Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 060915
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0415 AM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
JUST NORTH OF THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER...STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH
WILL PROGRESS FROM WESTERN ONTARIO INTO QUEBEC TONIGHT. IN ITS
WAKE...UPPER RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY EXPAND WEST/NORTHWEST ACROSS THE
MIDDLE OF THE CONUS. PERSISTENT CUT-OFF LOW OFF OF CA WILL NEAR THE
NORTHERN CA COAST BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
...MUCH OF NV...
AS THE UPPER LOW PROGRESSES TOWARD THE CA COAST...A MODEST INCREASE
IN SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE WILL YIELD SLIGHTLY WARMER
TEMPERATURES/HIGHER WIND SPEEDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE GREAT BASIN
TODAY. BROAD SCALE SOUTH WINDS WILL LIKELY BE 10-20 MPH...WITH SOME
HIGHER GUSTS.
...MUCH OF ORE/NORTHERN CA AND EXTREME WESTERN/NORTHERN NV...
DOWNSTREAM OF THE UPPER LOW...ISOLATED-SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHERN CA AND
ALONG/EAST OF THE ORE CASCADES. MUCH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
DRY IN NATURE GIVEN THE EXISTENCE OF DRY SUB-CLOUD LAYERS. THE
POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR NEW FIRE START VIA LIGHTNING STRIKES...IN
ADDITION TO LOCALLY GUSTY/ERRATIC WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS.
..GUYER.. 08/06/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 060918
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0418 AM CDT SUN AUG 06 2006
VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF NV/SOUTHEAST ORE/FAR
SOUTHWEST ID...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR EASTERN ORE/FAR SOUTHEAST
WA/NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ID/FAR WESTERN MT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...
...SYNOPSIS...
HOT UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN THE PREVALENT FEATURE ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF THE LOWER 48...ESPECIALLY THE NATIONS MID SECTION AND
SOUTHEAST STATES. MAIN BELT OF MODERATE/STRONG WESTERLIES WILL BE
CONFINED TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND FAR NORTHERN TIER INTO THE
NORTHEAST STATES. BECOMING EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS FLOW REGIME...UPPER
LOW WILL PROGRESS FROM THE NORTHERN CA COAST INTO ORE DURING THE
PERIOD.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MUCH OF NV/SOUTHEAST ORE/FAR
SOUTHWEST ID...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AND LOW RH
AS UPPER LOW/SHORTWAVE TROUGH SHIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN
CA...A DOWNSTREAM INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS/PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE GREAT BASIN INTO
SOUTHEAST ORE/SOUTHERN ID ON MONDAY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20-25
MPH APPEAR LIKELY...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE INCREASED SOUTHERLY
GRADIENT WILL PROMOTE WARM TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION...WITH
MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 10-15 PERCENT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - EASTERN ORE/FAR SOUTHEAST
WA/NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ID/FAR WESTERN MT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS
SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN ORE/FAR
SOUTHEAST WA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN/CENTRAL ID INTO FAR WESTERN MT
ON MONDAY. WITH SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY/FORCING FOR ASCENT VIA
APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH...DRY SUB-CLOUD LAYERS /WITH MEAGER
PROSPECTS FOR APPRECIABLE PRECIPITATION/ AND SUFFICIENTLY FAST STORM
MOTIONS SHOULD SUPPORT MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION TO
POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING IGNITED FIRES...GUSTY/ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM
DOWNDRAFT WINDS MAY ADVERSELY IMPACT FIRE CONTROL EFFORTS.
...NORTHERN PLAINS...
AS SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS EASTWARD TOWARD THE UPPER MIDWEST ON
MONDAY...INCREASING SOUTHERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL YIELD
MODERATELY GUSTY WINDS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE NORTHERN
PLAINS. SUSTAINED SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL LIKELY REACH 15-20 MPH
/WITH HIGHER GUSTS/...ESPECIALLY IN A CORRIDOR FROM NORTHERN NEB
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ND. IN SPITE OF THE GUSTY WINDS...TEMPERATURES
WILL BE AROUND SEASONAL NORMS -- UPPER 80S/LOWER 90S -- IN THE WAKE
OF THIS WEEKENDS COLD FRONT...WITH SUFFICIENTLY HIGH AFTERNOON
MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 25-30 PERCENT.
..GUYER.. 08/06/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...