Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 230913
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0313 AM CST FRI DEC 23 2005
   
   VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   OVERALL PATTERN OVER THE CONUS WILL AMPLIFY THROUGH THE
   PERIOD...WITH REESTABLISHMENT OF WESTERN STATES RIDGE AND EASTERN
   STATES TROUGH. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AND DEVELOPING COLD FRONT WILL
   PUSH EAST/SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND CENTRAL PLAINS. IN
   THE WEST...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN
   STATES...WITH OFFSHORE FLOW INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHERN CA.
   
   ...NORTHERN FL/AL/GA...
   LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
   STATES TODAY...WITH GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF MOIST SOUTHERLY
   TRAJECTORIES AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EASTWARD OVER THE REGION.
   NEVERTHELESS...ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL RH VALUES /25-35 PERCENT/ ARE
   EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON FOR A FEW HOURS DURATION ACROSS NORTHERN FL
   AND ADJACENT AL/GA. GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF THE SURFACE HIGH AND WEAK
   PRESSURE GRADIENT...WIND SPEEDS WILL BE VERY LIGHT /5 MPH OR LESS/.
   
   ...SOUTHERN CA...
   OFFSHORE GRADIENT WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP/INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON
   AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHERN CA...ATTRIBUTABLE TO BUILDING UPPER
   RIDGE/SURFACE HIGH OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. DEVELOPMENT OF
   MODERATE OFFSHORE GRADIENT WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS
   OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY...IN ADDITION TO POOR OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY.
   
   ..GUYER.. 12/23/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 230914
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0314 AM CST FRI DEC 23 2005
   
   VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   LARGE SCALE UPPER PATTERN WILL FURTHER AMPLIFY ON SATURDAY...
   CHARACTERIZED BY LONGWAVE RIDGE OVER THE WEST AND EASTERN STATES
   TROUGH. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS THE LOWER/MIDDLE
   MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST STATES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN
   OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...WITH OFFSHORE COMPONENT GRADUALLY
   WEAKENING ACROSS SOUTHERN CA.
   
   ...SOUTHERN CA...
   WITH OFFSHORE GRADIENT ESTABLISHED...LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
   ONGOING SATURDAY MORNING...NAMELY BELOW CANYONS/PASSES OF SOUTHERN
   CA. HOWEVER OFFSHORE GRADIENT SHOULD GRADUALLY WEAKEN DURING THE
   AFTERNOON/NIGHT...WITH DIMINISHED POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY
   NIGHT. THE OFFSHORE TRAJECTORIES WILL LEAD TO RATHER MILD
   TEMPERATURES /LOWER 80S IN THE COASTAL PLAIN/ SATURDAY
   AFTERNOON...WITH LOW AFTERNOON RH VALUES OF 10-15 PERCENT. 
   
   ...SOUTHERN PLAINS...
   IN WAKE OF COLD FRONT...GUSTY NW WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING
   ACROSS MUCH OF KS/OK INTO NORTH TX. SUSTAINED NW WINDS OF 20-30 MPH
   APPEAR LIKELY...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH AFTERNOON RH VALUES
   SHOULD TEND TO BE SUFFICIENTLY HIGH...THE STRONG/GUSTY WINDS AND
   ANTECEDENT DRY CONDITIONS WILL NEVERTHELESS LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED
   FIRE DANGER...ESPECIALLY ACROSS MUCH OF OK/NORTH TX.
   
   ..GUYER.. 12/23/2005
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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