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FNUS21 KWNS 190851
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0351 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WRN STATES UNDER
UPPER RIDGE...WHILE MONSOONAL RAINS CONTINUE FROM CO INTO NM. A COLD
FRONT WILL TRAIL FROM THE OH VALLEY SWWD ACROSS OK AND INTO THE TX
PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS. SOUTH OF THIS
FRONT...IT WILL REMAIN QUITE HOT WITH TEMPERATURES OVER 100 F FROM
AR/LA INTO OK AND TX. DESPITE RELATIVELY WEAK WINDS...NEAR CRITICAL
FIRE CONDITIONS WILL EXIST FROM SRN OK INTO NRN TX.
...SRN OK AND NRN TX...
A COMBINATION OUTFLOW BOUNDARY/COLD FRONT WILL SINK SWD ACROSS
CENTRAL OK...APPROACHING THE RED RIVER BY LATE IN THE DAY. SOUTH OF
THIS BOUNDARY...IT WILL AGAIN BE VERY HOT WITH HIGHS ABOVE 100 F.
THIS WILL CAUSE RH LEVELS TO DROP TO 20-30 PERCENT FROM SRN OK INTO
NRN TX. THE STRONG HEATING AND MODERATELY LOW RH WILL PRODUCE A
FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR FIRE GROWTH MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON.
WIND SPEEDS SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL ONLY AVERAGE AT OR BELOW 10 MPH
OUT OF THE SE...HOWEVER...A WIND SHIFT WILL OCCUR IF THIS
FRONT...POSSIBLY ENFORCED BY DAYTIME STORM OUTFLOW...SURGES
SWD....POTENTIALLY CAUSING ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH ANY ONGOING
FIRES.
...FAR NRN NV...
STRONG HEATING ALONG WITH SOME INCREASE IN MID LEVEL MOISTURE MAY
SPARK AN ISOLATED STORM OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN OF N-CNTRL NV. ANY
STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE DRY WITH POTENTIAL FOR FIRE STARTS.
HOWEVER...OVERALL THREAT AND EXPECTED COVERAGE OF LIGHTNING IS MUCH
TOO LOW FOR A CRITICAL AREA.
..JEWELL.. 08/19/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 190926
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0426 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 2006
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE UPPER MS VALLEY ON SUN...WITH
INCREASED SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS WRN NEB AND THE DAKOTAS.
FARTHER S...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL EXTEND ALONG SRN PERIPHERY OF
THE HIGH...FROM N CNTRL TX INTO THE TN VALLEY. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND N OF THIS BOUNDARY. ELY UPSLOPE
FLOW BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL ALSO ENHANCE RAINFALL RATES ACROSS NM.
SOUTH OF THIS FRONT...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS NRN
AND ERN TX WITH MODERATELY LOW RH.
ELSEWHERE...UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST STATES
AHEAD OF A WEAK UPPER LOW OVER THE ERN PACIFIC. UNDER THIS
RIDGE...VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...ESPECIALLY WITHIN
THERMAL RIDGE FROM THE LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY NWWD INTO THE GREAT
BASIN AND WA...ORE...WRN ID.
...SRN OK INTO NRN TX...
RH LEVELS WILL INCREASE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COOL FRONT AS IT MOVES
ACROSS SRN OK INTO NRN TX. MIN VALUES OF 30-35 PERCENT MAY OCCUR
OVER NRN TX...WITH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. IT WILL REMAIN
WARM...WITH HIGHS NEAR 100 ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20.
...WA/ORE/SWRN ID/WRN NV...
A HIGH HAINES INDEX WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY BENEATH STRENGTHENING UPPER
RIDGE. RH WILL AVERAGE NEAR 10 PERCENT AT PEAK HEATING REGION-WIDE
WITH UPPER SINGLE DIGITS INTERMINGLED. WINDS MAY INCREASE TO 10-15
MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON DUE TO STRONG TURBULENT MIXING...BUT WILL BE
TOO WEAK FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL FIRE THREAT.
IN ADDITION...A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY DEVELOP OVER THE OREGON
CASCADES LATE IN THE DAY...BUT COVERAGE WILL BE ISOLATED AT BEST.
..JEWELL.. 08/19/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...