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Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

Day 1 Fire Weather Forecast graphic 

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 060842
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0242 AM CST FRI FEB 06 2004
   
   VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   LARGE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE ERN U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD
   THROUGH THE PERIOD...ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE ALONG THE
   ERN SEABOARD BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTROL THE
   WEATHER OVER THE CENTRAL AND WRN U.S. AT THE SURFACE...WHILE A NEW
   UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NW.  OFFSHORE FLOW AND DRY
   WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER SRN CA...WHERE RECENT PRECIPITATION IS
   BEING EVAPORATED.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 02/06/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic 

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 060844
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0244 AM CST FRI FEB 06 2004
   
   VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   MOST OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH
   PRESSURE...AS ONE PRESSURE CENTER MOVES FROM THE CENTRAL PAINS INTO
   THE SERN U.S...AND A PACIFIC HIGH BUILDS IN BEHIND A SEWD MOVING
   SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN. THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF HIGH
   PRESSURE WILL CAUSE INCREASING WINDS FROM THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE
   DESERT SW.  OFFSHORE FLOW AND SANTA ANA WINDS WILL OCCUR SUNDAY /
   SUNDAY NIGHT WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES BUT COOL
   TEMPERATURES.
   
   ...SRN CA...
   HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO SURGE SWD OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN LATE
   SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING IN THE WAKE OF AN UPPER SHORTWAVE
   TROUGH.  HIGH TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE 60S AND 70S
   F...WITH MIN RH VALUES LARGELY IN THE TEENS.  NLY WINDS OF 15-25 MPH
   WILL BE COMMON...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  OVERNIGHT...PRESSURE GRADIENTS
   WILL INCREASE FURTHER...WITH 11 MB OF GRADIENT FORECAST BETWEEN LAX
   AND TPH.  GUSTY NLY WINDS WILL PERSIST WITH POOR RH RECOVERY AS
   TEMPERATURES LOCALLY STAY IN THE 50S AND 60S F IN DOWNSLOPE REGIONS.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 02/06/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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