Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 060859
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0259 AM CST TUE JAN 06 2004
   
   VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   EXPANSIVE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CNTRL/ERN CONUS WILL SHIFT EWD
   TODAY...WHILE A SHORTWAVE MID/UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE PACIFIC
   NW. COLD/DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL DOMINATE THE ERN HALF OF THE
   COUNTRY AS BROAD HIGH PRESSURE TRANSITIONS EWD INTO THE TN
   VALLEY/SOUTHEAST STATES. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE PREVALENT
   FROM THE PACIFIC WEST COAST INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AS UPPER
   SYSTEM NEARS THE COAST.
   
   ...SRN CA...
   LOCALLY BREEZY OFFSHORE/DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL PERSIST THIS
   MORNING...BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS AFTERNOON OWING TO WEAKENING
   GRADIENT/DEVELOPING ONSHORE FLOW. RATHER DRY AIRMASS WILL EXIST AS
   WELL WITH AFTERNOON MINIMUM RH VALUES AS LOW AS 10-15 PERCENT.
   
   ..GUYER.. 01/06/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 060859
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0259 AM CST TUE JAN 06 2004
   
   VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE NE CONUS...WITH ZONAL UPPER
   FLOW OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNTRY. HIGH PRESSURE AND
   CORRESPONDING COLD/DRY AIRMASS WILL SHIFT EWD THROUGH THE ERN
   STATES. IN THE WEST...SCATTERED PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST ALONG THE
   WEST COAST FROM WA INTO NRN CA...AS WELL AS ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE
   INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. OVERALL PATTERN SUGGESTS NEGLIGIBLE FIRE WEATHER
   CONCERNS FOR THE CONUS ON WEDNESDAY.
   
   ..GUYER.. 01/06/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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