Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 290857
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0257 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE CLOSED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER NEW MEXICO WILL MOVE
EASTWARD...INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
GREAT PLAINS INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH SOME WINTER
PRECIPITATION IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS. BEHIND THE STORM...A HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE WESTERN UNITED STATES BRINGING AN
OFFSHORE WIND COMPONENT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
...SRN CA...
OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BRING DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION AS THE STORM
SYSTEM OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE
NORTHEAST. THESE WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY STRONG AND GUSTY AT TIMES WITH
MAIN WIND SPEEDS SUSTAINED AROUND 20 TO 30 KTS...AND HIGHER WIND
SPEEDS AND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED IN PASSES AND CANYONS. RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DIP INTO THE TEENS BY LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON...HOWEVER...RECENT RAINFALL AND SOMEWHAT COOL TEMPERATURES
WILL HELP TO REDUCE THE OVERALL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..LEVIT.. 12/29/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 290957
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0357 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006
VALID 301200Z - 311200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE MAJORITY OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE DOMINATED BY A LARGE AND
POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO
CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. THIS CLOSED LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
SOUTHEAST U.S. AND SOME WINTER PRECIPITATION TO THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. BEHIND THIS STORM...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL
CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE WESTERN U.S. WITH NORTHERLY WINDS IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AIDING IN YET ANOTHER DAY OF OFFSHORE FLOW.
...SRN CA...
OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ESPECIALLY DURING THE EARLY PARTS OF THE PERIOD. AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES...THE OVERALL FLOW REGIME WILL SHIFT TO MORE
NORTHWESTERLY AND PARALLEL TO THE COAST. NEVERTHELESS...AS IN THE
PREVIOUS DAY...AREAS OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN
CANYONS AND PASSES...WILL BE POSSIBLE. WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES AGAIN FORECAST...FIRE WEATHER DANGER WILL BE SOMEWHAT HIGH IN
THE AREAS WHERE THE STRONG WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE MET
TOGETHER.
..LEVIT.. 12/29/2006
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...