Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 100946
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0346 AM CST WED JAN 10 2007
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
PRIMARY LARGE SCALE FEATURES THIS FORECAST PERIOD WILL BE TWO
PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS. THE LEAD TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EWD
ACROSS SRN CANADA/U.S. BORDER REACHING SRN MANITOBA BY 12Z
THURSDAY...WHILE THE SECOND TROUGH...IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM...DIGS
SEWD INTO THE WRN STATES. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS
SRN CA WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL INCREASE RH VALUES
AND LOWER SURFACE TEMPERATURES. THIS WILL BRING AN END TO THE
CRITICAL SANTA ANA WIND EVENT FROM THE PAST FEW DAYS.
MEANWHILE...ZONAL FLOW/FLAT RIDGE ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
ERN STATES TODAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL MIGRATE EWD
ACROSS THE GULF STATES/SRN APPALACHIANS TO MID ATLANTIC REGION...
MAINTAINING DRY CONDITIONS.
...SOUTHERN PLAINS...
SHARPENING LEE TROUGH WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT
AND MILDER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS TODAY. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM WEST CENTRAL/NRN TX TO ERN KS/WRN MO WHERE
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS SHOULD REACH 20-30 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS
/40-45 MPH/. THESE STRONG/GUSTY WINDS...MILD TEMPERATURES AND
MODESTLY LOW RH VALUES /30-35 PERCENT/ WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED
FIRE DANGER. THIS HEIGHTENED THREAT SHOULD EXTEND FROM NORTHWEST TX
THROUGH WRN OK TO SERN KS WHERE PRECIPITATION DURING THE LAST 1-2
WEEKS HAS BEEN VERY LOW PER CPC PRECIPITATION ANALYSIS.
...GA/NRN FL...
THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN DRY ACROSS THIS REGION TODAY...WITH
SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES THAN WERE OBSERVED ON TUESDAY.
ALTHOUGH AFTERNOON RH VALUES SHOULD FALL BELOW 30-35 PERCENT FROM
NRN FL INTO GA...WEAKER WINDS DUE TO PROXIMITY OF THE SURFACE HIGH
AND MODEST VERTICAL MIXING WILL LIKELY TEMPER THE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER THREAT.
..PETERS.. 01/10/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 100948
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0348 AM CST WED JAN 10 2007
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
LARGE SCALE UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SWD ACROSS THE WRN
U.S. ON THURSDAY...RESULTING IN A DOWNSTREAM RIDGE BUILDING NWD
ACROSS THE SERN STATES. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED
WITH A NRN STREAM TROUGH WILL MOVE EWD INTO THE GREAT LAKES...WHILE
THE WRN EXTENT SPREADS SWD THROUGH THE CENTRAL INTO SRN PLAINS.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL EXTEND WSWWD THROUGH SE/GULF COAST
STATES AS THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFFSHORE.
IN THE WEST...ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS SRN CA WILL SUPPORT COOLER
TEMPERATURES...HIGHER RH VALUES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION.
...SOUTHEAST STATES...
ELY SURFACE TRAJECTORIES ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN
MOISTURE/RH VALUES ON THURSDAY ACROSS NRN FL INTO SRN GA. ALTHOUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON RH VALUES MAY FALL TO AROUND 30 PERCENT FARTHER
INLAND ACROSS CENTRAL/NRN GA AND ERN AL...WEAK WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
PRECLUDE A FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..PETERS.. 01/10/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...