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FNUS21 KWNS 080901
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0401 AM CDT THU JUN 08 2006
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR FAR SERN CO/FAR WRN KS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE LARGE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS WILL BEGIN TO
FLATTEN AS SHORTWAVES EJECT OUT AHEAD OF A TROUGH IN THE PACIFIC NW.
IN RESPONSE AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED IN THE
NEB PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A TRAILING PRESSURE TROUGH SWD
ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. SCATTERED TSTMS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE WRN CONUS WITH CONTINUED MID-LEVEL MOISTURE. THE
THREAT FOR DRY TSTMS WILL BE MITIGATED BY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED
NEAR-SURFACE MOISTURE FROM SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY OVER THE PAST 24
HOURS. IN THE SOUTHEAST...WARM AND RATHER DRY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE AHEAD OF A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH...BUT WINDS WILL REMAIN
LIGHT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - FAR SERN CO/FAR WRN KS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: HOT TEMPERATURES / MODERATE WINDS / LOW RH /
LONG-TERM DROUGHT
A NARROW ZONE OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN
VICINITY OF A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH S OF A SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE NEB
PANHANDLE. THIS ZONE WILL BE COINCIDENT WITH AN AXIS OF MODERATE
WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES. HOT TEMPERATURES REACHING THE UPPER 90S TO
LOWER 100S COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS MIXING INTO THE LOWER 40S WILL
ALLOW RH VALUES TO FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT. A MODERATE SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD ALLOW SUSTAINED SLY WINDS TO ONCE AGAIN
REACH 20 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
THROUGH THE EVENING AS A LOW-LEVEL JET FORMS...AND THEN DECREASE
OVERNIGHT AS THE JET MOVES E. THERE IS ALSO A THREAT FOR ISOLATED
DRY TSTMS TOWARDS EVENING ACROSS THE WRN EDGE OF THE CRITICAL AREA.
..GRAMS.. 06/08/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 080944
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0444 AM CDT THU JUN 08 2006
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE GREAT PLAINS UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO DEAMPLIFY WITH
IMPULSES EJECTING EWD OUT AHEAD OF A PACIFIC NW TROUGH. MID-LEVEL
MOISTURE AND ASSOCIATED SCATTERED TSTMS WILL SHIFT EWD AS WELL IN
THE WRN CONUS...WITH DRIER CONDITIONS RETURNING TO THE GREAT BASIN.
AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE SHOULD BE CENTERED NEAR NWRN KS...WITH
A TROUGH DRAPED SWD ACROSS THE SRN HIGH PLAINS. WARM/GENERALLY DRY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN MUCH OF THE SE...BUT WITH CONTINUED
LIGHT WINDS.
...ERN NV/SWRN UT...
AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW WILL MAKE SLOW PROGRESS
E/SEWD. THIS WILL HELP STRENGTHEN SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW SLIGHTLY
ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...TO AROUND 30 MPH ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
STEEPENING LAPSE RATES WILL HELP MIX THESE WINDS TOWARDS THE SURFACE
WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS APPROACHING 20 MPH. THE MID AND LOW-LEVEL
MOISTURE CURRENTLY PRESENT IN THIS REGION SHOULD BE SHUNTED EWD AS
WELL...ALLOWING RH VALUES TO DROP TO NEAR CRITICAL VALUES ON FRIDAY.
...FAR SERN CO/SWRN KS...
ALTHOUGH MODERATE S/SWLY WINDS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN THE VICINITY
OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH...SPEEDS SHOULD BE A TAD LOWER
COMPARED TO WEDNESDAY DUE TO A WEAKER PRESSURE GRADIENT. SUSTAINED
SPEEDS SHOULD APPROACH 20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE QUITE WARM WITH READINGS IN THE
UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S. RH VALUES SHOULD TUMBLE TO AROUND 15 TO 20
PERCENT WITH DEW POINTS MIXING INTO THE 40S.
..GRAMS.. 06/08/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...