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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 250740
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0240 AM CDT MON SEP 25 2006
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
WARM AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE DESERT SW AND WRN
STATES UNDER UPPER RIDGE. HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN/CNTRL
ROCKIES AND PLAINS WILL MODIFY AND WEAKEN...ENDING THE SANTA ANA
WINDS OVER SRN CA. IT WILL BE MARGINALLY WINDY AND DRY ACROSS THE
NRN ROCKIES/HIGH PLAINS IN ADVANCE OF CANADIAN LOW....WHICH WILL
STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT INTO TUE.
...SRN CA...
LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS THROUGH PASSES/CANYONS WILL BE ONGOING THIS
MORNING...BUT WILL DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. RH WILL REMAIN VERY
LOW IN THE MTNS AND ACROSS THE DESERTS...WHICH WILL STILL FAVOR FIRE
GROWTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. GIVEN WEAKENING PRESSURE
GRADIENT...WINDS WILL NOT RETURN OVERNIGHT.
...NRN CA INTO SRN OREGON...
THERMAL RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES.
RH LEVELS WILL REMAIN VERY LOW...DIPPING BELOW 10 PERCENT IN SPOTS.
BY LATE AFTERNOON...FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE AS LOW TO
MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES APPROACH DRY ADIABATIC WITH DEEP MIXING
LAYERS.
...ERN MT INTO THE WRN DAKOTAS...
IT WILL BE MODERATELY WINDY AND DRY TODAY...IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT
UPPER TROUGH WHICH WILL AMPLIFY ACROSS S-CNTRL CANADA TOMORROW.
SUSTAINED WLY WINDS NEAR 15 MPH WILL BE LIKELY...ALONG WITH MIN RH
OF 20-30 PERCENT.
..JEWELL.. 09/25/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 250742
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0242 AM CDT MON SEP 25 2006
VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE WRN U.S. WITH VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES DESERT SW INTO CA ALONG WITH LOW RH. TO THE EAST...A
LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO AMPLIFY ACROSS SRN CANADA INTO THE
N CNTRL STATES...WITH LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
SWWD INTO NRN IA/CENTRAL NEB BY AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS TROUGH...IT
WILL BE FAIRLY DRY AND WINDY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SEWD.
...MT/WY/WRN DAKOTAS/WRN NEB...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA WITH NWLY WIND SPEEDS
AVERAGING NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20-30 MPH. IT WILL REMAIN
RELATIVELY WARM AND DRY WITH RH LEVELS 20-30 PERCENT...INCREASING TO
THE EAST. COMBINATION OF WIND/LOW RH WILL CAUSE A MARGINAL FIRE
THREAT IN AREAS THAT HAVE RECEIVED LITTLE RAINFALL RECENTLY...SUCH
AS ERN WY...SERN MT...WRN ND.
...SRN HIGH PLAINS...
IT WILL BE WARM AND VERY DRY UNDER NWLY FLOW ALOFT ON ERN FRINGE OF
UPPER RIDGE. A WEAK LEE TROUGH WILL FORM OVER ERN NM...WITH GUSTY
SWLY WINDS OF 10-20 MPH NM/TX/WRN OK. RH WILL RANGE FROM 15 PERCENT
NM TO 20-30 PERCENT INTO OK.
...CA INTO SRN OREGON...
PRESENCE OF A VERY WARM AND DRY AIR MASS WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASED
AFTERNOON FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL...DESPITE WEAK WINDS. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 90S MOST PLACES WITH 100S SRN CA/AZ
DESERTS.
..JEWELL.. 09/25/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...