Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 090834
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0234 AM CST FRI JAN 09 2004
   
   VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL BE OVER THE ROCKIES AS COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS
   PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND PLAINS STATES DUE TO
   HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE.  FURTHER E...A LARGE UPPER TROUGH E OF
   THE MISSISSIPPI WILL KEEP CONDITIONS COOL WITH PRECIPITATION
   EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE SERN U.S.
   
   ...SRN CA...
   PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND
   LOWER PRESSURES ALONG THE COAST WILL CAUSE OFFSHORE WINDS AND
   SUBSEQUENT LOW RH LEVELS.  RH LEVELS GENERALLY IN THE TEENS WILL BE
   COMMON BY AFTERNOON...AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE 70S F.  WIND
   SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE PARTICULARLY STRONG HOWEVER...DUE TO
   UNFAVORABLE FLOW ORIENTATION ALOFT AND MARGINAL PRESSURE GRADIENT AT
   THE SURFACE.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 01/09/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 090838
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0238 AM CST FRI JAN 09 2004
   
   VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MOST OF THE
   COUNTRY...EXTENDING FROM THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE SRN PLAINS / LOWER
   MS VALLEY/ AND OHIO VALLEY.  AS A RESULT...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
   COOL AND WITH RH LEVELS ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. THE EXCEPTION WILL
   BE SRN CA...WHERE A CONTINUATION OF OFFSHORE FLOW WILL MEAN WARM
   TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 01/09/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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