Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 180943
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0443 AM CDT MON SEP 18 2006
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING TOWARD THE TX PANHANDLE
THIS MORNING...WITH ANOTHER IMPULSE APPROACHING THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. RIDGE AXIS THAT HAS BEEN ACROSS THE WEST THIS PAST
WEEKEND WILL MOVE EAST AND DE-AMPLIFY. AS IT DOES...SFC PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS SRN CA WILL WEAKEN BY THIS AFTN...ALTHOUGH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE VERY LOW THROUGH TUESDAY. FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS WILL REMAIN ACROSS SRN CA WITH WEAKENING SANTA ANA EVENT.
BY TUESDAY...WINDY CONDITIONS RETURN TO THE GREAT BASIN AS NEXT WAVE
MOVES INLAND.
...SRN CA...
TEMPS WILL BE IN THE MID 80S/90S INLAND...WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES
FROM 5-10 PERCENT. SFC WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST EARLY IN THE
PERIOD...AND A PERIOD OF NEAR CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS IS POSSIBLE
THROUGH EARLY AFTN.
..TAYLOR.. 09/18/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 180944
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0444 AM CDT MON SEP 18 2006
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NRN/CNTRL NV THROUGH WRN UT...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER TROUGH NOW OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL MOVE THROUGH
CNTRL WA/ORE BY TUE EVENING. MID LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
BETWEEN 50-60 KT ACROSS PORTIONS OF SERN ORE/ID. SFC LOW PRESSURE
WILL MOVE FROM NEAR BOI EARLY TUE TO WEST OF SLC LATER IN THE AFTN
WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT MOVING OVER THE NRN GREAT BASIN. SOUTH OF
THE FRONT...GUSTY W/SW WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF CNTRL NV
THROUGH WRN UT. COMBINED WITH LOW RH VALUES/DRY FUELS...THE
INCREASED WINDS MAY SUPPORT A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT ON TUE.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - NRN/CNTRL NV THROUGH WRN UT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY W/SW WINDS 15-30 MPH/LOW RH VALUES/DRY
FUELS
MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT IN SOME LOCATIONS ON
TUESDAY...AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST LIKELY
ACROSS THE CNTRL MTNS/HUMBOLDT BASIN IN NV AND SW UT DESERTS. SOME
PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY IN NRN UT AND GENERALLY COOLER TEMPS/HIGHER
HUMIDITY WILL LESSEN FIRE THREAT IN THAT AREA. LATEST FIRE DANGER
ADJECTIVE OBSERVATIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NV ARE STILL IN THE HIGH/VERY
HIGH RANGE.
..TAYLOR.. 09/18/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...