Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 170929
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0429 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2006
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
FIRE WEATHER PATTERN WILL REMAIN FAIRLY UNEVENTFUL THROUGH THURSDAY.
LARGE RIDGE WILL BE THE DOMINANT WEATHER INFLUENCE ACROSS THE
WESTERN STATES...WITH ABOVE NORMAL AND RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY. MAIN FIRE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE ASSOCIATED
WITH TSTM ACTIVITY. ELSEWHERE...A SFC COLD FRONT WILL SURGE SWD FROM
THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE NCNTRL PLAINS. THIS WILL REINFORCE THE
RELATIVELY COOL/DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE CNTRL/SRN PLAINS.
DRIER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH RECENT FRONTAL SURGE IN FL WILL ALSO YIELD
SOME LOW HUMIDITY VALUES.
...DRY TSTMS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WEST...
STORMS WILL INITIATE ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ACROSS CO/NM...AND
ALSO ALONG THE MOGOLLON RIM BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTN. THIS IS DUE
IN PART BECAUSE OF RESIDUAL MID LEVEL MOISTURE UNDER THE RIDGE AND
STEEP LAPSE RATES. A LOW THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING WILL EXIST WITH
SOME OF THE STORMS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. AS THE STORMS MOVE INTO
THE LOWER ELEVATIONS/DESERTS...SOME WETTING RAIN IS EXPECTED. TSTMS
WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SIERRA/GREAT BASIN/ERN ORE...WITH MORE
ISOLD ACTIVITY POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES.
..TAYLOR.. 05/17/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 170930
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0430 AM CDT WED MAY 17 2006
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE IN THE WEST WILL HOLD FIRM ON THURSDAY...BUT ERN PACIFIC
TROUGH WILL BE APPROACHING THE WEST COAST LATE IN THE PERIOD. THIS
WILL INCREASE MID/UPPER LEVEL WINDS ACROSS CA/ORE/WA. THE RIDGE WILL
BEGIN TO AMPLIFY BY FRIDAY...BUT THE BLOCKING PATTERN WILL HOLD
UNTIL THEN. AFTN TSTMS WILL AGAIN BE LIKELY SOUTH AND WEST OF THE
RIDGE AXIS...AND ISOLD DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF ORE/UT/AZ/NV. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE LIKELY NEAR TSTM
DOWNDRAFTS. FARTHER EAST...UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES WITH INCREASING WLY WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST.
..TAYLOR.. 05/17/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...