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FNUS21 KWNS 080822
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0322 AM CDT SAT JUL 08 2006
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF THE GREAT BASIN FOR
DRY THUNDERSTORMS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WRN STATES AS SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES
FROM THE NRN PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. A WEAK UPPER LOW
ALONG THE CNTRL CA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING LIFTS SLOWLY NWD OVER
THE RIDGE...BRINGING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS TO
PORTIONS OF THE GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE NWLY WINDS AND
A RELATIVELY DRY AIRMASS MOVE OVER THE NRN PLAINS IN THE WAKE OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT.
A DRY AND WARM AIRMASS RESIDE OVER THE SRN PLAINS...WITH SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE THE PREDOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE IN THE EAST. LIGHT NLY
FLOW WILL BRING FAIRLY LOW AFTERNOON RH TO PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHEAST...OTHERWISE THE REMAINDER OF THE EAST CAN EXPECT RATHER
TRANQUIL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CNTRL/NRN NV...SERN OR...EXTREME
NERN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS
WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ALONG THE CNTRL CA COAST MOVES SLOWLY NEWD
TODAY. SUFFICIENT MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND SOLAR HEATING WILL PRODUCE
ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO GENERATE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. THE DEEP AND DRY SUB CLOUD LAYER SHOULD
MINIMIZE RAINFALL...AND COMBINED WITH WEAK LARGE SCALE ASCENT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER WAVE...RESULT IN AN ORGANIZED REGION OF
DRY THUNDERSTORMS. SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG...GUSTY...AND
ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS...AND SURFACE RH GENERALLY BETWEEN 10 TO
15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
...NRN PLAINS...
DRY AIR AND NWLY FLOW HAVE MOVED INTO THE NRN PLAINS FOLLOWING THE
PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT EARLY THIS MORNING. MINIMUM RH WILL FALL TO
AROUND 20 TO 25 PERCENT OVER THE WRN DAKOTAS...WITH NWLY SURFACE
WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH. THE RESULT IS MARGINAL CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
...SRN PLAINS...
A WARM AND DRY AIRMASS IS OVER THE SRN PLAINS...WITH SURFACE DEW
POINTS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S EXPECTED LATER TODAY. AS
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE LOWER TO MID 90S...RH WILL
FALL INTO THE MID 20S. DESPITE THE DRY AIRMASS...SUSTAINED SURFACE
WINDS SHOULD NOT EXCEED 15 MPH AND THEREFORE PRECLUDES A LARGE SCALE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...AL/GA/EXTREME NRN FL...
NLY FLOW WILL ADVECT DRIER AIR INTO THE DEEP SOUTH DURING THE
DAY...WITH DEW POINT TEMPERATURES FALLING STEADILY INTO THE MID 50S
BY LATE AFTERNOON. AS HIGH TEMPERATURES PUSH 90 DEGREES...RH WILL
BRIEFLY FALL TO ABOUT 30 PERCENT LATER TODAY. THE LIGHT NLY WINDS
AND SHORT DURATION MINIMIZE THE OVERALL CRITICAL THREAT.
..BRIGHT.. 07/08/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 080930
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0430 AM CDT SAT JUL 08 2006
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WRN U.S. BEGINS TO FLATTEN AS WEAK UPPER LOW
MOVES FROM THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE NRN ROCKIES. THE EASTERN STATES
REMAIN UNDER A LONGWAVE TROUGH...WITH SURFACE FLOW BECOMING MORE
SWLY AS SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS EWD INTO THE WRN ATLANTIC. THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR A FEW MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GREAT BASIN ALONG
THE INTERFACE OF DRIER PACIFIC AIR AND MID LEVEL MONSOONAL MOISTURE.
...GREAT BASIN/SERN OREGON...
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WRN PERIPHERY
OF MID LEVEL MONSOONAL MOISTURE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LARGE SCALE
FORCING FOR ASCENT IS RELATIVELY WEAK SO EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO
REMAIN PRIMARILY ISOLATED...ALTHOUGH ANY STORMS WOULD BE ACCOMPANIED
BY ERRATIC WINDS AND LOW SURFACE RH IN THE MID TO UPPER TEENS.
PRECIPITABLE WATER SHOULD INCREASE CONSIDERABLY JUST TO THE
EAST...ENDING ANY DRY LIGHTNING THREAT.
...SRN AL/SRN GA/EXTREME NRN FL...
RESIDUAL DRY AIR LINGERING OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST WILL LEAD
TO ANOTHER DAY OF LOW AFTERNOON RH FALLING TO ABOUT 30 PERCENT.
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM AND REACH ABOUT 90...BUT SURFACE
WINDS SHOULD BECOME ELY/SELY AT ONLY 5 TO 10 MPH. THE LIGHT SURFACE
WINDS AND MARGINAL RH PRECLUDE A FIRE WEATHER THREAT AREA AT THIS
TIME.
..BRIGHT.. 07/08/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...