Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 230935
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0335 AM CST TUE JAN 23 2007
VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF SRN CA...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE WRN STATES WITH A BROAD TROUGH
ACROSS THE EAST. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRETCH FROM
THE GREAT BASIN EWD ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES AND INTO THE DEEP
SOUTH. THE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH WRN RIDGE AS WELL
AS GREAT BASIN HIGH WILL ALLOW HIGH FIRE DANGER TO PERSIST ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SRN CA.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF SRN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LOCALLY STRONG/GUSTY WINDS AND CONTINUED LOW RH
A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL EXIST TODAY ACROSS SRN CA WHICH
WILL MAINTAIN LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS. LOCALIZED WINDS OF 15-30
MPH WILL OCCUR IN FAVORED AREAS NEAR PASSES AND CANYONS ESPECIALLY
ACROSS PORTIONS OF LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA COUNTIES....WHILE RH
DECREASES TO NEAR 10 PERCENT INLAND. THE WINDS WILL TEND TO WEAKEN
BY LATE AFTERNOON AS PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS...BUT MAY STRENGTHEN
A BIT OVERNIGHT WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE COOL.
..JEWELL.. 01/23/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 230935
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0335 AM CST TUE JAN 23 2007
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
WEATHER PATTERN WILL BE SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS DAY WITH UPPER RIDGE
OVER THE WEST AND A TROUGH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND. A
CUT OFF LOW WILL DRIFT ACROSS NRN MEXICO...WHICH WILL ALSO HELP TO
MAINTAIN LIGHT NELY FLOW ON THE LARGE SCALE ACROSS SRN CA/AZ.
MARGINAL PRESSURE GRADIENTS IN THOSE AREAS WILL KEEP FIRE THREAT
ELEVATED WITH LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS SRN CA.
...SRN CA...
WEAK TO LOCALLY GUSTY OFFSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST ON WED...WITH VERY
LOW RH VALUES AND WARMING TEMPERATURES. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE LIKELY
WED MORNING THROUGH PASSES/CANYONS ESPECIALLY VENTURA AND LOS
ANGELES COUNTIES ALTHOUGH MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL START OFF COOL.
SEVERAL DAYS OF VERY DRY WEATHER ALONG WITH SOME STRONGER WIND GUSTS
WILL RESULT IN NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS ON A LOCAL SCALE.
...SERN GA/SRN SC...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
DEEP SOUTH. ON WED...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL SHIFT EWD ACROSS THE
APPALACHIANS AND WILL CAUSE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN WLY WINDS TO NEAR
15 MPH. RH MAY DROP INTO THE 25-30 PERCENT RANGE DESPITE COOL
TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S. THUS...INCREASED FIRE THREAT MAY EXIST
DURING PEAK HEATING/AFTERNOON HOURS.
..JEWELL.. 01/23/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...