Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 240716
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0216 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2006
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN CA...
...SYNOPSIS...
SPRAWLING AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...SPREADING INTO THE PLAINS STATES AND INTO THE
MID MS VALLEY BY MON MORNING AS UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO SHIFT EWD
ACROSS THE NERN U.S. EXISTING ENHANCED PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOCALLY STRONG NELY WINDS NEAR THE SRN CA COASTAL
RANGE WHERE FIRES ARE ONGOING. TO THE NORTH...THERMAL RIDGE WILL
STRENGTHEN AND WILL EXTEND FROM WRN OREGON SWD INTO NRN CA...WITH
WARMING TEMPERATURES...CONTINUED LOW RH AND WEAKENING WINDS. DRY
NWLY FLOW WILL EXIST ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS FROM MT INTO THE DAKOTAS
WITH CLOCKWISE FLOW AROUND HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY ELY/NELY WINDS AND VERY
LOW RH
STRONG AND GUSTY NELY WINDS AROUND 20-40 MPH WILL BE ONGOING THIS
MORNING WITH STRONG GUSTS CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY. RH LEVELS WILL
DROP TO NEAR 10 PERCENT...PRODUCING CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. WINDS
BY MON MORNING WILL BE WEAKER THAN PREVIOUS TWO DAYS...BUT STILL
LOCALLY GUSTING OVER 20-30 MPH WITH POOR RH RECOVERY.
...NRN CA INTO WRN OREGON...
LOCALLY STRONG ELY WINDS WILL BE ONGOING THIS MORNING MAINLY ALONG
THE W SLOPES OF THE SIERRA...COASTAL RANGE AND OREGON CASCADES WITH
MODERATELY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IN PLACE. THIS GRADIENT WILL
WEAKEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH DECREASING WINDS. HOWEVER...THERMAL
RIDGE WILL INTENSIFY...PRODUCING VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS.
THEREFORE...ENHANCED FIRE ACTIVITY IS LIKELY LATE IN THE DAY NEAR
PEAK HEATING. WINDS WILL THEN BE LIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
..JEWELL.. 09/24/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 240752
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0252 AM CDT SUN SEP 24 2006
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THERMAL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN FROM OREGON INTO CA AND
AZ...WHERE IT WILL IT WILL BE VERY HOT AND DRY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
GIVEN UPPER RIDGE ALOFT...BUT LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN OVER
SRN CA. DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW RH LEVELS TO DROP ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND SRN PLAINS...BUT WINDS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT.
...SRN CA...
LOCALLY CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING MAINLY
MOUNTAINOUS LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES...WITH LOCAL WINDS NEAR
20 MPH AND LOW RH. WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY...AND THIS
WILL END THE SANTA ANA WIND EVENT. RH WILL REMAIN VERY LOW
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...WITH FAVORABLE VERTICAL GROWTH POTENTIAL
LATE AFTERNOON.
...NRN CA INTO OREGON...
GIVEN EXISTENCE OF THERMAL RIDGE...ENHANCED FIRE ACTIVITY IS LIKELY
WITH ONGOING BLAZES BY LATE AFTERNOON IN A WARM AND DRY ENVIRONMENT
WITH LIGHT WINDS.
..JEWELL.. 09/24/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...