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FNUS21 KWNS 310900
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0400 AM CDT THU AUG 31 2006
VALID 311200Z - 011200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NRN ROCKIES WILL SLOWLY MOVE EWD TODAY.
AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH A SFC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SWD THROUGH THE NRN
HIGH PLAINS/CENTRAL ROCKIES. IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...MUCH
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER RH READINGS WILL OFFSET MODERATE NWLY
WINDS TO PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREATS. WELL BEHIND THE
FRONT A LARGE AREA OF SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP EWD THROUGH THE
PAC NW INTO THE NRN ROCKIES. WEST OF THIS HIGH A THERMAL TROUGH WILL
DEVELOP INTO THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF WA/ORE AND FAR NRN CA LATER
TODAY/TONIGHT. THIS WILL SUPPORT A EAST WIND EVENT OVER THIS AREA
AND NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE
NATION...SLY WINDS WILL RETURN TO THE SRN/CENTRAL PLAINS AHEAD OF A
LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER ERN CO. LOW RH READINGS WILL SUPPORT HIGH
FIRE DANGER IN SRN/CENTRAL TX. VERY LOW RH READINGS FROM 5-10
PERCENT WILL BE PREVALENT OVER PORTIONS OF INTERIOR CA AND THE GREAT
BASIN.
...CENTRAL/SRN TX...
LOW RH READINGS WILL BE PREVALENT OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL/ERN TX IN THE
WAKE OF YESTERDAY/S COLD FRONT. LONG TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS EXIST
OVER THE AREA...BUT SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN 10 MPH
PRECLUDING A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...WRN WA/ORE...
AS HIGH PRESSURE DEVELOPS EWD INTO THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF THE
REGION TODAY AND UPPER RIDGING DEVELOPS NWD...A THERMAL TROUGH WILL
MOVE TOWARDS THE COAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN
TO WARM TODAY...BUT MIN RH READINGS SHOULD NOT FALL MUCH BEL0W 30
PERCENT. RH RECOVERY OVERNIGHT HOWEVER WILL BE POOR...ESPECIALLY
OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS AS ELY WINDS INCREASE. LACK OF STRONGER
PRESSURE GRADIENT FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD /SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20
MPH OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND THROUGH THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE/ LATE
TONIGHT AND MODESTLY LOW RH READINGS DURING THE DAY TODAY WILL LIMIT
A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..CROSBIE.. 08/31/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 310901
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0401 AM CDT THU AUG 31 2006
VALID 011200Z - 021200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SWD THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS DURING
THE DAY TOMORROW. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...MODERATE NNWLY WINDS
WILL BRING IN MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER RH READINGS TO THE
REGION. FURTHER WEST...UPPER RIDGING WILL DEVELOP NWD THROUGH THE
PAC NW. AT THE SFC...A THERMAL TROUGH WILL REMAIN NEAR THE COAST
SUPPORTING AN OFFSHORE FLOW PATTERN AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES TO MUCH OF WRN WA/ORE. MODERATE ELY WINDS EARLY IN THE
PERIOD WILL DIMINISH DURING THE DAY...WITH REDEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT
EXPECTED TO BE WEAKER THUS LIMITING A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
LOW RH READINGS WILL BE COMMONPLACE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WA/ORE
SWD INTO CA AND THE GREAT BASIN.
...WRN WA/ORE...
SUSTAINED ELY WINDS FROM 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE EARLY IN THE PERIOD OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND THROUGH THE
COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE. SUSTAINED ELY WINDS WILL DECREASE TO LESS THAN
20 MPH OVER MOST OF THE AREA DURING PEAK HEATING WHEN MIN RH
READINGS FROM 15-25 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE
COAST. AS THE SFC HIGH CONTINUES TO MOVE EWD INTO THE NRN
ROCKIES...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD WEAKEN SUFFICIENTLY TOMORROW
NIGHT THAT OFFSHORE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN 20 MPH FOR MOST OF
THE AREA PRECLUDING A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT... DESPITE POOR
RH RECOVERY.
...CENTRAL/SRN TX...
LITTLE TO NO SENSIBLE MOISTURE INCREASE IS EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE
AREA AS SLY FLOW REMAINS WEAK AND LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE EXISTS.
WARMING TEMPERATURES IN THE MID/UPPER 90S AND DEWPTS IN THE 55-60
DEG F RANGE WILL PRODUCE MIN RH READINGS IN THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE.
..CROSBIE.. 08/31/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...