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FNUS21 KWNS 110856
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0356 AM CDT WED OCT 11 2006
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
DISCONNECTED UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SWWD OFF THE CA
COAST...ALLOWING UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD AGAIN FROM THE PACIFIC NW
SEWD. THIS WILL ALSO DECREASE WINDS ACROSS NRN CA WITH WEAKENING
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT. TO THE EAST...A POWERFUL AND EXPANSIVE
UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO GROW/STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE UPPER MS
VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE PERIOD. AT THE SURFACE...A STRONG
COLD FRONT WILL SURGE SWD THROUGH THE PLAINS STATES. THIS WILL BRING
STRONG WIND...BUT COOL TEMPERATURES. ANOTHER FRONT/LOW PRESSURE
TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM OH INTO ERN KY/TN AND NRN AL...WITH
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...AS SURFACE LOW DEEPENS OVER
THE NRN GREAT LAKES.
...NRN CA...
LOCALLY STRONG/GUSTY ELY WINDS WILL EXIST EARLY THIS MORNING AND
WILL PERSIST THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY...BUT RH LEVELS WILL NOT BE
PARTICULARLY LOW INITIALLY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND WILL ALLOW WINDS TO DECREASE TO 5-15 MPH
WHILE RH DROPS INTO THE 15-20 PERCENT RANGE. OVERNIGHT AND INTO THU
MORNING...WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN BUT RH VALUES WILL RECOVER
IN MANY AREAS.
..JEWELL.. 10/11/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 110919
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0419 AM CDT WED OCT 11 2006
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
LARGE STACKED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN ACROSS
ONTARIO CANADA...WITH VERY STRONG NLY/NWLY FLOW AROUND THIS SYSTEM
FROM THE NRN PLAINS ACROSS THE UPPER MS VALLEY/GREAT LAKES. A COLD
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NRN TX INTO NRN MS THU MORNING...AND WILL
STRETCH FROM THE APPALACHIANS TO THE TX COAST BY LATE IN THE DAY.
TO THE WEST...SMALL UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER OFF THE SRN
CA COAST...WHILE UPPER RIDGE INTENSIFIES OVER MUCH OF THE WRN CONUS.
THERMAL RIDGE AXIS WILL EXTEND FROM WRN OREGON INTO CA...WHERE
WITHIN POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR AFTERNOON FIRE GROWTH DUE TO
INCREASING HAINES INDEX.
...WRN/CNTRL NEB...
VERY STRONG NWLY WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR DUE
TO FLOW AROUND LARGE LOW TO THE NE. THE GENERAL WNWLY WIND DIRECTION
WILL HAVE A DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT AND THUS WILL HELP KEEP CONDITIONS
DRY. DESPITE A VERY COLD MORNING BELOW FREEZING...RH LEVELS WILL
LIKELY DROP WELL INTO THE 20 PERCENT RANGE BY AFTERNOON...PERHAPS AS
LOW AS THE UPPER TEENS ACROSS WRN NEB. ALTHOUGH WINDY AND
DRY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL...STRUGGLING TO REACH ABOVE 50 F.
COMBINATION OF HIGH WIND AND LOWERING RH VALUES WILL ENHANCE FIRE
THREAT IN AREAS OF FINE/DRY FUELS.
..JEWELL.. 10/11/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...