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Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

Day 1 Fire Weather Forecast graphic 

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 021000
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0400 AM CST FRI JAN 02 2004
   
   VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   FAST MOVING WESTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE CONUS TODAY.
   SURFACE COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION WILL SWEEP EWD
   ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY REGION...WHILE TRAILING PORTION
   OF THE FRONT REMAINS IN THE CNTRL/SRN PLAINS. ELSEWHERE COOL/DAMP
   PATTERN WILL REMAIN OVER MUCH OF THE WRN STATES AS ONSHORE FLOW IS
   REINFORCED BY UPPER TROUGH OVER WRN CANADA.
   
   ...ERN NM/WRN TX/OK PANHANDLE...
   GUSTY SW WINDS WILL EXIST OVER THE SRN HIGH PLAINS TODAY AS DRY
   DOWNSLOPE FLOW PERSISTS. WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY REACH THE 15-25 MPH
   RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY AFTERNOON. UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES
   WILL CLIMB INTO THE 65 TO 75 DEGREE RANGE...WITH CONTINUANCE OF DRY
   FUELS. NEVERTHELESS SUFFICIENTLY HIGH AFTERNOON RH VALUES /GENERALLY
   20 PERCENT OR HIGHER/ WILL DETER ISSUANCE OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
   AREA.
   
   ..GUYER.. 01/02/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic 

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 021006
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0406 AM CST FRI JAN 02 2004
   
   VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   RATHER BENIGN FIRE WEATHER SCENARIO WILL EXIST OVER THE CONUS THIS
   WEEKEND. UPPER TROUGH OVER WRN CANADA WILL SAG SOUTHWARD WITH
   ASSOCIATED COLD AIRMASS PROGRESSIVELY INVADING THE NRN STATES.
   EASTWARD TRANSITIONING COLD FRONT WILL INDUCE SCATTERED
   PRECIPITATION FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE NORTHEAST STATES.
   
   ...SERN NM/WRN TX...
   AHEAD OF SOUTHWARD SAGGING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...RELATIVELY MILD
   TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND GUSTY W/SW WINDS OF 20-25 MPH WILL EXIST
   OVER THE SRN HIGH PLAINS. HOWEVER RH VALUES /25 PERCENT OR GREATER/
   COINCIDENT WITH PEAK HEATING ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL ABOVE
   CRITICAL THRESHOLDS.
   
   ..GUYER.. 01/02/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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