Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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   FNUS21 KWNS 140716
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0216 AM CDT FRI OCT 14 2005
   
   VALID 141200Z - 151200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER RIDGE FROM SRN CA INTO THE FOUR CORNERS WILL WEAKEN
   TODAY...WITH HEIGHTS FALLING AS POTENT UPPER TROUGH QUICKLY MOVES
   ASHORE THE WA/ORE/NRN CA COAST TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
   TRANSITION EWD FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS. DRY CONDITIONS WILL
   EXIST ACROSS THE BULK OF THE COUNTRY...ALTHOUGH DRENCHING RAINS WILL
   PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST STATES.
   
   ...SRN CA...
   LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN VICINITY OF CANYONS/PASSES THIS
   MORNING IN PRESENCE OF MODEST OFFSHORE TRAJECTORIES. ALTHOUGH
   OFFSHORE GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN DURING THE DAY...WARM/DRY CONDITIONS
   WILL NEVERTHELESS PERSIST ACROSS SRN CA. AFTER POOR RH RECOVERIES
   INTO THIS MORNING...RATHER LOW RH VALUES /8-12 PERCENT/ WILL EXIST
   INLAND THIS AFTERNOON FOR SEVERAL HOURS DURATION. GRADIENT WILL
   TREND ONSHORE TONIGHT OWING TO APPROACH OF UPPER TROUGH.
   
   ..GUYER.. 10/14/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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   FNUS22 KWNS 140718
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0218 AM CDT FRI OCT 14 2005
   
   VALID 151200Z - 161200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN NV AND ADJACENT INTERIOR SRN
   CA/FAR SW UT/FAR NW AZ...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   STRONG UPPER TROUGH ALONG THE PACIFIC WEST COAST SATURDAY MORNING IS
   FORECAST TO CUT-OFF BECOMING QUASI-STATIONARY OVER SRN CA EARLY
   SUNDAY...WHILE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT RACES EWD ACROSS THE GREAT
   BASIN. OTHERWISE UPPER PATTERN WILL FURTHER AMPLIFY...AS UPPER
   TROUGH TRANSITIONS OVER THE NE STATES...WITH UPPER RIDGING AND
   PRIMARILY DRY CONDITIONS IN THE NATIONS MID SECTION.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - SRN NV AND ADJACENT INTERIOR SRN
   CA/FAR SW UT/FAR NW AZ...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS AND COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE
   
   STRONG/GUSTY SW WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SRN GREAT BASIN
   ALONG/AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT QUICKLY MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN.
   SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25-35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SRN
   GREAT BASIN...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GIVEN INCREASING MID LEVEL
   MOISTURE/CLOUD COVER AHEAD OF THE UPPER TROUGH...AFTERNOON RH VALUES
   MAY BE MARGINAL...AROUND/JUST ABOVE 15 PERCENT. IN SPITE OF THE
   MARGINAL RH VALUES...THE MAGNITUDE OF EXPECTED WIND SPEEDS APPEARS
   TO WARRANT A CRITICAL OUTLOOK AT THIS JUNCTURE.
   
   ..GUYER.. 10/14/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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