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FNUS21 KWNS 040717
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0117 AM CST THU JAN 04 2007
VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW CENTERED NEAR THE TX BIG BEND WILL SLIDE EWD
TOWARDS THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY. MODERATE W/NWLY FLOW IN THE WAKE
OF THIS SYSTEM WILL ENHANCE DOWNSLOPE WARMING/DRYING OVER THE FAR
SRN HIGH PLAINS AFTER RECENT PRECIPITATION. FURTHER W...AN
UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OFF THE PACIFIC NW COAST WILL AMPLIFY ACROSS THE
WRN CONUS...WITH THE TROUGH AXIS REACHING SRN CA/GREAT BASIN BY 12Z
FRIDAY. AHEAD OF THE TROUGH...A LEE SURFACE LOW WILL ORGANIZE OVER
THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL DROP SEWD
ACROSS THE CNTRL INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...AND THROUGH SRN CA/SWRN
DESERTS EARLY FRIDAY.
...SRN CA...
MOIST ONSHORE FLOW WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING...WITH SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AFFECTING AREAS IN
VICINITY OF THE COASTAL MTNS. OVERNIGHT...GUSTY N/NWLY WINDS WILL
OCCUR AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. THIS WILL LEAD TO DOWNSLOPE
DRYING...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING MAINLY INTO THE 40S.
..GRAMS.. 01/04/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 040800
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0200 AM CST THU JAN 04 2007
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR LA BASIN/SRN CA INTO THE LOWER CO
VALLEY...
...SYNOPSIS...
LARGE-SCALE TROUGH /INITIALLY FROM THE GREAT BASIN SWWD TO OFF THE
CNTRL AND SRN CA COAST/ WILL UNDERGO AMPLIFICATION FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT AS IT TRANSLATES SEWD THROUGH THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND NRN
MEXICO. IN THE LOW-LEVELS...COLD FRONT ATTENDANT TO LOW PRESSURE
OVER SERN CO SWWD INTO THE LOWER CO VALLEY FRIDAY MORNING...WILL
PUSH SEWD THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND MUCH OF
THE SRN PLAINS BY SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE
OF THIS UPPER WAVE AND SURFACE FRONT WILL SUPPORT THE SWD/SEWD
DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-LEVEL ANTICYCLONE FROM THE PACIFIC NW/NRN CA
COAST INTO THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH THE PERIOD.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - LA BASIN/SRN CA INTO THE LOWER CO
VALLEY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG SURFACE WINDS
A STRONG OFFSHORE WIND EVENT APPEARS LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE IS SOME
POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT RAIN ALONG COLD FRONT THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT. HOWEVER...RAPID DRYING IS FORECAST AS N/NE SUSTAINED WINDS
INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH /40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH PASSES/...REDUCING
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO 10 TO 20 PERCENT /LOCALLY 5 TO 10
PERCENT/. DAYTIME HIGHS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE PARTICULARLY WARM
/UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S F/...THOUGH THE STRONG WINDS AND DRYING
BOUNDARY LAYER WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
AMBIENT WIND SPEEDS SHOULD TEND TO DIMINISH SLIGHTLY FRIDAY
NIGHT...THOUGH LOCALLY STRONG GUSTS WILL PERSIST WITHIN
GEOGRAPHICALLY FAVORED VALLEYS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL
REMAIN POOR THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
...SERN NM/PORTIONS WRN TX...
INCREASING WLY TROPOSPHERIC WIND COMPONENT AHEAD OF APPROACHING
MID-LEVEL TROUGH AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN DOWNSLOPE
WARMING ACROSS REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 65 TO
75 F ARE FORECAST WITH RESULTING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING TO 15
TO 20 PERCENT. HOWEVER...RECENT PRECIPITATION SHOULD PRECLUDE A
MORE SUBSTANTIAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..MEAD/GRAMS.. 01/04/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...