Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 030956
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0356 AM CST SAT FEB 03 2007
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN MINIMAL FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS MOST OF THE CONUS. THE EXCEPTION MAY BE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SRN CA...WHERE PATTERN FAVORS OFFSHORE WINDS AND A
SIGNIFICANT WARM UP THIS WEEKEND. UPPER PATTERN THIS MORNING IS
CHARACTERIZED BY LARGE UPPER RIDGE IN THE WEST AND ABNORMALLY DEEP
CYCLONE OVER ONTARIO. DUE TO SEVERAL RECENT INTRUSIONS OF ARCTIC
AIR...MUCH OF THE CNTRL/ERN CONUS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. PORTIONS OF CNTRL/SRN FL WILL BE ONE OF THE ONLY
REGIONS IN THE EAST TO HAVE NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY IN
THE 60S TODAY WITH 70S ACROSS SRN FL. ACROSS SRN CA...SANTA ANA
WINDS AND LOWERING HUMIDITY MAY INCREASE FIRE CONCERNS.
...SRN CA...
AS GREAT BASIN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION...GRADIENT
WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO...WHICH WILL FAVOR GUSTY
OFFSHORE WINDS. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL CERTAINLY BE LOW ENOUGH TO
SUPPORT CRITICAL VALUES /BELOW 15 PERCENT/ AND TEMPERATURES WILL
RISE INTO THE 70S. HOWEVER...MAGNITUDE OF WINDS IS NOT EXPECTED TO
WARRANT A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK. EVEN WARMER TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY.
..TAYLOR.. 02/03/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 030959
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0359 AM CST SAT FEB 03 2007
VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
ON SUNDAY...UPPER LOW NOW ACROSS NWRN ONTARIO WILL MOVE EWD TOWARD
ST LAWRENCE BAY AND ERN QUEBEC. MEANWHILE WRN RIDGE WILL MOVE LITTLE
THROUGH THE PERIOD...AS SFC HIGH CONTINUES TO BUILD ACROSS THE ERN
GREAT BASIN. THE ONLY TWO PLACES IN THE CONUS THAT HAVE ANY LOW-END
FIRE WEATHER THREAT ARE SRN FL AND SRN CA. SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT
SHOULD REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH ACROSS SRN CA TO FAVOR GUSTY OFFSHORE
WINDS...WITH WARMING TEMPS/LOWERING RH VALUES.
MEANWHILE...ACROSS SRN FL...POST FRONTAL AIRMASS WILL BE COOLER BUT
SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED. THE LOWEST RH VALUES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS NCNTRL AND CNTRL FL...AND SOME OF THESE AREAS
RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAIN ON FRIDAY.
...SRN CA...
OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY...WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES
IN THE 70S AND 80S AND LOW RH VALUES. AGAIN...OVERALL MAGNITUDE OF
WINDS DOES NOT APPEAR TO WARRANT A WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
THREAT. HOWEVER...LOCALLY WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
WITHIN PASSES AND CANYONS.
..TAYLOR.. 02/03/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...