Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 190941
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0341 AM CST SUN NOV 19 2006
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE PLAINS
DOMINATES THE FIRE WEATHER PATTERN FOR MOST OF THE NATION. GENERALLY
COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EAST...WHILE THE WEST
REMAINS DRY AND MILD. THE ONLY NOTABLE EXCEPTION IS IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...WHERE A PACIFIC TROUGH BRINGS MORE RAIN AND MOUNTAIN
SNOW TO THE REGION.
...SERN AZ...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTHWARD INTO THE SRN PLAINS TODAY
INCREASING THE ELY/SELY LOW LEVEL FLOW WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE. THE ORIGINATING AIRMASS CROSSING THE DIVIDE IS RELATIVELY
MILD AND WARMED FURTHER BY THE DOWNSLOPE FLOW. THIS WILL RESULT IN
WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN SRN AZ...RANGING FROM THE MIDDLE 70S
TO MIDDLE 80S. ELY/SELY SURFACE WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL GUST AS
HIGH AS 30 MPH IN TERRAIN FAVORABLE LOCATIONS. DESPITE THE WARM
TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS...ONLY MARGINAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED AS SURFACE DEWPOINTS REMAIN IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER
20S /MINIMUM RH AT OR ABOVE 15 TO 20 PERCENT/.
...CNTRL/NRN FL...
THE AIRMASS REMAINS RELATIVELY DRY AS NORTHWEST SURFACE WINDS AROUND
10 MPH MAINTAIN SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE MIDDLE 30S TO LOWER 40S.
THE COOL AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE
MIDDLE 60S...WHICH KEEPS THE MINIMUM RH GENERALLY ABOVE 35 PERCENT.
..BRIGHT.. 11/19/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 190942
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0342 AM CST SUN NOV 19 2006
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER PATTERN OVER THE U.S. BECOMES A LITTLE MORE PROGRESSIVE MONDAY
AS WESTERN RIDGE IS FLATTENED BY PACIFIC STORMS AND UPPER TROUGH
OVER THE EAST APPROACHES THE ATLANTIC COAST. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
BECOMES CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INCREASING THE NORTHWEST
SURFACE WINDS NEAR THE GULF COAST.
...FL PANHANDLE/SRN AL...
NORTHWEST FLOW INCREASES AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WITH AFTERNOON
SURFACE WINDS EXPECTED TO BE NOTABLY STRONGER THAN IN RECENT DAYS
/FORECAST SURFACE WINDS NWLY AT 15 TO 20 MPH/. THE DRY CONDITIONS
CONTINUE WITH MINIMUM RH FALLING TO ABOUT 35 PERCENT AS MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES ONLY CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 40S TO MIDDLE 50S.
...CNTRL/SRN AZ...
ELY/SELY SURFACE FLOW CONTINUES MONDAY ALTHOUGH PRESSURE GRADIENTS
BEGIN TO RELAX AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES AWAY FROM THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES. NEVERTHELESS...WARM TEMPERATURES CONTINUE IN AZ AND MINIMUM
RH FALLS TO BETWEEN 15 TO 20 PERCENT. TERRAIN FAVORABLE LOCATIONS
MAY SEE WINDS GUST ABOVE 20 MPH...BUT DECREASING ELY FLOW AND
MARGINAL AFTERNOON RH PRECLUDES WIDESPREAD CRITICAL THREAT.
..BRIGHT.. 11/19/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...