Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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   FNUS21 KWNS 080909
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0309 AM CST SUN FEB 08 2004
   
   VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE UPPER FLOW PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE CONUS
   TODAY AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE FOUR CORNERS PHASES WITH
   MID/UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NRN PLAINS/UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AT
   THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL TRANSITION EWD ACROSS THE SE
   STATES/MID ATLANTIC REGION...WHILE LOW PRESSURE/COLD FRONT AND
   ASSOCIATED SCATTERED PRECIPITATION SWEEPS ACROSS THE NRN
   PLAINS/UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IN THE WEST...HIGH PRESSURE WILL
   BUILD SEWD THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST/GREAT BASIN...REINFORCING
   OFFSHORE FLOW ACROSS SRN CA.
   
   ...SRN CA...
   GENERAL DOWNSLOPE/OFFSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS SRN CA OWING TO
   PACIFIC NORTHWEST/GREAT BASIN HIGH PRESSURE. LOCALLY MODERATE N/NE
   WINDS /15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS / WILL BE ONGOING AT THE
   BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD...NAMELY IN VICINITY OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
   GUSTY WINDS WILL SUBSIDE BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT AGAIN
   PEAK TONIGHT/EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN
   THE UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S. ALTHOUGH A DOWNWARD TREND WILL
   CONTINUE...AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL LIKELY REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY ABOVE
   CRITICAL THRESHOLDS TODAY...WHILE OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES WILL BE
   POOR.
   
   ...SOUTHEAST STATES...
   HIGH PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED DRY AIRMASS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE
   REGION TODAY. AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL LIKELY BE AROUND/BELOW
   CRITICAL THRESHOLDS -- ESPECIALLY ACROSS N FL -- HOWEVER RELATIVELY
   LIGHT E/NE WINDS AND SEASONALLY COOL TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S WILL
   LARGELY MITIGATE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
   
   ..GUYER.. 02/08/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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   FNUS22 KWNS 080910
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0310 AM CST SUN FEB 08 2004
   
   VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   BROAD POSITIVELY TILT UPPER TROUGH WILL EXIST OVER THE CONUS ON
   MONDAY. EMBEDDED SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL TRANSITION SEWD ACROSS THE
   DESERT SW...WHILE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SEWD THROUGH THE PACIFIC
   NORTHWEST/GREAT BASIN. IN THE EAST...COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EWD ACROSS
   THE WRN GREAT LAKES AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
   
   ...SRN CA...
   OFFSHORE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE
   PERIOD AS GREAT BASIN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SEWD AND FURTHER
   STRENGTHENS. AS SUCH...OVERALL SANTA ANA DOWNSLOPE/OFFSHORE FLOW
   WILL HEIGHTEN ACCORDINGLY. STRONGEST N/NE WINDS -- 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
   HIGHER GUSTS -- WILL OCCUR MONDAY MORNING...AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY
   NIGHT/TUESDAY MORNING AIDED BY SUBSIDENCE/COLD ADVECTION IN WAKE OF
   PASSING SHORTWAVE TROUGH. DOWNSLOPE SCENARIO WILL CONTINUE TO FOSTER
   A WARM/DRY AIRMASS WITH AFTERNOON RH VALUES AROUND CRITICAL
   THRESHOLDS AND VERY POOR RH RECOVERIES MONDAY NIGHT.
   
   INCREASING NATURE OF SANTA ANA WINDS AND WARM/DRY AIRMASS MAY
   NECESSITATE CRITICAL FIRE OUTLOOK IN SUBSEQUENT DAY 1 FORECAST.
   
   ..GUYER.. 02/08/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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