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FNUS21 KWNS 040735
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0135 AM CST MON DEC 04 2006
VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN CA...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SERN AL...FL PANHANDLE...SRN GA...
...SYNOPSIS...
A WSWLY UPPER FLOW REGIME WILL EXIST ACROSS THE CONUS TODAY WITH A
BROAD UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND. AT THE
SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE CNTRL
ROCKIES/GREAT BASIN AS WELL AS ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS/LOWER MS VALLEY
WITH DRY CONDITIONS WIDESPREAD. SANTA ANA WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER
SRN CA...WHILE FIRE THREAT INCREASES OVER THE SERN STATES DUE TO
VERY LOW RH AND GUSTY WINDS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND EXTREMELY LOW RH VALUES
STRONG SUSTAINED ELY WINDS OF 20-40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE
ONGOING THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. ALREADY LOW
RH WILL DROP TO EXTREME LEVELS...AS LOW AS 4-5 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON. THUS...THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS WILL BE VERY
HIGH. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT DUE TO CONTINUED
GUSTY WINDS AND LITTLE IF ANY RH RECOVERY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SERN AL...FL PANHANDLE...SRN GA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY LOW RH...GUSTY N WINDS AND DROUGHT
A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SURGE SEWD ACROSS THE LOWER MS
VALLEY AND INTO THE GULF COAST STATES. THIS WILL BRING COOLING
TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS...BUT ALSO A VERY DRY AIR MASS.
SCATTERED MORNING MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL GIVE WAY TO FULL SUNSHINE
AND BY AFTERNOON...MIN RH VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 15-20 PERCENT
RANGE ACROSS SRN AL AND THE FL PANHANDLE...AND CLOSER TO 25 PERCENT
SERN GA INTO NRN FL. IN ADDITION TO THE DRY AIR...NLY WINDS WILL
AVERAGE NEAR 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. GIVEN POCKETS OF MODERATELY
HIGH KBDI VALUES INTERSPERSED THROUGHOUT THE REGION...LOCALLY
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND
SHALLOW MIXING LAYERS WILL HELP MODERATE THE THREAT.
...OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST...
...SRN MS INTO LA...
IT WILL BE EXTREMELY DRY WITH RH DROPPING BELOW 20 PERCENT IN AREAS.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE COOL...MAINLY IN THE 40S EXCEPT 50S NEAR
THE COAST. N WINDS OF 10-15 MPH ALONG WITH THE LOW RH WILL INCREASE
FIRE DANGER TODAY.
...SERN AZ...
E-W PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE
CENTERED OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND SRN PLAINS. THIS WILL KEEP
CONDITIONS OVER AZ VERY DRY WITH MIN RH DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS. IT WILL ALSO KEEP AFTERNOON WINDS GUSTY...BUT ONLY SUSTAINED
TO AROUND 15 MPH. GIVEN VERY LOW RH AND DROUGHT...FIRE DANGER WILL
REMAIN QUITE HIGH ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE VERY WARM.
...LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY...
VERY LOW RH WILL PERSIST HERE AS WELL...ALONG WITH GUSTY NLY WINDS
THIS AFTERNOON. SPEEDS OF 10-20 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH TEMPERATURES
MAINLY IN THE 60S. RH WILL REMAIN LOW OVERNIGHT WITH COOL
TEMPERATURES.
..JEWELL.. 12/04/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 040737
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0137 AM CST MON DEC 04 2006
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN CA...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SERN AL...FL PANHANDLE...SRN GA...
...SYNOPSIS...
WNWLY FLOW REGIME ALOFT WILL KEEP CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE
COUNTRY VERY DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE WEST AND SE. AN
EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WHERE A STRONG LOW PRESSURE
TROUGH WILL PASS THROUGH WITH PRECIPITATION.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: ENDING SANTA ANA WIND EVENT...CONTINUED EXTREME
RH LEVELS
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ONGOING IN FAVORED LOCATIONS MAINLY ACROSS
VENTURA...LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES WITH VERY LOW RH IN PLACE.
WHILE WIND SPEEDS WILL DECREASE BY LATE IN THE DAY...EXTREMELY LOW
RH LEVELS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE WITH LITTLE RECOVERY OVERNIGHT.
THIS...ALONG WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND ONGOING FIRES...WILL KEEP
CRITICAL THREAT IN PLACE.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SERN AL...FL PANHANDLE...SRN GA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: CONTINUED VERY LOW RH IN AREAS OF LOCALLY HIGH
KBDI VALUES
HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL SHIFT EWD OVER AL/GA WHICH WILL RESULT IN
LIGHT WIND...BUT VERY LOW RH. MIN VALUES OF 15-20 PERCENT APPEAR
LIKELY WHILE TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 60S...UP SEVERAL DEGREES
FROM PREVIOUS DAY. FIRE THREAT WILL BE GREATEST FROM SRN GA INTO NRN
FL WHERE KBDI VALUES ARE NEAR 600. THREAT WILL END QUICKLY BY
EVENING WITH RAPID RH RECOVERY AND NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
..JEWELL.. 12/04/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...