING WILL SLIDE SE AND
   PROGRESSIVELY WEAKEN TODAY...NEVERTHELESS MOISTURE WILL INCREASE
   ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/SOUTHEAST STATES BY THE LATTER
   PART OF THE PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE AND COOL AIRMASS WILL REMAIN
   CENTERED OVER THE NORTHEAST/MID ATLANTIC REGION.
   
   IN THE WEST...A FAST MOVING UPPER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL
   BOUNDARY WILL SLIDE ALONG THE NRN TIER OF STATES FROM THE
   PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE NRN PLAINS TONIGHT. WITH HIGH PRESSURE
   CENTERED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA...OFFSHORE N/NE FLOW WILL INDUCE
   A DRYING/WARMING TREND ACROSS SRN CA.
   
   ...SRN CA...
   OFFSHORE FLOW WILL EXIST OVER SRN CA OWING TO FOUR CORNERS HIGH
   PRESSURE. RH VALUES MAY BE AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN
   WARMING TEMPERATURES/PLENTIFUL INSOLATION. ASIDE FROM SOME LOCALLY
   GUSTY OFFSHORE/DOWNSLOPE N/NE WINDS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...NAMELY
   THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT...MODEST NATURE OF OFFSHORE
   SCENARIO/WIND SPEEDS WILL LIMIT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
   
   ..GUYER.. 12/03/2003
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 030951
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0351 AM CST WED DEC 03 2003
   
   VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   QUIESCENT FIRE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CONUS ON
   THURSDAY. MID/UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE
   NORTHERN PLAINS AT THE ONSET OF THE PERIOD WILL DIVE SE INTO THE
   MIDDLE/UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY EVENING. ELSEWHERE
   SHORTWAVE RIDGING/ZONAL UPPER FLOW WILL PREVAIL OVER THE WESTERN
   STATES AHEAD OF UPPER TROUGH OFF THE COAST OF BRITISH
   COLUMBIA...WITH MARGINAL OFFSHORE FLOW SCENARIO ACROSS SRN CA
   PROGRESSIVELY DIMINISHING THROUGH THE PERIOD.
   
   ..GUYER.. 12/03/2003
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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