Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 070726
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0226 AM CDT WED SEP 07 2005
   
   VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER WESTERLIES WILL CONTINUE TO ENCOMPASS THE NRN
   THIRD OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE PERIOD...WHILE AN UPPER TROUGH
   PROGRESSES SLOWLY SOUTHWARD OFF THE NRN CA COAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
   REMAIN FROM THE NORTHEAST/MID ATLANTIC STATES INTO THE SRN PLAINS.
   SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL BE COMMON ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM
   THE WRN GREAT LAKES INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS...AS WELL AS MUCH OF
   NM/ERN AZ.
   
   ...SRN NV/FAR WRN UT AND ADJACENT INTERIOR CA...
   EAST OF UPPER TROUGH ALONG THE NRN CA COAST...SLIGHTLY INCREASED
   WIND SPEEDS/BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SRN GREAT
   BASIN TODAY. SUSTAINED SLY BROAD SCALE WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE
   AROUND 15 MPH...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH MID LEVEL MOISTURE/
   PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL GRADUALLY BE INCREASING THROUGH THE
   PERIOD...MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL BE IN THE 5-10 PERCENT RANGE FOR A
   FEW HOURS DURATION THIS AFTERNOON.
   
   ...ID/NRN NV/NRN UT/WRN WY/WRN MT...
   BROAD SCALE WINDS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT OVER THIS
   REGION...WITH LOCALIZED/TERRAIN-DRIVEN WIND REGIMES DOMINANT.
   MDT/HIGH HAINES INDICES ARE SUGGESTIVE OF ENHANCED/PLUME DOMINATED
   FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   
   ..GUYER.. 09/07/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 070726
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0226 AM CDT WED SEP 07 2005
   
   VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   BELT OF UPPER WESTERLIES WILL EXIST FROM THE NRN PLAINS INTO THE NE
   STATES...WITH HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING PREVALENT FROM THE MID
   ATLANTIC STATES INTO THE SRN PLAINS. IN THE WEST...CLOSED UPPER
   TROUGH INITIALLY OFF THE NRN CA COAST IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY
   PROGRESS EWD ONSHORE.
   
   ...CNTRL/SRN NV AND INTERIOR CNTRL CA...
   WITH EWD PROGRESSION OF UPPER LOW ONTO THE NRN CA COAST...A FURTHER
   INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SRN GREAT BASIN ON
   THURSDAY. SUSTAINED S/SW WINDS OF 15-20 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED WITH
   LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL HAVE
   INCREASED SINCE EARLY WEDNESDAY...RH VALUES /10-15 PERCENT/ SHOULD
   REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SHOULD WIND
   SPEEDS PROVE STRONGER...REGION MAY BE UPGRADED TO CRITICAL IN
   SUBSEQUENT DAY 1 FIRE OUTLOOK.
   
   ...ID/NRN NV/NRN UT/SW MT...
   BROAD SCALE WINDS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY MODEST ON THURSDAY...WITH
   MDT/HIGH HAINES INDICES AND POTENTIAL FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRE
   GROWTH. ADDITIONALLY...A FEW TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM NRN CA INTO
   NRN NV/SRN ID THURSDAY NIGHT.
   
   ..GUYER.. 09/07/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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