Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 250839
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0339 AM CDT TUE JUL 25 2006
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR IMAGES SHOW IMPULSE APPROACHING WRN
MANITOBA AND ANOTHER WAVE NEAR WRN BC. MONSOONAL MOISTURE CONTINUES
TO CIRCULATE AROUND THE LARGE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IN THE WEST. HOWEVER
MID LEVEL DRYING WILL SUPPRESS TSTM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NW ORE AND
MUCH OF WA TODAY. SCATTERED...MAINLY WET TSTMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THROUGH THE NRN ROCKIES. ISOLD DRY TSTMS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN AS LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL BE
SLIGHTLY ENHANCED BY PASSING WAVE. ELSEWHERE...INCREASING PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS THE PLAINS ASSOCIATED WITH LEE TROUGH WILL RESULT IN
BREEZY SFC WINDS.
...SERN ORE/NRN CA/NRN NV/SRN ID...
MAX TEMPS WILL AGAIN RANGE IN THE 90S TO AROUND 100 WITH MIN RH
VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT. AXIS OF STEEPEST MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL
EXTEND FROM EXTREME NERN CA ACROSS NRN NV BY LATE AFTN. EXPERIMENTAL
DRY LIGHTNING GUIDANCE SUGGESTS NRN NV/THE SAWTOOTH MTNS/WRN MT WILL
BE MOST FAVORABLE AREAS FOR ISOLD DRY TSTMS TODAY. LIGHTNING
COVERAGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE GREAT ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN OUTLOOK.
HOWEVER...DUE TO VERY DRY FUELS AND HIGH LIGHTNING IGNITION
EFFICIENCY...ANY LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL POSE A THREAT. GUSTY TSTM
OUTFLOW WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR NEAR STORMS.
...SRN PLAINS...
SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15-25 MPH RANGE TODAY...WITH
RELATIVELY LOW RH VALUES BELOW 25 PERCENT. GIVEN SEVERE TO EXTREME
LONG TERM DROUGHT...THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED THREAT FOR WIND
DRIVEN WILDFIRE SHOULD IGNITIONS OCCUR.
..TAYLOR.. 07/25/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 250842
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0342 AM CDT TUE JUL 25 2006
VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
LEAD IMPULSE NOW OVER MANITOBA WILL MOVE EWD INTO NWRN ONTARIO BY
EARLY THU. MEANWHILE ANOTHER WAVE WILL AFFECT THE HIGH
PLAINS...LIKELY TRIGGERING HIGH BASED TSTMS IN THE AFTN/EVENING.
INCREASED THREAT FOR WILDFIRE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS
WITH MODERATE TO STRONG SFC WINDS. ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...DRY AIR IN
THE MID-LEVELS COMBINED WITH SUBSIDENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER
RIDGE WILL INHIBIT TSTM DEVELOPMENT. GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS IS
EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS THE SIERRA AND SRN/ERN GREAT BASIN EWD ACROSS
THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION.
...CNTRL/ERN MT...
POST FRONTAL WINDS WILL INCREASE ON WED...AS TEMPS CLIMB INTO THE
MID/UPPER 90S. WITH TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREADS ON THE ORDER OF 50-60
DEGREES IN SOME LOCATIONS...MIN RH VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 15
PERCENT. IN ADDITION TO THE LOW RH/INCREASED WIND...HIGH BASED TSTMS
MAY FORM IN ERN MT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD DRY LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS.
..TAYLOR.. 07/25/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...