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FNUS21 KWNS 090840
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0340 AM CDT FRI JUN 09 2006
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS WILL DEAMPLIFY AS
IMPULSES EJECT 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.
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED IN ERN NEB THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH A TROUGH DRAPED SWWD ACROSS THE SRN HIGH PLAINS.
ISOLATED DRY TSTMS SHOULD OCCUR ALONG THIS TROUGH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SRN GA/NRN
FL...BUT WITH CONTINUED LIGHT WINDS.
...SERN NV/SWRN UT/NWRN AZ...
AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW WILL MAKE SLOW PROGRESS
E/SEWD. A BAND OF MODEST SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE
TROUGH AXIS...WITH SPEEDS AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
STEEPENING LAPSE RATES WILL HELP MIX THESE WINDS TOWARDS THE SURFACE
WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS APPROACHING 20 MPH. LOW AND MID-LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL BE SHUNTED NEWD TODAY AND THIS SHOULD ALLOW RH VALUES TO FALL
TO NEAR CRITICAL VALUES THIS AFTERNOON /AROUND 15 PERCENT/. ALTHOUGH
RECENT HIGH RH/SCATTERED RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS RAISED
10/100-HR FUEL MOISTURE VALUES IN MOST LOCATIONS...AREAS WHICH HAVE
NOT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL MOISTURE MAY ENDURE BRIEF CRITICAL
CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
...SWRN KS/OK PANHANDLE...
A NARROW BAND OF MODERATE WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RH SHOULD RESULT
IN A LOCALIZED CRITICAL THREAT THIS AFTERNOON. S/SWLY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE OUT AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH. A MODEST
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW SUSTAINED WINDS TO APPROACH 20
MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE VERY WARM WITH READINGS TOPPING
OUT IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S. AS DEW POINTS MIX INTO THE MID
40S...RH VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 15 PERCENT. ISOLATED DRY TSTMS
MAY ALSO OCCUR TOWARDS EVENING AS ACTIVITY DEVELOPS ALONG THE TROUGH
AND SPREADS NEWD.
..GRAMS.. 06/09/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 090929
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0429 AM CDT FRI JUN 09 2006
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO DEAMPLIFY
WITH SEVERAL IMPULSES CROSSING THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS. CONTINUED
MODERATE W/SWLY FLOW WILL EXIST ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN/CNTRL ROCKIES
TO THE S/SE OF AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IN THE PACIFIC NW. THIS WILL
LEAD TO DRIER CONDITIONS AS MID-LEVEL MOISTURE MOVES E/NEWD. AT THE
SURFACE...A COOL FRONT WILL SINK SLOWLY SWD ACROSS THE CNTRL
PLAINS...WITH LOW PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR SWRN KS SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL EXIST ACROSS THE SRN HIGH PLAINS WITH
MODERATE S/SW WINDS OUT AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE. VERY WARM/DRY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH LIGHT WINDS IN SRN GA/NRN FL.
...SRN UT/NWRN AZ...
LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE IN WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM DAY 1 OTHER THAN A
SLOW EWD PROGRESS OF MODEST SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW AHEAD OF AN
UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NW. THIS FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO
DRY OUT THE AREA WHICH HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO RECENT HIGH RH/RAINFALL.
AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 80S AND 90S...RH VALUES WILL FALL TO
BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT. THIS COMBINED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
20 MPH MAY PRODUCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS DURING THE
AFTERNOON.
...TX/OK PANHANDLES INTO NWRN OK...
A LOCALIZED CRITICAL THREAT MAY EXIST SATURDAY AFTERNOON...UNDER A
NARROW AXIS OF LOW RH AND MODERATE WINDS. A MODEST SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT TO THE S OF A SWRN KS LOW...SHOULD HELP PRODUCE SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR INTO THE UPPER 90S AND
LOWER 100S...WITH DEW POINTS MIXING INTO THE 40S AHEAD OF A LOW
PRESSURE TROUGH. RH VALUES WILL LIKELY FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT.
..GRAMS.. 06/09/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...