Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks
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FNUS21 KWNS 131000
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0400 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER THE
GREAT LAKES. A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH ESE ACROSS THE
PLAINS INTO THE ERN CONUS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW IN ITS WAKE
ALLOWING WINDS TO DECREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS
WILL MITIGATE THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT OF THE PAST SEVERAL
DAYS IN THIS REGION.
...NW THROUGH S-CNTRL TX...
A SHARP COLD FRONT/DRY LINE WILL DROP SOUTHEAST THROUGH SRN/ERN TX
THIS MORNING. VERY DRY AIR BEHIND THE BOUNDARY WILL SIGNIFICANTLY
DROP DEW POINTS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. AS TEMPERATURES
WARM INTO THE 50S ACROSS NW TX TO THE 70S IN S-CNTRL TX...MIN RH
VALUES WILL PLUMMET TO BETWEEN 5 AND 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS WILL BE STRONGEST EARLY THIS MORNING WITH
SUSTAINED VALUES OF 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE WINDS MAY SUPPORT A BRIEF
WINDOW FOR CRITICAL CONDITIONS. BUT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
WEAKENS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 MPH BY MID-LATE
MORNING. THUS ANY CRITICAL THREAT SHOULD BE ISOLATED AND SHORT-LIVED
THIS MORNING. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE DURING THE
AFTERNOON TO AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH.
..GRAMS.. 03/13/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 131002
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0402 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006
VALID 141200Z - 151200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT NEWD FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO SERN
CANADA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE E COAST...WHILE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE MS RIVER VALLEY. STRONG WINDS WILL EXIST
IN BETWEEN THESE SYSTEMS...ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO NEW ENGLAND
AND THE MID-ATLANTIC. A LOW-PRESSURE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE
LEE OF THE ROCKIES WITH S WINDS INCREASING ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS.
...ERN NM/TX AND OK PANHANDLES...
RH LEVELS WILL REMAIN QUITE LOW WITH VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT BY
AFTERNOON...AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 50S AND 60S. S WINDS
WILL BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE PULLS
EAST OF THE AREA AND A LOW-PRESSURE TROUGH DEVELOPS IN THE LEE OF
THE ROCKIES. SUSTAINED SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN JUST BELOW CRITICAL
LEVELS...FROM 15 TO 20 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON.
..GRAMS.. 03/13/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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