Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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   FNUS21 KWNS 080906
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0406 AM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005
   
   VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER TROUGH WILL MIGRATE EWD OVER THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS TODAY...WITH
   ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT/DRYLINE PROGRESSING EWD ACROSS THE CNTRL
   STATES. UPPER TROUGH WILL REACH THE WEST COAST...WITH PRECIPITATION
   INCREASING ACROSS NRN CA/ORE/WA ACCORDINGLY. IN THE EAST...DRY
   CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE ERN STATES WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
   ACROSS THE SE STATES/MID ATLANTIC.
   
   ...SE NM/SW TX...
   WEST OF COLD FRONT/DRYLINE ALONG THE CAPROCK/TRANSPECOS
   REGION...LOCALLY GUSTY W/SW WINDS OF 15-25 MPH WILL EXIST FROM SE NM
   INTO SW TX. WITHIN WELL-MIXED AIRMASS...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH
   THE MIDDLE 80S...WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES AROUND 15 PERCENT. MARGINAL
   NATURE OF WINDS/FUELS SUGGESTS CRITICAL AREA IS NOT WARRANTED.
   
   ...NRN FL/SE STATES...
   DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS NRN FL/SE STATES OWING TO SURFACE
   RIDGE. AFTERNOON RH VALUES SHOULD AGAIN TO FALL TO NEAR CRITICAL
   THRESHOLDS FOR A FEW HOURS DURATION...HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS WILL
   REMAIN VERY LIGHT.
   
   ..GUYER.. 05/08/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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   FNUS22 KWNS 080946
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0446 AM CDT SUN MAY 08 2005
   
   VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER TROUGH AND ACCOMPANYING SFC LOW WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN/PROGRESS
   E/NE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST/MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON MONDAY.
   SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL BE COMMON ALONG/AHEAD OF COLD FRONT
   FROM THE ARKLATEX INTO THE MID/UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IN THE
   WEST...UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION EWD ACROSS THE
   PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE ERN STATES WILL REMAIN DRY OWING TO INFLUENCE
   OF WEAK UPPER RIDGING/SFC HIGH PRESSURE.
   
   ...SRN NV/SRN UT...
   WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY OWING TO
   COLD FRONT PROGRESSING EWD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...AS WELL AS
   INCREASING MID LEVEL WINDS ON SRN PERIPHERY OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST
   UPPER TROUGH. SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS OF 20-35 MPH WILL BE COMMON BY
   AFTERNOON. IN SPITE OF THE STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ON MONDAY...CLOUD
   COVER AND SCATTERED PRECIPITATION/SUFFICIENTLY HIGH RH SHOULD
   CONSIDERABLY LIMIT THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
   
   ..GUYER.. 05/08/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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