Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks
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FNUS21 KWNS 140926
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0326 AM CST MON FEB 14 2005
VALID 141200Z - 151200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
ZONAL FLOW COVERS MOST OF THE NATION AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES
THROUGH THE EAST...AND WESTERN TROUGHS AFFECT THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
AND GREAT BASIN. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM FLORIDA TO NEW
ENGLAND AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT ADVANCES FROM THE WEST...WITH
SOUTHERLY PREFRONTAL FLOW ENDING THE ANOMALOUSLY LOW HUMIDITIES THAT
HAVE OCCURRED OVER INTERIOR FLORIDA IN RECENT DAYS. IN THE WEST RAIN
AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH
MONTANA.
...WRN HIGH PLAINS...
A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF COLORADO CREATES
BREEZY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA TO
EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND THE PANHANDLES OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA.
ALTHOUGH SURFACE DEWPOINTS ARE NOT TERRIBLY LOW /MID 20S TO LOW
30S/...WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES OF 60 TO 70 DEGREES PRODUCE RH
MINIMUMS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT. THE MARGINALLY LOW RH WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH.
..BRIGHT.. 02/14/2005
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 141004
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0404 AM CST MON FEB 14 2005
VALID 151200Z - 161200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
STRONG BLOCKING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC
RESULTS IN SPLIT FLOW OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY ARE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANADIAN UPPER
TROUGH...WHILE ZONAL FLOW EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO THE
CAROLINAS. THE SURFACE PATTERN IS CHARACTERIZED BY A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY FROM THE GREAT BASIN TO NEW ENGLAND...DEMARCATING COLDER
CONTINENTAL AIRMASS FROM MILD PACIFIC AIRMASS. PRECIPITATION IS
PRIMARILY FOUND FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...
AND NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EAST OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
...SRN HIGH PLAINS...
AS SURFACE COLD FRONT SURGES SOUTHWARD OVER THE WESTERN HIGH
PLAINS...PREFRONTAL WEST/SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED OVER FAR WEST TEXAS AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO. MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES ARE DEPENDENT ON THE LOCATION OF AFOREMENTIONED
FRONT...BUT MAY CLIMB INTO THE 60S TO LOW 70S WITH RH VALUES AROUND
25 TO 30 PERCENT PRIOR TO FRONTAL PASSAGE.
..BRIGHT.. 02/14/2005
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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