Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 280855
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0255 AM CST THU DEC 28 2006
VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH
THE FOUR CORNERS REGION DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD. BEHIND THIS
CLOSED LOW...OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...WINDS WILL BE MAINLY OUT OF
THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST BRINGING SOME GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS TO THE
REGION. IN TEXAS...WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL ALSO BE FAIRLY STRONG
AND GUSTY AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT STRENGTHENS.
...SRN CA...
VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION DURING
THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 30 KTS POSSIBLE...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. THESE WINDS WILL BE FROM A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AND
WILL HAVE AN OFFSHORE COMPONENT. HOWEVER...RECENT RAINFALL...A LACK
OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...AND COOL SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL
HELP TO MITIGATE THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT...BUT CONDITIONS ARE
BORDERLINE FOR A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER RISK FOR THE REGION.
...SE NM/SW TX...
AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION...THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND WIND SPEEDS IN THE AREA WILL BECOME FAIRLY
GUSTY WITH SUSTAINED VALUES NEAR 20 KTS POSSIBLE.
..LEVIT.. 12/28/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 281113
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK RESENT 1
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0513 AM CST THU DEC 28 2006
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
ON THE PREVIOUS DAY WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD INTO EASTERN COLORADO BY
THE END OF THE PERIOD. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WILL WEAKEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND SURFACE WIND
SPEEDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS THE PREVIOUS DAY. AHEAD OF THE STORM
SYSTEM IN COLORADO...SNOW AND RAIN WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN GREAT
PLAINS...WHILE A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL DOMINATE ON THE EAST
COAST.
...SRN CA...
A PROLONGED PERIOD OF NORTHWESTERLY WIND TRAJECTORIES BEHIND THE
STORM SYSTEM OVER COLORADO WILL BRING A DRIER AIRMASS TO THE REGION.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD...OFFSHORE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE FAIRLY
MODERATE...BUT WILL WEAKEN DURING THE DAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST. WHILE AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL DIP DOWN INTO THE TWENTY PERCENT RANGE...WITH HIGH TEENS
POSSIBLE...WIND SPEEDS WILL WEAKEN...HELPING TO KEEP THE FIRE
WEATHER THREAT TO A MINIMUM.
..LEVIT.. 12/28/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...