Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks
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FNUS21 KWNS 290610
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1210 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2005
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SEWD INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY AND WRN GULF
STATES AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CONTINUES PUSHING E TOWARD THE
ATLANTIC COAST. COOL TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH WILL ACCOMPANY THE
HIGH...WHILE HEAVY RAINS OCCUR WITH COLD FRONT FARTHER E. IT WILL
REMAIN DRY OVER THE SRN PLAINS BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE RELATIVELY
COOL.
OUT WEST...PRESSURES WILL LOWER OVER THE GREAT BASIN DUE IN PART TO
A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH INTO THE PACIFIC NW...AND WILL HELP RH
LEVELS TO RISE OVER SRN CA.
...SRN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY REGION...
IT WILL BE COOL BUT DRY TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN.
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S IN WRN OK TO NEAR 60
TOWARD NEW ORLEANS...WITH MIN AFTERNOON RH OF 25-35 PERCENT. ENOUGH
OF A PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN FOR WLY WINDS OF 10-15 MPH. AREAS
THAT DID NOT RECEIVE RAIN RECENTLY MAY SEE MARGINAL FIRE THREAT
DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS...BUT OVERALL...COOL TEMPERATURES AND
MARGINAL WIND SPEEDS SHOULD MITIGATE THE THREAT.
..JEWELL.. 11/29/2005
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 290610
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1210 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2005
VALID 301200Z - 011200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
LOW AMPLITUDE PATTERN WILL EXIST ON WED...WITH SLIGHT RIDGING ACROSS
THE SWRN STATES AND A BIT OF A TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. AT
THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW FOR DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE
MS AND DEEP SOUTH. A WEAK SURFACE LOW WILL FOR INTO NW TX...WHICH
WILL CAUSE WINDS TO BECOME LOCALLY STRONG OVER THE SRN PLAINS WITH
LOW RH.
...MUCH OF CENTRAL NRN AND WRN TX / ERN NM / SRN OK...
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS...AS
LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS WED AFTERNOON OVER NW TX. SUSTAINED SLY WINDS
OF 15-20 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL
MODIFY INTO THE 60S NRN AREA TO NEAR 70 SOUTH...WHICH WILL ALLOW RH
LEVELS TO DROP TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 PERCENT EXCEPT 15-20 PERCENT
OVER NM AND FAR SW TX. DUE TO WIND AND RH COMBINATION...CONDITIONS
WILL APPROACH CRITICAL LEVELS ON WED. PORTIONS OF THE REGION MAY BE
UPGRADED TO CRITICAL NEXT DAY 1.
...LOWER MS VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH...
RH SHOULD BE LOWER THAN ON PREVIOUS DAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD.
DESPITE COOL TEMPERATURES IN THE 50-60 RANGE...RH LEVELS OF 25-30
PERCENT ARE ANTICIPATED. LIGHT WINDS AND COOL TEMPERATURES/LOW
INVERSION HEIGHTS SHOULD HELP TO MITIGATE OVERALL FIRE THREAT.
..JEWELL.. 11/29/2005
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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