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Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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   FNUS21 KWNS 200818
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0318 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2005
   
   VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   LARGE RIDGE CENTERED NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL BE THE MAIN
   FOCUS RELATED TO FIRE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MUCH ABOVE
   NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE WITH A FEW RECORD HIGHS LIKELY
   TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF WRN NEB/WY/CO FRONT RANGE...SWWD INTO NRN
   AZ/CO RIVER VALLEY. STRONGEST WINDS ALOFT WILL REMAIN CONFINED TO
   THE NRN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE...FORECAST TO EXTEND FROM SRN CA
   ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS. AT LOWER
   LEVELS...SFC LOW WILL DEEPEN DURING THE DAY ACROSS NE WY NEAR THE MT
   BORDER...WITH A COLD FRONT INTO SW WY/NRN UT/CNTRL NV BY EVENING.
   
   ...NRN HIGH PLAINS...
   THERMAL RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO SCNTRL WY TODAY...WITH MID LEVEL JET
   INCREASING TO 30-50 KT. SFC WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY STRONG IN
   RESPONSE TO DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15-25 MPH ARE
   EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE IN THE LOW/MID 90S
   WITH LOWER VALUES IN THE MTNS...BUT RH VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 10
   PERCENT WITH 50 DEGREE TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREADS. 
   
   CONDITIONS WILL APPROACH THE CRITERIA FOR A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
   OUTLOOK...BUT RECENT 100/1000HR FUEL MOISTURE VALUES ARE STILL
   RELATIVELY HIGH. ALSO NFDRS FIRE DANGER CLASS OBS HAVE ONLY BEGUN TO
   INCREASE IN THE PAST FEW DAYS...WITH PART OF THE REGION STILL
   RECORDING LOW/MODERATE VALUES. CERTAINLY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS MAY
   BE HIGHEST IN REGIONS OF DRY FINE FUELS GIVEN EXPECTED WIND/RH
   CONDITIONS.
   
   ..TAYLOR.. 05/20/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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   FNUS22 KWNS 200819
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0319 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2005
   
   VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   RIDGE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THIS
   WEEKEND...WHILE MAIN BAND OF STRONG WESTERLIES SHIFTS NWD ACROSS THE
   NRN ROCKIES AND NRN PLAINS. CLOSED UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE
   INTO SRN MANITOBA BY SAT AFTN...ASSOCIATED WITH UNUSUALLY STRONG MID
   LEVEL JET STREAK OF 80-90 KT. AT THE SFC...LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN
   QUICKLY IN RESPONSE TO LARGE SCALE HEIGHT FALLS AT IT MOVES INTO SRN
   MANITOBA BY AFTN. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM THE CNTRL DAKOTAS EARLY
   IN THE DAY TO WRN MN/ERN NEB BY EARLY EVENING.
   
   ...NRN PLAINS...
   VERY STRONG SFC WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE DAKOTAS/WRN MN/NEB ON
   SATURDAY IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT. SUSTAINED
   WINDS OF 25-40 MPH ARE LIKELY...ALTHOUGH MINIMUM RH IS FORECAST TO
   REMAIN ABOVE 30-40 PERCENT WITH COOLER TEMPS BEHIND THE FRONT. RAIN
   AND TSTMS ARE EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY/EARLY SATURDAY ACROSS ND POSSIBLY
   INTO ERN SD...SO THE DRIEST FUEL CONDITIONS FOR SATURDAY WILL LIKELY
   BE IN WRN NEB/WRN SD.
   
   ..TAYLOR.. 05/20/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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