Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 050806
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0306 AM CDT WED JUL 05 2006
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEVADA FOR
DRY THUNDERSTORMS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT...AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD...WILL STRETCH FROM
THE NEW ENGLAND AREA TO THE MIDWEST AND INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS...AND WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND TEXAS BY THE
END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THIS FRONT WILL BRING SOME PRECIPITATION
TO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND TO SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND NORTHWEST
OKLAHOMA...WITH A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDING INTO THE
MIDWEST AND EASTERN U.S. SOME INSTABILITY WILL EXIST WITH MINIMAL
MOISTURE AND HIGH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN NEVADA...BRINGING A RISK
OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE REGION AND A FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEVADA FOR DRY
THUNDERSTORMS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 80S F TO LOWER 90S F
ACROSS THE REGION...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE 30S F TO LOWER 50S
F. MLCAPE VALUES WILL APPROACH 1000 J/KG BY THE LATE AFTERNOON IN
SOUTHERN NEVADA...WITH INVERTED-V TYPE THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES
EXISTING IN THE AREA. THIS VERTICAL PROFILE SUPPORTS THUNDERSTORMS
WITH MINIMAL OR NO RAINFALL...AS PRECIPITATION FROM THESE STORMS
WILL LIKELY EVAPORATE BEFORE REACHING THE GROUND.
ADDITIONALLY...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY DOWNDRAFT WINDS.
THEREFORE...A FIRE WEATHER THREAT EXISTS...MAINLY FROM FIRES IGNITED
BY LIGHTNING AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR FROM LOCALIZED AREAS OF GUSTY
WINDS.
..LEVIT.. 07/05/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 050855
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0355 AM CDT WED JUL 05 2006
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD INTO THE EASTERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES...WHILE A COLD FRONT MOVES TO THE
GULF COAST AREA...BRINGING SOME PRECIPITATION AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO
THAT REGION. IN THE WESTERN STATES...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS MOST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS...WITH SOME DRY THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEVADA. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...A
TROUGH WILL EXIST OVER BOTH THE WEST AND EAST COAST...WITH THE
MIDDLE THIRD OF THE U.S. DOMINATED BY A STRONG RIDGE.
...NW/CNTRL AZ...
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...SOME AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY
DEVELOP IN THE REGION AS MODEL FORECASTS INDICATE SOME LOW MLCAPE
VALUES APPROACHING 500 J/KG. AS IN PREVIOUS DAYS...THE THERMODYNAMIC
PROFILES WILL AGAIN SUPPORT DRY THUNDERSTORMS...BUT GIVEN THE
RELATIVELY SMALL AREA OF FORECAST INSTABILITY...A WIDESPREAD FIRE
WEATHER THREAT IS NOT EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN
AND STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DO DEVELOP IN THE AREA.
..LEVIT.. 07/05/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...