Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 020842
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0342 AM CDT SAT SEP 02 2006
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS WILL ROTATE VERY SLOWLY
SEWD...BLOCKED BY THE REMNANTS OF ERNESTO IN THE MID-ATLANTIC/ERN
GREAT LAKES. LARGE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE
NRN ROCKIES...PROVIDING WARM/DRY CONDITIONS BUT LIGHT WINDS. A WEAK
UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL LIFT NEWD TOWARDS THE NRN CA/SRN OR COAST
TODAY...POSSIBLY PRODUCING A FEW DRY TSTMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
CASCADES. A MOIST AIR MASS AND WEAK MID-LEVEL IMPULSES WILL HELP
GENERATE WIDESPREAD TSTM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE SRN ROCKIES. ALONG THE
PERIPHERY OF THIS ACTIVITY...ISOLATED DRY TSTMS SHOULD OCCUR IN
PORTIONS OF THE ERN GREAT BASIN.
...CASCADE RANGE IN SRN OR...
A CONDITIONAL THREAT FOR DRY TSTMS EXISTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A
WEAK MID/UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM OFFSHORE. MEAGER
LOW/MID-LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN LIMITED INSTABILITY ACROSS THE
AREA. THE WEAK LIFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO
WEAKEN THE CAP TO ALLOW ISOLATED DRY TSTMS TO DEVELOP.
...SWRN UT/E-CNTRL NV...
ISOLATED DRY TSTMS SHOULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AS MID-LEVEL MOISTURE
REMAINS TRAPPED BENEATH AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE. A RELATIVELY DRY
LOW-LEVEL AIR MASS EXISTS THIS MORNING...AND A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY
LAYER WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. LIMITED INSTABILITY AND FLOW
ALOFT WILL RESULT IN ISOLATED COVERAGE OF ANY TSTMS THAT DO DEVELOP.
..GRAMS.. 09/02/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 020921
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0421 AM CDT SAT SEP 02 2006
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN THE MID/UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN FROM DAY 1 IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WRN/CNTRL CONUS. AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL DRIFT
SLOWLY EWD ACROSS THE UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY. LARGE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE
WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES. A WEAK MID-LEVEL
TROUGH SHOULD MOVE SLOWLY N/NEWD ACROSS THE NRN CA/SRN ORE COASTAL
RANGE. MID-LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD SLOWLY INCREASE ACROSS THE ERN
GREAT BASIN UNDER WEAK SLY FLOW. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT IN
WARM/DRY REGIONS OF THE NW/NRN ROCKIES. ISOLATED DRY TSTMS MAY OCCUR
IN PORTIONS OF SRN ORE AND ERN GREAT BASIN.
...ERN NV/FAR WRN UT...
MID-LEVEL MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY INCREASE FROM THE
SOUTH...THUS CONTINUING AN ISOLATED DRY TSTM THREAT ACROSS THE
REGION. THE LOW-LEVEL AIR MASS SHOULD REMAIN QUITE DRY...WITH TOTAL
COLUMN PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEARING A HALF-INCH. MODEL FORECAST
SOUNDINGS INDICATE STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES DEVELOPING SUNDAY
AFTERNOON WITH INVERTED-V TYPE THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURE. RELATIVELY
WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER-LEVELS WILL LIMIT AVAILABLE
INSTABILITY AND SHOULD SUPPRESS MOST CONVECTION FROM DEVELOPING.
...CASCADE MTNS IN ORE...
A CONDITIONAL THREAT FOR DRY TSTMS SHOULD ONCE AGAIN OCCUR SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...AHEAD OF A WEAK AND SLOW MOVING MID-LEVEL TROUGH. WARM
TEMPERATURES AND MARGINAL MOISTURE ALOFT WILL LIMIT INSTABILITY AND
MAY SUFFICIENTLY CAP THE REGION FROM ANY CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. IF
TSTMS DO OCCUR...THEY WOULD LIKELY BE DRY GIVEN THE LARGE DEW-POINT
DEPRESSIONS AT THE SURFACE.
..GRAMS.. 09/02/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...