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FNUS21 KWNS 270829
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0329 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SOUTHEAST UT/WESTERN
CO/WESTERN NM AND NORTHERN/EASTERN AZ...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SOUTHEAST CA/SOUTHEAST NV/MUCH OF
UT/SOUTHERN WY/CO/AZ/NM INTO THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...
...SYNOPSIS...
BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT EASTWARD OVER THE WESTERN STATES
TODAY...WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ADVANCING ACROSS WY/UT/NV. STRONG
WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH AND A WARM/DRY AIRMASS AHEAD OF
THE COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO A HIGH FIRE DANGER FROM THE LOWER CO
RIVER VALLEY/EASTERN GREAT BASIN TO THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS. ELSEWHERE...UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN STATES.
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SOUTHEAST UT/WESTERN
CO/WESTERN NM AND NORTHERN/EASTERN AZ...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND WARM
TEMPERATURES/VERY LOW RH VALUES
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY FROM THE
LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY/EASTERN GREAT BASIN INTO THE FOUR CORNERS
AREA. IN ASSOCIATION WITH EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF WESTERN STATES
TROUGH...A BELT OF STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY MID LEVEL FLOW WILL SPREAD
FROM THE LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHWEST DESERTS INTO THE FOUR
CORNERS AREA AND CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY.
ALONG/AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS UT/SOUTHERN NV...IN
PRESENCE OF WARM TEMPERATURES AND A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY
LAYER/STEEP LAPSE RATE ENVIRONMENT...AFOREMENTIONED STRONG BELT OF
MID LEVEL WINDS WILL MIX TO THE SURFACE BY LATE MORNING IN MOST
LOCALES. VERY STRONG SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH ARE
LIKELY...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH POSSIBLE. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RH
VALUES WILL GENERALLY DROP TO 7-10 PERCENT...WITH VERY POOR RH
RECOVERIES EXPECTED TONIGHT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SOUTHEAST CA/SOUTHEAST NV/MUCH OF
UT/SOUTHERN WY/CO/AZ/NM INTO THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND HOT TEMPERATURES/LOW
RH VALUES
SURROUNDING THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL AREA...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS
WILL EXIST ACROSS A BROAD EXPANSE FROM THE LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY
ACROSS A LARGE PORTION THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN ROCKIES...INTO THE
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS OF WESTERN NEB/KS/OK/TX. ALTHOUGH
REMOVED FROM THE CORE OF STRONGEST MID LEVEL WINDS...STRONG/GUSTY
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-30 MPH /WITH HIGHER GUSTS/ WILL NEVERTHELESS
EXIST ACROSS THE CRITICAL OUTLOOK AREA. ASIDE FROM THE GUSTY
WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES/LOW RH VALUES AND DEEP MIXING WILL YIELD A
HIGH FIRE WEATHER DANGER.
...NORTHERN FL AND GA/AL...
IN PRESENCE OF UPPER RIDGE/SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE...WARM TEMPERATURES
WILL REACH THE LOWER 90S ACROSS NORTHERN FL AND MUCH OF GA/AL THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS MAY RESULT IN MARGINALLY LOW RH VALUES OF 35-40
PERCENT FOR A FEW HOURS DURATION. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE
LIGHT...BUT GIVEN RECENT DROUGHT...A MARGINAL FIRE THREAT MAY EXIST
DURING THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD YIELD NEW FIRE STARTS.
..GUYER.. 05/27/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 270936
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0436 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2006
VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR EASTERN AZ/FAR SOUTHEAST
UT/SOUTHERN CO/NM INTO WEST TX/OK PANHANDLE/FAR SOUTHWEST KS...
...SYNOPSIS...
MEAN UPPER TROUGH WILL PERSIST OVER THE WESTERN STATES ON
SUNDAY...WITH PRIMARY IMPULSE LIFTING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE
NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
WILL ADVANCE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST UT/NORTHERN AZ INTO
CO/NORTHERN NM.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - EASTERN AZ/FAR SOUTHEAST UT/SOUTHERN
CO/NM INTO WEST TX/OK PANHANDLE/FAR SOUTHWEST KS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG/GUSTY SOUTHWEST-WEST WINDS AND WARM
TEMPERATURES/LOW RH
WITHIN WESTERN STATES TROUGH...BELT OF MODERATELY STRONG
WEST-SOUTHWEST MID LEVEL WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE
SOUTHERN ROCKIES ON SUNDAY. WITH A WELL MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER/STEEP
LAPSE RATE ENVIRONMENT...RELATIVELY STRONG/GUSTY WINDS ARE AGAIN
LIKELY BY EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-35 MPH ARE
ANTICIPATED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN CO AND MUCH OF NM. GUSTS
MAY REACH 40-45 MPH. OTHERWISE...THE AMBIENT AIRMASS ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS /WEST OF THE DRYLINE/
WILL BE RATHER WARM WITH LOW AFTERNOON RH VALUES AND HIGH HAINES
INDICES.
..GUYER.. 05/27/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...