Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks
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FNUS21 KWNS 220725
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0125 AM CST THU DEC 22 2005
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
LOW AMPLITUDE WESTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL BE DOMINANT ACROSS THE CONUS
THROUGH THE PERIOD. SEVERAL UPPER IMPULSES REACHING THE WEST COAST
WILL MAINTAIN A WET PATTERN ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST/NORTHERN
ROCKIES. ELSEWHERE...LEE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGH
PLAINS...WITH HIGH PRESSURE DOMINANT ACROSS THE GULF COAST/SOUTHEAST
STATES.
...NORTHERN FL/AL/GA...
DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH
THE PERIOD. WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN AIRMASS CHARACTERISTICS SINCE
WEDNESDAY...MARGINALLY CRITICAL RH VALUES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED FOR A
FEW HOURS DURATION THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN RATHER
LIGHT /AROUND 5 MPH/ GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF THE SURFACE HIGH AND
WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT.
...EASTERN NM/NORTHWEST TX...
A MODEST INCREASE OF SW WINDS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN VICINITY
OF SHARPENING LEE TROUGH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS OF
NM/NORTHWEST TX. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE 10-15 MPH...WITH
SOME HIGHER GUSTS. MILD AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE
MIDDLE 60S TO LOWER 70S...WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 15-25 PERCENT
FOR A FEW HOURS AROUND PEAK HEATING.
..GUYER.. 12/22/2005
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 220726
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0126 AM CST THU DEC 22 2005
VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
TEMPORARY BOUT OF ZONAL WESTERLIES WILL YIELD TO AMPLIFYING LARGE
SCALE PATTERN ON FRIDAY...WITH REDEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN STATES RIDGE
AND EASTERN STATES BROAD TROUGH. DEVELOPING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
E/SE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST/CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT...WHILE HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST.
...NORTHERN FLORIDA/AL/GA...
WITH THE SURFACE HIGH SHIFTING SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE FL
PENINSULA...ENSUING GULF TRAJECTORIES WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY
INCREASE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES ON FRIDAY.
NEVERTHELESS...AT LEAST MARGINALLY CRITICAL RH VALUES ARE AGAIN
ANTICIPATED FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA AND ADJACENT
AL/GA...WITH MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN
VERY LIGHT AROUND 5 MPH OR LESS.
...SOUTHERN CA...
ATTRIBUTABLE TO BUILDING WESTERN STATES RIDGE/INTERMOUNTAIN HIGH
PRESSURE...MODEST OFFSHORE GRADIENT WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP/INCREASE
ACROSS SOUTHERN CA DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE PERIOD. THIS WILL
LEAD TO MILDER TEMPERATURES/LOWER RH VALUES THIS WEEKEND.
..GUYER.. 12/22/2005
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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