Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 240712
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0212 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
   
   VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   POTENT UPPER TROUGH INITIALLY CENTERED OVER ERN ORE WILL PROGRESS
   ENE ACROSS THE NRN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION TODAY. SCATTERED
   SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL BE COMMON NEAR A FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM THE CNTRL
   ROCKIES/CNTRL PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. ELSEWHERE UPPER RIDGE
   WILL BE PREDOMINANT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST/MID ATLANTIC STATES...WITH
   HURRICANE RITA MOVING SLOWLY NWD/GRADUALLY WEAKENING ALONG THE
   SABINE RIVER VALLEY OF FAR ERN TX/FAR WRN LA PER LATEST TPC/NHC
   FORECASTS.
   
   ...SRN NV/SRN UT INTO NRN AZ...
   ON THE SRN PERIPHERY OF UPPER TROUGH AND AHEAD OF A COLD
   FRONT...BREEZY W/SW WINDS WILL EXIST FROM THE SRN GREAT BASIN INTO
   SRN UT/NRN AZ TODAY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND
   15-25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. IN SPITE OF THE BREEZY
   CONDITIONS...RH VALUES SHOULD REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY ABOVE CRITICAL
   THRESHOLDS...WITH THE LOWEST RH VALUES CONFINED TO FAR SRN NV INTO
   SRN CA. IN ADDITION...A FEW TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM ERN NV INTO
   UT/NRN AZ.
   
   ...SCNTRL TX...
   DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY NLY WINDS WILL EXIST WITHIN SUBSIDENT WRN
   PERIPHERY OF RITA...PRIMARILY FOCUSED ALONG INTERSTATE 35/37 REGION
   OF SCNTRL TX. MINIMUM RH VALUES MAY APPROACH CRITICAL THRESHOLDS FOR
   A FEW HOURS DURATION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH RH VALUES QUICKLY
   RECOVERING THROUGH THE LATE EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS.
   
   ..GUYER.. 09/24/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 240713
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0213 AM CDT SAT SEP 24 2005
   
   VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NRN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION WILL DAMPEN AND MOVE
   QUICKLY EWD INTO THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS ON SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...
   WEAKER WIND SPEEDS ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE SRN GREAT BASIN/SRN
   ROCKIES WITH SHORTWAVE RIDGING ENSUING. SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS
   THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG A COLD FRONT MOVING SEWD
   ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND MISSOURI VALLEY/CNTRL
   PLAINS. REMNANTS OF RITA WILL ALSO KEEP A THREAT OF VERY HEAVY
   RAINFALL ACROSS AR/LA.
   
   ..GUYER.. 09/24/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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