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FNUS21 KWNS 110732
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0132 AM CST SAT NOV 11 2006
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A PROGRESSIVE UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN WILL EXIST TODAY AS A TROUGH
ACROSS THE MS RIVER VALLEY MOVES EWD TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC
COAST...AND ANOTHER TROUGH EJECTS OFF THE PACIFIC COAST ACROSS THE
WRN CONUS. AHEAD OF THIS LATTER TROUGH...A BELT OF MODERATE TO
STRONG W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL SPREAD FROM SRN CA NEWD ACROSS THE
FOUR CORNERS INTO THE NRN PLAINS. IN ADDITION...A SURFACE PRESSURE
TROUGH WILL DEVELOP SWD ALONG THE LEE OF THE ROCKIES AND LEAD TO A
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE SRN HIGH PLAINS. GUSTY WINDS
WILL BE COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGH PLAINS/CNTRL ROCKIES AND FOUR
CORNERS REGION. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN COOL
/AOB 60 DEGREES/ AND RH VALUES SHOULD ONLY BE MARGINALLY LOW AT
BEST.
...CO RIVER AREA OF NWRN AZ...
LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON AS
STRONG WINDS COMBINE WITH MARGINALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH.
AS THE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES...SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH. A DRY AIR MASS WAS IN PLACE THIS
MORNING AND DEW POINTS SHOULD BE MAINLY FROM 10 TO 15 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES SHOULD GENERALLY ONLY REACH THE
60S THIS AFTERNOON WITH ABUNDANT UPPER-LEVEL CLOUDINESS LIMITING
STRONGER HEATING. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH AROUND EARLY
EVENING...SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING RH UNDER NWLY WINDS.
..GRAMS.. 11/11/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 110857
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0257 AM CST SAT NOV 11 2006
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS THE ERN CONUS IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A
CLOSED LOW OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST. A PROGRESSIVE UPPER-LEVEL
PATTERN WILL CONTINUE UPSTREAM AS A LARGE TROUGH ACROSS THE ROCKIES
LIFTS NEWD REACHING THE GREAT LAKES BY MONDAY MORNING. WHILE ANOTHER
SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO IMPINGE ON THE PACIFIC NW. WARM
TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH CONDITIONS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO PORTIONS OF
THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST.
...SRN CA COASTAL RANGE EWD TO THE LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY...
THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE STRENGTHENING
OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN WILL LEAD TO
INCREASED N/ELY FLOW SUNDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH
ARE LIKELY IN CANYONS/PASSES OF THE COASTAL MTNS AND POSSIBLY OVER
THE LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WILL INITIALLY BE QUITE COOL
AND IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY MOIST. HOWEVER...CONTINUED DOWNSLOPE
WARMING AND DAYTIME MIXING WILL ALLOW RH VALUES TO SIGNIFICANTLY
FALL...BECOMING AT LEAST MARGINALLY LOW AROUND 15 PERCENT BY
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL LIKELY DIMINISH BELOW 20 MPH IN MOST AREAS
DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS.
...NRN FL/FAR SRN GA/FAR SERN AL...
TO THE SW OF THE MID-ATLANTIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...DRY NWLY WINDS
SHOULD LEAD TO MARGINALLY LOW RH OF 30 TO 35 PERCENT ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 70. HOWEVER...SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN UNDER 15 MPH. MODEL FORECAST
SOUNDINGS INDICATE A STRONG INVERSION ATOP A RATHER SHALLOW BOUNDARY
LAYER. THIS WILL HELP PREVENT MIXING OF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT.
..GRAMS.. 11/11/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...