Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 031023
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0423 AM CST FRI NOV 03 2006
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CENTRAL/SOUTHERN GA AND SOUTHERN
AL/NORTHERN FL...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER TROUGH WILL PIVOT EASTWARD OVER THE NORTHEAST STATES
TODAY...WITH A LOW AMPLITUDE WESTERLY UPPER FLOW PREVALENT OVER THE
REMAINDER OF THE CONUS. EXPANSIVE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE
PLAINS TO THE SOUTHEAST/MID ATLANTIC STATES WILL KEEP A RATHER DRY
AIRMASS ACROSS THIS BROAD REGION.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CENTRAL/SOUTHERN GA AND SOUTHERN
AL/NORTHERN FL...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY LOW RH AND LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS
IN PRESENCE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE...A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL
ENCOMPASS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST STATES INTO NORTHERN FL TODAY.
AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS/LOWER 20 PERCENT
RANGE ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN GA AND SOUTHERN AL...TO AROUND 30
PERCENT ACROSS NORTHERN FL FOR A FEW HOURS DURATION. THE RELATIVELY
STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FAR
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF AL/GA AND NORTHERN FL...WHERE NORTHEAST WINDS
ARE LIKELY TO REACH 10-20 MPH.
...OK/KS...
WITH HIGH PRESSURE TRANSITIONING EASTWARD ACROSS THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY/SOUTHEAST STATES...AN INCREASING SOUTHERLY GRADIENT ACROSS
THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS WILL LEAD TO BREEZY CONDITIONS TODAY. WITH
A DRY AIRMASS REMAINING IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...SUSTAINED
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS SHOULD REACH 15-20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS...WITH GUSTS TO 25-30 MPH. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN RELATIVELY COOL...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY RANGING
FROM THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S.
..GUYER.. 11/03/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 031044
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0444 AM CST FRI NOV 03 2006
VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
PROGRESSIVE WESTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL REMAIN PREVALENT ACROSS THE
CONUS ON SATURDAY. EXPANSIVE HIGH PRESSURE AND A DRY AIRMASS WILL
REMAIN DOMINANT ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY...WHILE LEE
TROUGH DEVELOPS EAST OF THE ROCKIES WITH MODERATING TEMPERATURES IN
THE PLAINS.
...SOUTHEAST STATES/NORTHERN FL...
HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED ALONG THE APPALACHIANS/MID ATLANTIC STATES
WILL KEEP A VERY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST
STATES INTO NORTHERN FL. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RH VALUES APPEAR LIKELY
TO DROP INTO THE 20-25 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS
AL/GA/SC...WITH 30-35 PERCENT ACROSS NORTHERN FL. GIVEN THE
WEAKENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE SURFACE
HIGH...EAST/NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT LIGHTER ON
SATURDAY...GENERALLY AROUND 10 MPH OR LESS. NEVERTHELESS...PORTIONS
OF THE REGION MAY REQUIRE A CRITICAL UPGRADE IN THE SUBSEQUENT DAY 1
FIRE OUTLOOK...ESPECIALLY IF WIND SPEEDS APPEAR STRONGER THAN
CURRENTLY FORECAST.
..GUYER.. 11/03/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...