Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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   FNUS21 KWNS 230550
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1250 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005
   
   VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE WRN U.S. TODAY WHILE
   HOT AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUES OVER THE SRN PLAINS. AT THE
   SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY WWD
   INTO MO AND ERN KS.  FARTHER W...A MUCH STRONGER FRONT WILL EXTEND
   FROM JUST WEST OF THE BLACK HILLS ACROSS NRN WY AND INTO THE NRN
   GREAT BASIN. SOUTH OF THIS FRONT...IT WILL BE WINDY IN AREAS BUT
   WITH COOL TEMPERATURES.
   
   MEANWHILE...WINDS AND RH WILL INCREASE OVER ERN TX...WHERE IT HAS
   BEEN VERY HOT AND DRY.
   
   ...SRN GREAT BASIN...
   IT WILL BE MARGINALLY DRY AND WINDY TODAY...WITH RH LEVELS NEAR 15
   PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS NEAR 15 MPH
   WITH HIGHER GUSTS. COMBINATION OF WINDS AND RH ALONG WITH WARM
   TEMPERATURES FROM THE LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY INTO EXTREME SRN NV AND
   SWRN UT MAY ALLOW FOR LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO
   DEVELOP FOR A FEW HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   
   ...CENTRAL TX...
   PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TX MAY SEE MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
   CONDITIONS TODAY WITH INCREASING NELY WINDS. FALLING PRESSURES IN
   RESPONSE TO APPROACHING HURRICANE RITA WILL CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE
   OVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND ERN TX. ALTHOUGH FAR ERN AND SERN TX WILL
   SEE A RAPID INCREASE IN RH LEVELS...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TX...MAINLY
   ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR...WILL REMAIN HOT AND DRY WITH MIN RH LEVELS
   OF 25-30 PERCENT...ALONG WITH WINDS NEAR 15 MPH SUSTAINED. WHILE
   LOCALLY CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON...RH
   WILL QUICKLY RECOVER OVERNIGHT
   
   ..JEWELL.. 09/23/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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   FNUS22 KWNS 230557
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1257 AM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005
   
   VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A POWERFUL UPPER TROUGH WILL SLIDE EWD ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES AND
   PLAINS...WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM SRN MN INTO SRN CO
   AND ACROSS THE SRN GREAT BASIN...AND BACK NWWD INTO NRN CA SAT
   AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE VERY COOL BEHIND THIS FRONT WITH
   PRECIPITATION. COMBINATION OF STRONG SWLY WINDS AND MARGINALLY LOW
   RH WILL EXIST OVER THE SRN GREAT BASIN AND SRN ROCKIES...BUT RH
   LEVELS WILL NOT BE BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. FARTHER W...STRONG SURFACE
   PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CAUSE GUSTY NLY WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER NRN
   CA...WHERE IT WILL BE WARM AND DRY WITHIN WEAK THERMAL RIDGE AXIS
   
   ...FAR SRN NV AND UT INTO NRN AZ...
   SRN EXTENT OF UPPER TROUGH WILL HELP PRODUCE GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS
   SATURDAY...WITH SPEEDS MAINLY NEAR 15 MPH SUSTAINED. HOT AIR WILL BE
   CONFINED TO SRN CA/AZ/NM...WHERE MIN RH READINGS WILL BE NEAR 15
   PERCENT.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 09/23/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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