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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL FNUS21 KWNS 010725 DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0225 AM CDT SAT JUL 01 2006 VALID 011200Z - 021200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...SYNOPSIS... UPPER RIDGE WILL SLIGHTLY DAMPEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TODAY...AS LOW AMPLITUDE TROUGH PUSHES EASTWARD ALONG THE GREAT LAKES AND U.S./CANADIAN BORDER. HOT CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...WITH THUNDERSTORMS COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOUR CORNERS AREA/GREAT BASIN/INTERMOUNTAIN WEST BENEATH THE UPPER RIDGE. HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES WILL GENERALLY YIELD VERY WARM/DRY CONDITIONS. ...MS/AL/WESTERN AND SOUTHERN GA/NORTHERN FL... VERY WARM/DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES TODAY...WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE/UPPER 90S ACROSS INTERIOR AREAS...AND NEAR-CRITICAL MINIMUM RH VALUES AROUND 25-35 PERCENT. DROUGHT CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO COMPOUND ACROSS THIS REGION THIS WEEKEND...A TREND REFLECTED BY OBSERVED KBDI VALUES INCREASING TO 550-700 OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT /GENERALLY 5-10 MPH OR LESS/ UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE SURFACE HIGH...WHICH WILL TEND TO MITIGATE THE THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT FIRE SPREAD. ...MUCH OF NV/UT/WESTERN CO/SOUTHEAST ORE/FAR SOUTHERN ID... SCATTERED WET/SOME DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF THE GREAT BASIN/FOUR CORNERS AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WHILE SOME NEW FIRE STARTS/GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE VIA LOCALLY DRY SUB-CLOUD LAYERS...ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES/SUFFICIENTLY SLOW STORM MOTIONS SUGGEST THAT MOST OF THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN WETTING RAIN. SOME RECENT PRECIPITATION HAS LIKELY MITIGATED THE OVERALL DRY THUNDERSTORM THREAT AS WELL. ...SOUTHEAST CO... A FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST CO THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...WITH POTENTIAL FOR FIRE STARTS AND GUSTY WINDS WITHIN A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER/MODEST PRECIPITABLE WATER ENVIRONMENT. ...SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS... HOT/BREEZY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY...WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WARMING WELL THROUGH THE 90S IN PRESENCE OF A MODEST PRESSURE GRADIENT. THE RELATIVELY STRONGEST SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BE FROM THE TX/OK PANHANDLES INTO KS...WHERE SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15-20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 20-30 PERCENT WILL BE COMMON...WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER RH VALUES /AROUND 15 PERCENT/ ACROSS THE OK/TX PANHANDLES. ..GUYER.. 07/01/2006 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL FNUS22 KWNS 010729 DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0229 AM CDT SAT JUL 01 2006 VALID 021200Z - 031200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...SYNOPSIS... OVERALL PATTERN WILL FLUCTUATE LITTLE INTO SUNDAY...WITH GENERAL PERSISTENCE OF UPPER RIDGING ACROSS THE WESTERN STATES...AND DOWNSTREAM UPPER TROUGH ACROSS EASTERN CANADA INTO THE NORTHEAST STATES/GREAT LAKES VICINITY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES. ...FOUR CORNERS/NORTHERN NV/SOUTHERN ID/SOUTHEAST ORE... BENEATH UPPER RIDGE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN COMMON ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE FOUR CORNERS AREA AND INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. SUFFICIENTLY HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES SUGGEST A PREDOMINANCE OF WET THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH LIGHTNING INDUCED FIRE STARTS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS...NO FOCUSED AREAS OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED. ...SOUTHEAST STATES/NORTHERN FL... AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES...TEMPERATURES MAY BE A FEW DEGREES LOWER...WITH DEWPOINTS/RH VALUES SLIGHTLY HIGHER ON SUNDAY. AFTERNOON RH VALUES MAY NEVERTHELESS APPROACH CRITICAL VALUES FOR A SHORT DURATION. BROAD SCALE WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT...GENERALLY 5-10 MPH OR LESS. ...SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS... SOUTH OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY STALLED ACROSS KS...HOT/DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS ON SUNDAY. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 15-20 MPH /WITH HIGHER GUSTS/ WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE TX/OK PANHANDLES INTO NORTHERN OK/SOUTHERN KS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MIDDLE/UPPER 90S...WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 20-30 PERCENT. ..GUYER.. 07/01/2006 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...