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FNUS21 KWNS 180959
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0459 AM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM NOW OFF THE BC COAST WILL MOVE INLAND
TODAY...ACCOMPANIED BY A 40-50 KT MID LEVEL JET STREAK. RIDGE WILL
BUILD ACROSS THE NRN HIGH PLAINS AHEAD OF WESTERN SHORTWAVE TROUGH.
STATIONARY FRONTAL ZONE WILL EXTEND FROM THE NRN GREAT BASIN INTO
THE CNTRL PLAINS. WARMER AND WINDIER CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE THE
POTENTIAL FOR MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
GREAT BASIN AND NRN HIGH PLAINS.
...GREAT BASIN/NRN UT...
WINDIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NV/NRN UT
TODAY...ALONG WITH WARMER TEMPS IN THE 80S AND 90S. MINIMUM RH
VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT IN SOME LOCATIONS...WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 15-25 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. ISOLD
HIGH BASED TSTMS ARE MORE LIKELY ACROSS ERN ORE/SRN ID WHERE MORE
MID LEVEL MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER...BUILDUPS OR ISOLD STORMS
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NRN PORTIONS NV/NRN UT GIVEN INCREASED LARGE
SCALE ASCENT.
...NRN PLAINS...
BREEZY W/NWLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM DEPARTS INTO NERN ONTARIO. SHOWERS/TSTMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS
NCNTRL ND INTO NW MN AND MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY HIGH
ACROSS ERN MT/WRN ND TO MINIMIZE FIRE THREAT. ACROSS NCNTRL/WRN SD
AND SCNTRL ND...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15-25 MPH WILL DEVELOP. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SUGGEST MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL FALL TO AROUND 20-25
PERCENT INVOF PIR TO FSD. STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES COMBINED WITH
DIURNAL INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A FEW AFTN TSTMS...SO ANY
FIRE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE MODULATED BY PCPN.
..TAYLOR.. 06/18/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 181001
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0501 AM CDT SUN JUN 18 2006
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR UT/WY/WRN CO/EXTREME ERN NV...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE WRN CONUS ON MONDAY WILL BRING
WINDIER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND INTERMOUNTAIN REGION.
MID LEVEL JET STREAK WILL AMPLIFY AS IT MOVES FROM THE NRN GREAT
BASIN TO WY BY MON EVENING. LARGE SCALE HEIGHT FALLS WILL INDUCE SFC
CYCLOGENESIS OVER WY....AND A DRY COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SRN WY
INTO NRN UT/CNTRL GREAT BASIN BY 20/00Z. VERY LOW RH VALUES COMBINED
WITH STRONG SWLY SFC WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ON MONDAY AFTN/EVENING.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - UT/WY/WRN CO/EXTREME ERN NV...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WINDS 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS/MIN
RH VALUES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT/LONG TERM DROUGHT
AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS ON MONDAY...INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT
WITHIN STEEP LAPSE RATE ENVIRONMENT WILL SUPPORT VIGOROUS BOUNDARY
LAYER MIXING AND SUBSEQUENT STRONG WINDS. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE
FROM 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IN ADDITION...MAX TEMPS WILL CLIMB
INTO THE 80S/90S WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. THERE WILL SOME
THREAT OF AFTN/EVENING TSTMS...MAINLY ACROSS NERN NV AND NRN UT INTO
WY ALONG THE SFC FRONT. CONVECTIVELY ENHANCED WIND GUSTS AND ISOLD
DRY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP.
CONTINUED DROUGHT CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH THE FAVORABLE
WIND/HUMIDITY PATTERN WILL SUPPORT A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...SRN HIGH PLAINS...
SFC WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15-25 MPH RANGE...AS TEMPS HEAT UP
INTO THE 90S. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 10 PERCENT WEST OF
THE DRYLINE/LEE TROUGH...AND RANGE FROM 15-20 PERCENT FARTHER EAST.
THREAT FOR WIND DRIVEN FIRES WILL BE INCREASED ACROSS ERN NM AND THE
TX/OK PANHANDLES.
..TAYLOR.. 06/18/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...