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FNUS21 KWNS 301003
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0403 AM CST MON OCT 30 2006
VALID 301200Z - 311200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR ERN NM INTO WRN TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
A POWERFUL UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT FROM THE NRN ROCKIES INTO THE
PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM SD INTO NRN
MN...WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT BEHIND IT. THIS FRONT WILL SURGE SEWD
THROUGH THE NRN PLAINS AND AS FAR S AS KS BY AFTERNOON BRINGING VERY
STRONG NWLY WINDS. TO THE SOUTH...A SRN STREAM WAVE WILL MOVE INTO
THE SRN PLAINS...WITH INCREASED WLY WINDS BEHIND IT FROM NM INTO
TX...ALONG WITH LOW RH. ELSEWHERE...A DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER
THE SERN STATES AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS OFFSHORE LATE.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ERN NM INTO WRN TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH
AN UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS NM AND W TX EARLY IN THE
DAY. IN ITS WAKE...WINDS WILL VEER AND BECOME WLY WITH SUSTAINED
SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. RH WILL LIKELY
DROP TO NEAR 15 PERCENT REGION WIDE...COMBINING WITH THE STRONG
WINDS TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS.
...SRN NEB AND NRN KS...
A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH BY LATE MORNING...WITH
INCREASING WIND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SPEEDS OF 30-40 MPH APPEAR
LIKELY...ALONG WITH MIN RH AVERAGING 20-25 PERCENT. PORTIONS OF WRN
NEB MAY SEE VALUES INTO THE UPPER TEENS FOR A SHORT PERIOD DURING
THE AFTERNOON. THE LOW RH VALUES WILL NOT LAST LONG AS RAPID COOLING
TAKES PLACE.
...CNTRL/NRN TX INTO WRN OK/SRN KS...
NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST TODAY OVER MUCH OF NRN AND WRN
OK AS WELL AS CNTRL AND NRN TX...DUE TO SLY WINDS OF 15-25 MPH AND
RH LEVELS OF 20-30 PERCENT. LOWER RH VALUES WILL EXIST OVER FAR WRN
OK AND THE TX PANHANDLE...BUT WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS POINTS
E. FUELS ARE VERY DRY ESPECIALLY OVER NRN OK/SRN KS WHERE THE
GREATEST THREAT WILL EXIST.
...SRN GA/SC/NRN FL...
IT WILL REMAIN VERY DRY TODAY DUE TO HIGH PRESSURE. MIN RH VALUES
BELOW 30 PERCENT ARE LIKELY WITH STRONG DAYTIME HEATING...BUT WINDS
WILL REMAIN LIGHT.
..JEWELL.. 10/30/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 301008
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0408 AM CST MON OCT 30 2006
VALID 311200Z - 011200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL COVER THE CENTRAL U.S. BEHIND A
COLD FRONT THAT WILL EXTEND FROM NY SWWD INTO THE MIDDLE TN VALLEY
AND CENTRAL TX. COOL WEATHER WILL OCCUR BEHIND THIS FRONT ALONG WITH
GUSTY NLY WINDS. MOISTURE WILL RETURN E OF THIS FRONT ACROSS THE
SERN STATES WHERE HIGH PRESSURE PREVIOUSLY RESIDED. TO THE W...WEAK
ZONAL FLOW WILL EXIST ACROSS THE SWRN STATES WITH A DRY AIR MASS AT
THE SURFACE BUT LIGHT WINDS.
...NRN/WRN OK INTO W CNTRL TX...
COOLER AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT SOME HEATING WILL
ALLOW RH LEVELS TO DROP INTO THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE. NLY WINDS WILL
AVERAGE NEAR 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
..JEWELL.. 10/30/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...