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FNUS21 KWNS 220849
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0349 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE WRN STATES THROUGH TODAY.
NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES WILL EXIST IN MOST OF THE WEST AS A RESULT.
MEANWHILE UPPER TROUGHING WILL DEEPEN OVER THE ERN CONUS. AN
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SEWD EXTENDING FROM SRN TX INTO THE
MID ATLANTIC BY THIS EVENING. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT NLY WINDS
WILL BE PREVALENT ACROSS MOST OF THE MIDWEST/PLAINS. THE STRONGEST
NLY WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE SRN PLAINS...WHERE LOW RH READINGS
WILL ALSO EXIST LEADING TO HIGH FIRE DANGER. WRAPPING AROUND THE
UPPER RIDGE MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED TSTMS /MAINLY
DRY/ OVER PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR PAC NW. COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN
SUB-CRITICAL HOWEVER.
...SRN OK/NRN TX...
BREEZY NLY WINDS WERE OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING OVER MUCH OF
SRN/CENTRAL OK IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. SCT PRECIPITATION
OCCURRED YESTERDAY EVENING OVER SRN OK...BUT GENERALLY THE RAINFALL
AMTS WERE NOT ENOUGH TO ALLEVIATE THE VERY DRY CONDITIONS. A 30 KT
NLY 850 JET WILL MOVE SWD THROUGH OK THIS MORNING AND INTO NRN TX
THIS AFTERNOON. ALONG WITH A DEEPLY MIXED ENVIRONMENT...SUSTAINED
NLY WINDS FROM 15-20 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED OVER SRN OK/NRN TX THIS
AFTERNOON. DEEP MIXING WILL SUPPORT TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 AND
DEWPTS IN THE 50S SUPPORTING MIN RH READINGS FROM 20-25 PERCENT AND
AN ENHANCED FIRE DANGER.
...INTERIOR PAC NW...
MID LEVEL MOISTURE WELL SAMPLED BY THE 00Z RENO AND MEDFORD
SOUNDINGS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NWD INTO ORE AND WA DURING THE
PERIOD. WITH LACK OF ANY ORGANIZED MID LEVEL FORCING...TERRAIN WILL
REMAIN THE MAIN INITIATION MECHANISM. GIVEN THE AMT OF MID LEVEL
MOISTURE /PWAT VALUES AROUND 1 INCH/ AND LACK OF WLY COMPONENT TO
THE MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS...MOST CONVECTION WILL BE A MIX OF WET/DRY
ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CASCADE MTNS. THE MOST LIKELY DRY
TSTM POTENTIAL JUST IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE MTNS IN THE HIGH
DESERT/COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN OF ERN ORE/SCENTRAL WA. HOWEVER TSTM
COVERAGE IN THIS AREA IS ANTICIPATED TO REMAIN ISOLATED PRECLUDING A
CRITICAL DRY TSTM THREAT.
..CROSBIE.. 07/22/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 220850
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0350 AM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006
VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR DRY TSTMS OVER THE INTERIOR PAC
NW...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WEST WILL BEGIN TO BREAKDOWN DURING THE DAY
TWO PERIOD OVER THE PAC NW IN RESPONSE TO SEVERAL APPROACHING UPPER
TROUGHS. THESE TROUGHS WILL INTERACT WITH MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND HOT
SFC TEMPERATURES TO SUPPORT SCT DRY TSTMS OVER THE INTERIOR PAC NW.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE WEST...WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL
OCCUR UNDER THE PRESENCE OF THE UPPER RIDGE. LOW RH READINGS WILL
RESULT...BUT GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS WILL LIMIT ANY ADDITIONAL
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREATS IN THE WEST. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE
NATION...LOW RH READINGS WILL AGAIN BE PRESENT OVER THE CENTRAL/SRN
PLAINS...BUT WINDS WILL BE LIGHT. ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS...ANOTHER
WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SWD THROUGH THE REGION. IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT...NLY WINDS WILL REDEVELOP.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MUCH OF INTERIOR WA/ORE EAST OF THE
CASCADE MTNS...WRN ID...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SCT DRY TSTMS
SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGHS SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES OFF THE NRN
CA/ORE AND WA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE TOWARDS/INTO THE
PAC NW ON SUNDAY. MID LEVEL MOISTURE THAT WILL RESIDE ALONG THE
CASCADE MTNS TODAY WILL BE LIFTED ENEWD INTO ERN ORE/WA AND WRN ID
DURING THE PERIOD AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING TROUGH/S. AT LOW
LEVELS...HOT TEMPERATURES WITH READINGS FROM 95-105 DEG F WILL EXIST
AND SUPPORT A DEEPLY MIXED BNDRY LAYER UP TO 12 KFT AGL ALONG WITH
SUPPORTING TSTM DEVELOPMENT. DESPITE RELATIVELY HIGH PWAT VALUES
FORECASTED /FROM 0.80 TO 1 INCH/ INCREASING MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS
WILL SUPPORT MODEST MOVEMENT OF TSTMS AND LITTLE TIME FOR TSTMS TO
REMAIN IN ONE LOCATION AND TRANSITION TO WET.
...NRN PLAINS...
IN THE WAKE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT...WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE
NORTH TO BETWEEN 10-20 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL LITTLE WITH
AFTERNOON READINGS IN THE 90S. SLIGHTLY LOWER DEWPTS IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT WILL SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS FROM 15-20 PERCENT. LACK OF
STRONGER WINDS WILL PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
..CROSBIE.. 07/22/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...