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FNUS21 KWNS 221005
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0505 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SOUTHERN ID/FAR SOUTHERN
MT/WESTERN WY/CENTRAL AND EASTERN NV/NORTHWEST UT...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR EASTERN WA/NORTHEAST ORE/NORTHERN
ID/WESTERN MT...
...SYNOPSIS...
PROGRESSIVE UPPER FLOW REGIME WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD
OF THE COUNTRY...AS SOME AMPLIFICATION OCCURS THROUGH THE PERIOD VIA
SHARPENING UPPER TROUGHS OVER THE NORTHEAST STATES AND PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN PREVALENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
STATES. IN THE WEST...OVERALL PATTERN WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION
TO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND FOUR CORNERS AREA.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SOUTHERN ID/FAR SOUTHERN MT/WESTERN
WY/CENTRAL AND EASTERN NV/NORTHWEST UT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH HAINES/LOW RH VALUES
MODERATELY STRONG BELT OF SOUTHERLY MID LEVEL FLOW WILL OVERSPREAD
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES/NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION TODAY. WITH
FAVORABLE MIXING IN A VERY WARM/DRY AIRMASS...A RESULTANT INCREASE
IN WIND SPEEDS IS EXPECTED ACROSS A BROAD REGION FROM NV INTO
SOUTHERN ID/NORTHERN UT AND MUCH OF WY/SOUTHERN MT. SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS OF 15-20 MPH ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE
MODERATE WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES...AND VERY LOW 8-15 PERCENT RH
VALUES SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR BOTH PLUME DOMINATED FIRES THIS
AFTERNOON AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD VIA GUSTY WINDS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - EASTERN WA/NORTHEAST ORE/NORTHERN
ID/WESTERN MT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY WINDS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS
A RELATIVELY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW GUSTY WINDS TO
DEVELOP THROUGH PASSES/CANYONS OF THE WA AND ORE CASCADES...AND THE
COLUMBIA GORGE...INTO NORTHERN ID/WESTERN MT TODAY. BROAD SCALE
WINDS OF 15-20 MPH ARE LIKELY...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE FIRE WEATHER
POTENTIAL WILL BE FURTHER HEIGHTENED VIA ISOLATED-SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN ID/WESTERN MT THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. WHILE THE STORMS MAY BE A MIX OF WET AND DRY...THE
POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR NEW FIRE STARTS VIA CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY/ERRATIC THUNDERSTORM
DOWNDRAFTS.
...WESTERN/NORTHERN NEB AND FAR SOUTHERN SD...
GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL EXIST TODAY ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS. MODERATE WINDS ALOFT/DEEP MIXING WILL SUPPORT SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS OF 20-25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL MAINLY BE IN THE 90S...WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES OF
15-30 PERCENT. RECENT RAINFALL MAY TEND TO MITIGATE THE FIRE THREAT
SOMEWHAT ACROSS THE REGION...ALTHOUGH LOCALIZED/RELATIVELY RAIN-FREE
AREAS WILL HAVE A HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER.
..GUYER.. 08/22/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 221042
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0542 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2006
VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SOUTHERN ID/FAR SOUTHERN MT/FAR
NORTHERN UT/WY INTO FAR SOUTHWEST SD/FAR WESTERN NEB...
...SYNOPSIS...
WITH UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...PROGRESSIVE
UPPER FLOW REGIME WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES.
SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT WILL QUICKLY PUSH ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON
WEDNESDAY...WHILE BROAD UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO ENCOMPASS THE
NORTHEAST STATES.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SOUTHERN ID/FAR SOUTHERN MT/FAR
NORTHERN UT/WY INTO FAR SOUTHWEST SD/FAR WESTERN NEB...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY WINDS AND COLD FRONT PASSAGE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES
IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SHORTWAVE TROUGH/COLD FRONT ADVANCING ACROSS
THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...RELATIVELY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A
BROAD PORTION OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ON WEDNESDAY. THE COLD FRONT
WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS ID/MT/FAR NORTHERN NV DURING THE DAY...WITH
GUSTY WINDS AND A WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH IT. WELL AHEAD OF THE
FRONT...WARM TEMPERATURES/LOW RH VALUES AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15-25 MPH ARE
LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN ID INTO WESTERN/CENTRAL WY.
...MT...
ALTHOUGH BROAD SCALE WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER WITH COOLER
TEMPERATURES/HIGHER RH VALUES WITH NORTH EXTENT ACROSS MT...A
COMBINATION OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.
WHILE SUFFICIENT MOISTURE/INSTABILITY IS SUGGESTIVE OF WETTING
RAINFALL...THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SOME NEW FIRE STARTS AND
THUNDERSTORM ENHANCED WIND GUSTS ACROSS MUCH OF MT.
..GUYER.. 08/22/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...