Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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   FNUS21 KWNS 030944
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0344 AM CST FRI MAR 03 2006
   
   VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   RELATIVELY AMPLIFIED LARGE SCALE FLOW REGIME WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
   CONUS TODAY. OVERALL PATTERN IS CHARACTERIZED BY LONGWAVE TROUGH
   ANCHORED OVER EASTERN CANADA AND THE NORTHEAST STATES...WITH
   EASTWARD TRANSITIONING UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS. WITHIN
   MEAN EASTERN PACIFIC/WESTERN STATES UPPER TROUGH...LEADING SHORTWAVE
   IMPULSE WILL PROGRESS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS CA AND THE GREAT
   BASIN...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE GREAT BASIN/LOWER CO
   RIVER VALLEY AND FOUR CORNERS AREA TODAY.
   
   ...EASTERN GREAT BASIN/LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY AND SOUTHERN UT/MUCH OF
   AZ INTO WESTERN NM...
   AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH/MID LEVEL JET CROSSES CA INTO THE GREAT
   BASIN...STRONG/GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS
   AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE EASTERN GREAT
   BASIN/LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. AFTERNOON
   RH VALUES WILL TEND TO BE MARGINAL...HOWEVER THE MAGNITUDE OF THE
   WIND SPEEDS IN PRESENCE OF DRY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO AN ELEVATED
   FIRE DANGER.
   
   ...EASTERN CO/FAR WESTERN KS/SOUTHWEST NEB...
   GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH
   PLAINS TODAY AS CYCLOGENESIS BEGINS TO OCCUR IN THE LEE OF THE
   ROCKIES. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20-30 MPH APPEAR LIKELY /WITH
   GUSTS TO 40 MPH/ BY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN CO/FAR WESTERN
   KS/SOUTHWEST NEB. SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM
   THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S...WITH AFTERNOON RH VALUES TENDING TO
   REMAIN SUFFICIENTLY HIGH.
   
   ..GUYER.. 03/03/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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   FNUS22 KWNS 030945
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0345 AM CST FRI MAR 03 2006
   
   VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   BETWEEN UPPER TROUGHS OVER BOTH THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND EASTERN
   NORTH AMERICA...UPPER RIDGE WILL FLATTEN OVER THE CENTRAL STATES AS
   SHORTWAVE TROUGH CROSSES THE NORTHERN PLAINS. HIGH PRESSURE AND A
   DRY AIRMASS WILL DOMINATE THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY.
   
   ...NM/SOUTHEAST CO INTO TX/OK PANHANDLES...
   IN WAKE OF LEE TROUGH...WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL LEAD TO
   WARM/BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NM AND THE ADJACENT SOUTHERN
   HIGH PLAINS ON SATURDAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
   APPEAR LIKELY...WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE 60S TO
   LOWER 70S ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. PENDING DEGREE OF HIGHER CLOUD
   COVER/MIXING AND EXPECTED WIND SPEEDS...PORTIONS OF THE REGION MAY
   BE UPGRADED TO CRITICAL IN SUBSEQUENT DAY 1 OUTLOOK.
   
   ...FL PENINSULA AND AL/GA/SC... 
   WITH A DRIER AIRMASS FILTERING INTO THE REGION TODAY IN WAKE OF COLD
   FRONT...SEVERAL HOURS OF RATHER LOW RH VALUES ARE ANTICIPATED
   SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FL PENINSULA AND ADJACENT SE STATES.
   RH VALUES AS LOW AS 20-25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS INTERIOR
   NORTHERN FL AND ADJACENT AL/GA/SC...RANGING TO 35-40 PERCENT ACROSS
   THE INTERIOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FL PENINSULA. HOWEVER...WIND
   SPEEDS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT /5-10 MPH/ OWING TO WEAK
   PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE HIGH.
   
   ..GUYER.. 03/03/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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