Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 270918
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0418 AM CDT THU JUL 27 2006
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE STRONGEST WESTERLIES WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NRN HIGH PLAINS AND
CANADA THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERAL IMPULSES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID
MS VALLEY AND NORTHEAST TODAY...TRIGGERING AFTN SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
IN THE WEST...WINDS ALOFT WILL TRANSITION FROM A ZONAL WLY FLOW TO A
MODERATELY STRONG /35-45 KT/ SW FLOW BY EARLY FRIDAY. SFC WINDS WILL
BE THERMALLY DRIVEN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...WITH LOCALLY STRONG GUSTS
LIKELY. AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY OF HOT TEMPS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST...BEFORE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE ERN
PACIFIC.
...PACIFIC NORTHWEST...
TEMPS WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN RANGING FROM THE 90S TO AROUND 102
WITH RH VALUES DIPPING BELOW 15 PERCENT. NUMEROUS SMOKE PLUMES WERE
EVIDENT ON SATELLITE LOOPS FROM WEDNESDAY...AND THE HOT AND DRY
CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE FIRE CONCERNS TODAY. MID LEVEL MOISTURE IS
EXPECTED TO BE TOO MINIMAL FOR TSTMS...AND THIS AGREES WITH DRYING
NOTED ON EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. NEAR CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR ONGOING FIRES...AND NEAR THE
ERN SLOPES OF THE CASCADES WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15-25 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
..TAYLOR.. 07/27/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 270922
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0422 AM CDT THU JUL 27 2006
VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR ID/SW MT...
...SYNOPSIS...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND
ESPECIALLY INTO THE WEEKEND AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM APPROACHES THE NORTHWEST. ALTHOUGH CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL
REMAIN OFFSHORE FRIDAY...IMPULSES WITHIN THE MODERATELY STRONG FLOW
WILL MOVE ACROSS WA/ORE. AT THE SFC...LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
DEEPEN ACROSS SRN ALBERTA AS COLD FRONT MOVES FROM NW MT INTO WCNTRL
MT TO THE SNAKE RIVER VALLEY BY FRIDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ID/SW MT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS/RH
VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT/HIGH FIRE DANGER
HIGH TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE MID 90S TO 100 DEGREES.
VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL ALLOW STRONG MIXING TO OCCUR...AND
HIGHER MOMENTUM AIR MAY BE MIXED TO THE SFC...RESULTING IN GUSTY
WINDS. INCREASED LARGE SCALE ASCENT COMBINED WITH SUFFICIENT MID
LEVEL MOISTURE MAY TRIGGER AFTN/EVENING HIGH BASED TSTMS...WITH THE
ATTENDANT THREAT OF DRY LIGHTNING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE
SAWTOOTH MTNS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WRN MT ARE MOST SUGGESTIVE OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF TSTMS. CRITICAL AREA MAY NEED TO BE MODIFIED IN
THE NEXT OUTLOOK FOR VARIATION IN FRONTAL POSITION...BUT IT DOES
APPEAR LIKELY THAT INCREASED WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF THE
ERN GREAT BASIN THROUGH NRN ROCKIES.
..TAYLOR.. 07/27/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...