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FNUS21 KWNS 100959
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0359 AM CST SUN DEC 10 2006
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY...AS AN
UPPER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST/ROCKIES. AHEAD OF THIS
SYSTEM...MODERATE SSWLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE PLAINS.
ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL...MIN RH READINGS WILL
NOT BE APPRECIABLY LOW PRECLUDING A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. A
LARGE AREA OF SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SERN
STATES...PROVIDING FOR DRY AIR AND LIGHT WINDS OVER THIS REGION. LOW
RH READINGS WILL SUPPORT HIGH FIRE DANGER...BUT CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.
...SERN/MID-ATLANTIC STATES...
A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE REGION
THROUGH TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO MODIFY TODAY...WITH
READINGS AROUND 60 F. VERY DRY AIR /WITH DWPTS IN THE TEENS AND 20S/
WILL SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS FROM 15-25 PERCENT. LIGHT WINDS WILL
PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...SRN HIGH PLAINS...
SWLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15-25 MPH TODAY AS THE LEE TROUGH DEEPENS IN
RESPONSE TO APPROACHING SWRN SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE 5-10
ABOVE AVERAGE WITH READINGS IN THE 60S. HOWEVER...MIN RH READINGS
WILL AVERAGE AROUND 25 PERCENT.
..CROSBIE.. 12/10/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 101003
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0403 AM CST SUN DEC 10 2006
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE SWRN STATES TODAY WILL MOVE INTO THE SRN
PLAINS TOMORROW. IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM...SFC WINDS WILL
INCREASE OVER THE SRN PLAINS. MILD TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH READINGS
WILL SUPPORT AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER OVER MUCH OF WRN OK/WRN TX AND
ERN NM...WITH NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. IN THE
WAKE OF THE SRN PLAINS UPPER SYSTEM...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL
DEVELOP INTO THE GREAT BASIN...SUPPORTING A REDEVELOPMENT OF
OFFSHORE WINDS LATE IN THE PERIOD OVER SRN CA. SFC HIGH PRESSURE
WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OVER THE ERN SEABOARD...CONTINUING THE RECENT
STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER AND LOW RH READINGS. HOWEVER...A GRADUAL
MOISTENING TREND WILL SLOWLY DEVELOP NWD OVER PORTIONS OF THE SERN
STATES AS THE FLOW BECOMES MORE SELY IN THIS REGION. GENERALLY LIGHT
WIND SPEEDS WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE
ENTIRE REGION.
...SRN PLAINS...
A STEEPENING OF THE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL OCCUR AS AN UPPER
TROUGH PASSES ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW. AHEAD OF THE UPPER
TROUGH...A SFC DRYLINE WILL MOVE THROUGH WRN OK AND WRN TX DURING
THE LATE MORNING/AFTERNOON. TO THE WEST OF THIS DRYLINE ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S/LOWER 70S AND MIN RH READINGS FROM 15-20
PERCENT WILL OCCUR. BEHIND THE DRYLINE...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WNW
BEHIND A PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS ERN NM AND THE PANHANDLES.
DOWNSLOPE FLOW SHOULD COUNTERACT LOW LEVEL COOLING IN THE WAKE OF
THE COLD FRONT...SUPPORTING HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 60 F. DWPTS IN
THE TEENS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE MIN RH READINGS FROM
15-20 PERCENT. SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH LOW
RH READINGS TO SUPPORT NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE ENTIRE AREA.
...SRN CA...
OFFSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE IN THE PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN. GIVEN RECENT PRECIPITATION /AROUND 0.5
INCH/ THAT FELL OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND RELATIVELY
WEAK GRADIENTS /SUSTAINED ELY WINDS FROM 15-20 MPH/ A CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER THREAT IS NOT EXPECTED TOMORROW NIGHT.
..CROSBIE.. 12/10/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...