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FNUS21 KWNS 020830
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0330 AM CDT MON OCT 02 2006
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
SEVERAL WEAKER UPPER TROUGHS WILL ROTATE AROUND A BROADER UPPER
TROUGH LOCATED OVER THE WRN CONUS TODAY. THESE TROUGHS WILL SUPPORT
A DEEP SWLY FLOW OVER THE ROCKIES MAINTAINING AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT
OVER THE SRN PLAINS. THE RESULT WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF MODERATE
SSWLY WINDS OVER THE PLAINS TO THE SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT. THE
COMBINATION OF THESE WINDS AND LOW RH READINGS WILL PRODUCE NEAR
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE SRN PLAINS. SFC HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE SERN STATES WILL SUPPORT ANOTHER DAY OF LOW RH
READINGS...BUT LIGHT WINDS WILL LIMIT ANY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
THREAT.
...KS/OK/NRN TX...
SWLY LOW LEVEL JET WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER
A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TODAY
SUPPORTING BREEZY CONDITIONS. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
AVERAGE AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH OVER MUCH OF WRN/NRN
OK...THE ERN TX PANHANDLE/NWRN TX...AND SRN KS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL REMAIN MODEST TODAY AND DESPITE AFTERNOON MIXING...MIN RH
READINGS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE AOA 20 PERCENT WHERE THE WINDS ARE
THE STRONGEST. THUS A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT IS NOT EXPECTED
ATTM...ALTHOUGH FIRE DANGER WILL BE VERY HIGH.
...SERN STATES...
MIN RH READINGS WILL AVERAGE FROM 20-30 PERCENT TODAY AS WARM
TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S/LOWER 90S COMBINE WITH DEWPTS IN THE
40S/50S. GENERALLY LIGHT NLY/ELY WINDS WILL PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..CROSBIE.. 10/02/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 020831
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0331 AM CDT MON OCT 02 2006
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE MAIN AND STRONGER UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE WEST COAST
TOMORROW. THIS WILL AID IN EJECTING A LEAD UPPER TROUGH INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SWD THROUGH THE NRN PLAINS IN
THE WAKE OF THIS CENTRAL PLAINS TROUGH. AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT...SWLY WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATE OVER MUCH OF THE SRN PLAINS
AGAIN SUPPORTING NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS
OF OK/TX. MODERATE SWLY WINDS WILL BE PRESENT AS WELL OVER THE GREAT
BASIN AHEAD OF THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH.
...SRN PLAINS...
A COLD FRONT WILL BE OVER NEB THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY BEFORE MOVING
SWD OVERNIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER TROUGH/SFC LOW. AHEAD OF THIS
FRONT...SWLY WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A
MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND LOW LEVEL JET. AS ON DAY ONE AND
DESPITE WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER-MID 90S...DEWPTS MIXING INTO
THE UPPER 40S/50S SHOULD KEEP MIN RH READINGS GENERALLY ABOVE 20
PERCENT PRECLUDING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...SRN GREAT BASIN...
AS THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE CA COAST DURING THE
DAY...INCREASING SWLY WINDS WILL AID IN DEEPENING AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL NV. SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE AROUND
15 MPH...WITH STRONGER GUSTS POSSIBLE DEPENDENT ON THE AMT OF HIGH
CLOUD COVER. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL NORMS
AND MIN RH READINGS WILL AVERAGE FROM 15-20 PERCENT.
..CROSBIE.. 10/02/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...