Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 060908
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0408 AM CDT TUE JUN 06 2006
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE WEST WILL AMPLIFY AND SHIFT EWD
TODAY...IN RESPONSE TO ERN PACIFIC WAVE. AN ELY WAVE WAS NOTED IN
EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR LOOPS MOVING TOWARD THE GULF OF CA. THIS
DISTURBANCE WILL BECOME ABSORBED WITHIN THE LARGE RIDGE NOW OVER THE
SOUTHWEST...BRINGING ADDITIONAL MID LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS SRN CA
INTO THE GREAT BASIN. ISOLD DRY TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SRN CA
MTNS THROUGH THE SIERRA AND GREAT BASIN/SW UT. A HIGHER PROBABILITY
FOR TSTMS EXISTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF AZ/NM INTO THE SRN ROCKIES.
BECAUSE OF THE AMBIENT DRY CONDITIONS...ANY ISOLD LIGHTNING STRIKE
POSES A FIRE WEATHER THREAT. AIRMASS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST REMAINS
VERY DRY AND MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS AFTN
WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS.
...SRN AL/SRN GA/PORTIONS OF THE FL PANHANDLE...
SFC DEWPOINTS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S FROM MOBILE
THROUGH TALLAHASSEE TO GAINESVILLE...AND WITH HIGH TEMPS IN THE
UPPER 80S/LOWER 90S...MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 25-35
PERCENT. KBDI VALUES ARE GENERALLY ABOVE 500 ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE
AND PORTIONS OF SRN GA. FIRE THREATS WILL BE MITIGATED BY LIGHTER
WINDS.
..TAYLOR.. 06/06/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 060911
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0411 AM CDT TUE JUN 06 2006
VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
PATTERN CHANGE WILL BE UNDERWAY BY WEDNESDAY...AS NEXT UPPER TROUGH
MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. MID LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE
ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AS SUBTROPICAL IMPULSES MOVE AROUND THE
PERIPHERY OF FOUR CORNERS UPPER RIDGE. LARGE SCALE ASCENT WILL BE
FOCUSED ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN/NRN ROCKIES ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER
LEVEL DIVERGENCE AHEAD OF THE PAC NW UPPER TROUGH. GIVEN INCREASED
FORCING FOR ASCENT AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
MORE NUMEROUS ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE WEST. ISOLD DRY
LIGHTNING AND STRONG/SEVERE WIND GUSTS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO A FIRE
WEATHER HAZARD.
...SOUTHWEST AND GREAT BASIN...
FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST HIGH BASED TSTMS WILL FORM ON WEDNESDAY
ACROSS MUCH OF AZ AND NM AND PORTIONS OF THE GREAT BASIN/UT AND THE
SIERRA. IN GENERAL...PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL RANGE FROM
AROUND .50 TO .65 INCHES SUGGESTING THAT LITTLE WETTING RAIN WILL
ACCOMPANY STORMS. CALIBRATED PROBABILITY OF A DRY TSTM PROVIDED BY
SREF GUIDANCE WOULD INDICATE SLIGHTER HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS OF
STORMS FROM SERN AZ NWWD TO THE MOGOLLON RIM...AND NERN NV.
..TAYLOR.. 06/06/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...