Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 270904
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0404 AM CDT WED SEP 27 2006
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
OVERALL UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL AMPLIFY THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH AN
EXPANSIVE UPPER TROUGH DOMINANT OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
CONUS...AS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE WESTERN STATES. A COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH/SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
AND SOUTHERN PLAINS...WITH COOL AND WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT. A WARM/DRY AIRMASS WILL BE DOMINANT FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TO THE GREAT BASIN AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
...CENTRAL/NORTHEAST TX INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...
SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS OK/NORTH TX. ALTHOUGH BOUNDARY LAYER
MOISTURE WILL BE INCREASING ACROSS THE REGION...STRONG HEATING WILL
RESULT IN MODESTLY LOW RH VALUES FOR INLAND AREAS...WITH MINIMUM RH
VALUES OF 25-35 PERCENT FOR A FEW HOURS AWAY FROM THE GULF COAST.
SUSTAINED SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY REACH 15
MPH...ESPECIALLY IN A CORRIDOR FROM THE TX HILL COUNTRY TO THE
ARKLATEX VICINITY.
...CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...
A COLD FRONT WILL SURGE SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WITH
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS EASTERN WY/MUCH OF NEB INTO NORTHERN KS
AND EASTERN CO/NORTHEAST NM. WHILE RH VALUES WILL BE ON THE
INCREASE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CO/NORTHEAST NM MAY SEE RH VALUES AS
LOW AS 15 PERCENT FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.
...CA/ORE/WESTERN GREAT BASIN...
IT WILL BE VERY WARM AND DRY BENEATH THE WESTERN STATES UPPER RIDGE.
BROAD SCALE WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...WITH LOCAL REGIMES
DOMINANT AND SOME GUSTY WINDS NEAR COMPLEX TERRAIN. AFTERNOON RH
VALUES WILL GENERALLY BE AS LOW AS 8-15 PERCENT FOR INLAND AREAS.
DUE TO THE HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH VALUES...POTENTIAL WILL EXIST
FOR INCREASED FIRE ACTIVITY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
..GUYER.. 09/27/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 271003
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0503 AM CDT WED SEP 27 2006
VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
OVERALL PATTERN WILL FURTHER AMPLIFY ON THURSDAY...HIGHLIGHTED BY
EXPANSIVE UPPER TROUGH DEEPENING OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE
COUNTRY...WITH UPPER RIDGING/NORTHWEST UPPER FLOW PREVALENT OVER THE
WESTERN STATES. COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESS EASTWARD TOWARD THE
ATLANTIC SEABOARD...WITH THE TRAILING PORTION MOVING SOUTH ACROSS
FAR SOUTH TX.
...TX HILL COUNTRY/SOUTH TX...
WITH THE COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TX DURING THE
DAY...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY POST-FRONTAL WINDS AND MARGINALLY LOW
RH VALUES MAY CAUSE NEAR-CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR SEVERAL HOURS
ACROSS THE TX HILL COUNTRY/SOUTH TX ON THURSDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE
FRONT...SUSTAINED NORTH/NORTHEAST WINDS MAY REACH 15-20 MPH.
...LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY/WESTERN GREAT BASIN AND CA/ORE...
WARM/DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN PREVALENT ACROSS THE REGION IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THE PERSISTENCE OF THE UPPER RIDGE INTO THE WESTERN
STATES. BROAD SCALE WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT ON THURSDAY...WITH
TERRAIN-DRIVEN/LOCAL REGIMES DOMINANT.
..GUYER.. 09/27/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...