Storm Prediction Center
Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 260812
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0312 AM CDT WED APR 26 2006
VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW OFF THE SRN CA COAST WILL MOVE SLOWLY SEWD INTO BAJA CA
THROUGH TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER
THE DESERT SW. SUSTAINED WINDS HOWEVER ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE
STRONG ENOUGH FOR A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. ELSEWHERE ACROSS
THE NATION...A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL/ERN STATES. GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED AS A RESULT.
AN EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE OVER THE GREAT LAKES...WHERE WLY WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.
...SRN/ERN AZ AND WRN NM...
SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 10-20 MPH DURING THE MID-LATE
AFTERNOON AS SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT GRADUALLY STRENGTHENS OVER THE
REGION. ALTHOUGH RH READINGS WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY LOW...LACK OF
STRONGER WINDS WILL PRECLUDE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...NRN MN/NRN WI AND NRN LOWER MI...
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...WLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15-20 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT GRADUALLY STRENGTHENS AND
MIXING LAYER DEPTH INCREASES TO AROUND 5 KFT AGL. ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S COMBINED WITH SEASONABLY LOW
DEWPTS IN THE 20S WILL SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS FROM 20-30 PERCENT.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY WITH SUNSET.
..CROSBIE.. 04/26/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 260816
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0316 AM CDT WED APR 26 2006
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF THE DESERT SW...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE DESERT SW THROUGH TOMORROW.
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SSWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AT THE SFC OVER
SERN NM/SWRN NM LEADING TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE NATION...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE THE DOMINANT
FEATURE PRECLUDING ANY OTHER FIRE WEATHER THREATS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - SERN AZ/SWRN NM...FAR WRN TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 30 MPH...MIN RH READINGS AROUND 15 PERCENT...LONG TERM DROUGHT
TO THE WEST OF A STATIONARY FRONT...AND AHEAD OF AN UPPER SYSTEM
THERE WILL BE A RELATIVELY NARROW ZONE WHERE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. STEEPENING LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES...IN
ASSOCIATION WITH APPROACHING SYSTEM ALONG WITH MODERATE WIND
FIELDS...WILL SUPPORT MODERATE SUSTAINED WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 30
MPH. MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND SEASONABLY LOW DWPTS WILL
ALLOW FOR MIN RH READINGS AROUND 15 PERCENT. WITH THE PASSAGE OF A
COLD FRONT...WINDS WILL SHIFT WLY AND REMAIN MODERATE OVERNIGHT WITH
IMPROVING RH READINGS.
...NRN HIGH PLAINS...
BREEZY WLY WINDS FROM 15-25 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE WAKE OF A NRN
STREAM SYSTEM. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD IN THE UPPER 60S
TO LOWER 70S...MIN RH READINGS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE GENERALLY ABOVE
25 PERCENT.
..CROSBIE.. 04/26/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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