Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 240944
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0444 AM CDT TUE OCT 24 2006
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED A PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE
TROUGH ENTERING WRN BC WITH ANOTHER IMPULSE OVER ND. THE LEAD WAVE
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MIDWEST AND BECOME ABSORBED IN THE LARGE
SCALE TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE ERN THIRD OF THE NATION. THE WRN WAVE
WILL MOVE INTO THE NRN GREAT BASIN BY EARLY WED...AND IN ITS
WAKE...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AS
FLOW BECOMES MORE MERIDIONAL ACROSS THE WEST...GUSTY NLY WINDS WILL
DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO WED MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NRN CA.
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH LOW
HUMIDITY VALUES.
...INTERIOR NRN CA...
GUSTY N WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE TO AROUND 15-25 MPH AFTER
MIDNIGHT IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT. HIGHER GUSTS
ARE LIKELY ON RIDGES. IN ADDITION...MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL DROP
OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN BELOW 15-20 PERCENT ON WED.
...SOUTHEAST...
DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH LOW HUMIDITY VALUES. SFC WINDS
WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ON MONDAY...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
CNTRL/SRN FL WHERE SPEEDS OF 15-20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
..TAYLOR.. 10/24/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 240946
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0446 AM CDT TUE OCT 24 2006
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR INTERIOR NRN CA...
...SYNOPSIS...
INTENSE SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW ACROSS BC WILL DIG FROM THE GREAT BASIN
EARLY WED INTO THE HIGH PLAINS BY THU. NRN STREAM JET ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS UPPER LOW WILL PHASE WITH SRN STREAM JET APPROACHING FROM
THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES. SFC LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ACROSS ERN CO
WEDNESDAY IN RESPONSE TO LARGE SCALE HEIGHT FALLS...AND INCREASING
GRADIENT WILL MAINTAIN STRONG WINDS ACROSS ERN AZ/NM AND PORTIONS OF
TX/OK. MEANWHILE...ACROSS THE WEST...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
ACROSS OREGON AND THE RESULT WILL BE STRONG NLY WINDS ACROSS THE
INTERIOR CA VALLEYS. GIVEN THE DRY FUELS ACROSS NRN CA...CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON WED.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - INTERIOR NRN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY NLY WINDS 15-25 MPH/RH VALUES BELOW 15
PERCENT/HIGH FIRE DANGER CLASS OBSERVATIONS
STRONG SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE IN PLACE EARLY WED MORNING
ACROSS NRN CA...AND THIS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO NLY WINDS IN THE 15-25
MPH RANGE. HIGHER GUSTS TO 35-45 MPH ARE LIKELY ON RIDGES. MINIMUM
RH VALUES ON WED AFTN WILL BE 10-15 PERCENT WITH HIGH TEMPS IN THE
70S AND 80S. LATEST FIRE DANGER CLASS OBSERVATIONS INDICATE HIGH TO
VERY HIGH VALUES. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH LATE WED AFTN...AS HIGH
PRESSURE WEAKENS.
..TAYLOR.. 10/24/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...