Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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   FNUS21 KWNS 070906
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0406 AM CDT SAT MAY 07 2005
   
   VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CNTRL ROCKIES WILL TRANSITION NEWD INTO THE
   NRN PLAINS TONIGHT. CORRESPONDING SFC LOW WILL DEEPEN ACROSS THE NRN
   HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY...WITH LEE TROUGH/DRYLINE EXTENDING SWD
   THROUGH THE CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP A DRY
   AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE SE STATES.
   
   ...SRN/ERN NM AND WEST TX...
   IN WAKE OF LEE TROUGH/DRYLINE...GUSTY SWLY WINDS OF 15-25 MPH WILL
   DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON WITHIN DEEPLY MIXED AIRMASS FROM NM INTO WEST
   TX. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 15 PERCENT INVOF OF THE
   NM HIGHER TERRAIN...TO 20-25 PERCENT ACROSS WEST TX.  
   
   ...SE STATES...
   WITH SFC HIGH CENTERED OVER THE ERN GULF/SE STATES...DRY AIRMASS
   WILL EXIST ACROSS NRN FL/SE STATES THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGH
   TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY REACH THE UPPER 70S/LOWER
   80S...WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT. IN SPITE OF
   AFTERNOON RH VALUES AROUND/BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS...LIGHT WINDS
   /10 MPH OR LESS/ WILL BE PROHIBITIVE FACTOR FOR CRITICAL FIRE
   WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   
   ..GUYER.. 05/07/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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   FNUS22 KWNS 070934
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0434 AM CDT SAT MAY 07 2005
   
   VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS WILL SLOWLY MIGRATE EWD
   THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH COLD FRONT/DRYLINE AND ASSOCIATED
   SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS TRANSITIONING EWD ACROSS THE CNTRL STATES.
   FURTHER WEST...UPPER TROUGH/COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY APPROACH THE
   WEST COAST ON SUNDAY...WITH PRECIPITATION INCREASING ACROSS NRN
   CA/ORE/WA.
   
   ...SE NM/SW TX...
   DEEPLY MIXED AIRMASS WEST OF DRYLINE/LEE TROUGH WILL AGAIN BE
   SUPPORTIVE OF GUSTY WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF ERN NM/WRN TX. HOWEVER
   WINDS SPEEDS /SUSTAINED 15-20 MPH/ SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER THAN
   PREVIOUS DAYS GIVEN TAPERING MID LEVEL WIND SPEEDS. HIGH
   TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MIDDLE/UPPER 80S SUNDAY
   AFTERNOON...WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 15-20 PERCENT. MARGINAL NATURE
   OF WINDS/FUELS WOULD SUGGEST A CRITICAL AREA IS NOT WARRANTED.
   
   ...NRN FL/SE STATES...
   AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL AGAIN BE AROUND/JUST BELOW CRITICAL
   THRESHOLDS FOR A FEW HOURS DURATION SUNDAY AFTERNOON OWING TO
   REMNANT SFC HIGH PRESSURE. HOWEVER WINDS SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
   REMAIN RATHER LIGHT /LESS THAN 10 MPH/.
   
   ..GUYER.. 05/07/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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