Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 050756
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0256 AM CDT SAT AUG 05 2006
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR WESTERN SD/WESTERN ND/EASTERN
MT/FAR NORTHEAST WY...
...SYNOPSIS...
POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SKIRT EASTWARD ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
U.S./CANADIAN BORDER THROUGH THE PERIOD...ADVANCING FROM
SASKATCHEWAN EARLY THIS MORNING INTO WESTERN ONTARIO BY EARLY
SUNDAY. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST...WITH A CRITICAL FIRE DANGER
ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS VIA POST-FRONTAL GUSTY WINDS/DRYING
AIRMASS. ELSEWHERE...HOT UPPER RIDGE WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN STATES...WHILE A CUT-OFF LOW REMAINS QUASI-STATIONARY OFF
THE CA COAST.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - WESTERN SD/WESTERN ND/EASTERN MT/FAR
NORTHEAST WY...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RH
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS TODAY.
IN THE PRESENCE OF STRONG/GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...DRIER AIR WILL
INFILTRATE MUCH OF EASTERN MT/FAR NORTHEAST WY AND THE WESTERN
DAKOTAS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE POST-COLD FRONTAL REGIME. SUSTAINED
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY REACH 20-35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
GUSTS TO 40-45 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST MT/WESTERN ND. RH
VALUES WILL BE MODERATELY LOW...RANGING FROM 15-20 PERCENT. THE
EAST/SOUTHEAST EXTENT OF THE CRITICAL AREA IS DELINEATED BY THE
EXPECTED COLD FRONT POSITIONING BY LATE AFTERNOON...IN ADDITION TO
POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS/PRECIPITATION
ACROSS SD.
...WESTERN KS/SOUTHERN NEB/NORTHWEST OK AND TX/OK PANHANDLES...
LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
TODAY. SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS MAY REACH 15-20 MPH...WITH SOME
HIGHER GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 90S. MINIMUM RH VALUES SHOULD BE IN THE 25-30 PERCENT RANGE.
ALTHOUGH RECENT PRECIPITATION HAS LESSENED THE FIRE THREAT IN SOME
LOCALES...SOME OF THE DRIER SPOTS MAINTAIN AN INCREASED FIRE THREAT.
..GUYER.. 08/05/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 050758
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0258 AM CDT SAT AUG 05 2006
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD JUST NORTH OF
THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER...REACHING EASTERN ONTARIO/QUEBEC AND THE
ADJACENT NORTHEAST STATES BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. IN ITS
WAKE...UPPER RIDGE WILL EXPAND WEST/NORTHWEST ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF
THE COUNTRY. IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT THE CUT-OFF LOW CURRENTLY OFF
THE CA COAST WILL BEGIN TO NEAR THE NORTHERN CA COAST LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT.
...NV/EASTERN ORE...
AS THE UPPER LOW BEGINS TO NEAR THE CA COAST...A MODEST INCREASE IN
SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE FEATURE WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SLIGHTLY
WARMER TEMPERATURES/SOMEWHAT HIGHER WIND SPEEDS ACROSS THE GREAT
BASIN ON SUNDAY. BROAD SCALE SOUTH WINDS WILL LIKELY BE 10-20
MPH...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. IN ADDITION...SOME DRY THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN CA SIERRAS/WESTERN NV INTO
EASTERN ORE.
..GUYER.. 08/05/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...