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Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 010956
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0356 AM CST MON MAR 01 2004
   
   VALID 011200Z - 021200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT ENEWD FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE
   GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE PERIOD. STRONG WINDS WILL
   CONTINUE TO ACCOMPANY THIS TROUGH FROM THE ERN PLAINS INTO THE OHIO
   VALLEY. RECENT WETTING RAINS WILL PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
   CONDITIONS DESPITE THE COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH
   READINGS. FARTHER EAST ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC...INCREASING PRESSURE
   GRADIENT BETWEEN APPROACHING SYSTEM AND HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE MID
   ATLANTIC WILL PROVIDE FOR SLY WINDS TO BE GREATER THAN PREVIOUS
   DAYS. HOWEVER...MIN RH READINGS WILL LIKELY BE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE
   CRITICAL LEVELS AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN WILL PRECLUDE ANY
   CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. OVER THE WEST...A STRONG UPPER TROUGH 
   WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY AS IT DIGS INTO THE SWRN STATES.
   
   ...ERN OK...NRN AR/SRN MO AND SRN IL...
   STRONG SWLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY A DRYLINE PASSAGE ACROSS THE MID MS
   VALLEY THROUGH THE PERIOD. AS THE MID LEVEL DRY SLOT MOVES NEWD
   ACROSS THE AREA...STEEP LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL AID IN
   MOMENTUM TRANSFER OF STRONG MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS. SUSTAINED WINDS
   FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR FROM EARLY MORNING
   THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ALONG WITH THE WINDS...TEMPERATURES IN THE
   60S ALONG WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 30S WILL AID IN MIN RH READINGS FROM
   25 TO 35 PERCENT. WETTING RAINS OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS
   MORNING/YESTERDAY WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL FIRE
   WEATHER CONCERNS.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 03/01/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 010957
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0357 AM CST MON MAR 01 2004
   
   VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DIG AND INTENSIFY OVER THE SWRN
   STATES THROUGH THE PERIOD. AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH...FAIRLY MERIDIONAL
   FLOW AT MID LEVELS...AND PRESSURE FALLS OVER THE SRN ROCKIES WILL
   AID IN MOISTURE RETURN INTO THE SRN HIGH PLAINS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR
    RH READINGS 10 TO 20 PERCENT HIGHER THAN VALUES ON DAY ONE OVER
   THIS AREA. OVER THE SRN ROCKIES...SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS ARE FORECAST
   TO BE AOB 20 MPH WITH MIN RH READINGS ABOVE 20 PERCENT DUE TO
   COPIOUS MID/HIGH CLOUD COVER AND RELATIVELY WEAK MID LEVEL WINDS. AS
   THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO AZ/NWRN MX BY THE END OF THE
   PERIOD...SCATTERED PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR FROM AZ INTO THE SRN
   PLAINS.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 03/01/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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