Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 080951
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0351 AM CST THU JAN 08 2004
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGING WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WRN HALF OF THE CONUS AS
MID/UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE PACIFIC WEST COAST. FURTHER
EAST...EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROUGH -- OVER THE NRN PLAINS AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD -- WILL REACH THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
THIS EVENING. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE SRN APPALACHIANS WILL
WEAKEN/MOVE EWD TODAY...FOSTERING A RETURN OF MOISTURE ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST STATES BY THE END OF PERIOD.
IN THE WEST...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN
REGION...INDUCING OFFSHORE/DOWNSLOPE WINDS ACROSS SRN CA WITH A
CORRESPONDING WARMING/DRYING TREND INTO FRIDAY.
..GUYER.. 01/08/2004
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 080952
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0352 AM CST THU JAN 08 2004
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE WILL TRANSITION EWD TOWARD THE NATIONS MID SECTION ON
FRIDAY AHEAD OF MID/UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL ENCOMPASS MUCH OF THE ERN CONUS...WITH HIGH
PRESSURE/COLD AIRMASS SETTLING SWD THROUGH THE ERN STATES INTO
SATURDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...KEEPING
OFFSHORE GRADIENT ACROSS SRN CA. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO FOSTER A
WARM/DRY AIRMASS ACROSS SRN CA...WITH LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS.
MARGINAL NATURE OF OFFSHORE GRADIENT/BROAD SCALE WINDS SHOULD
LARGELY MITIGATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS OVER SRN CA.
..GUYER.. 01/08/2004
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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