Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 080950
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0350 AM CST THU FEB 08 2007
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
LITTLE CHANGE TO THE LARGE-SCALE PATTERN IS PROGGED TODAY...AS A
BLOCK PERSISTS IN THE UPPER FLOW REGIME NEAR 140W. CONFLUENT REGIME
INTO CYCLONIC FLOW SOUTH OF EASTERN CANADIAN/NORTHEASTERN U.S. POLAR
LOW WILL MAINTAIN A STRONG SURFACE RIDGE TO THE LEE OF THE
CANADIAN/U.S. ROCKIES. AND...NEAR/SUB-FREEZING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED FROM PARTS OF THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN
REGION/NORTHERN ROCKIES THROUGH THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE
NATION EAST OF THE ROCKIES. THE SHALLOW LEADING EDGE OF THE ARCTIC
AIR MASS LIKELY WILL ADVANCE THROUGH MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE
SOUTHERN TIER STATES. PRE-FRONTAL BOUNDARY LAYER ACROSS DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS AND THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL REMAIN WARM...BUT WITH
INCREASING HUMIDITY LEVELS.
ANOTHER SHORT WAVE IMPULSE EMANATING FROM THE SOUTHERN STREAM
EASTERN PACIFIC TROUGH WILL SUPPORT INCREASING PRECIPITATION ACROSS
NORTHERN/CENTRAL PACIFIC COASTAL AREAS...AND REINFORCE COOLER
TEMPERATURES. MEANWHILE...A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE IMPULSE
ALREADY PROGRESSING INLAND WILL BRIEFLY SUPPRESS INTERMOUNTAIN UPPER
RIDGE...AS IT CONTINUES ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES.
AS A RESULT...WARM/DRY CONDITIONS WILL GENERALLY BECOME CONFINED TO
PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLORADO VALLEY/SOUTHERN PLATEAU AND THE
IMMEDIATE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. THIS IS WHERE LATE AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES/HUMIDITIES MAY APPROACH CRITICAL LEVELS...BUT WEAK
SURFACE WINDS SHOULD MINIMIZE FIRE POTENTIAL.
..KERR.. 02/08/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 080952
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0352 AM CST THU FEB 08 2007
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
LITTLE CHANGE TO THE LARGE-SCALE PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY.
A STRONG UPPER JET STREAK ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTHERN BRANCH OF
SPLIT POLAR WESTERLIES IS PROGGED TO NOSE TOWARD SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA/NORTHERN BAJA. AND...THIS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASINGLY
BREEZY DAYTIME CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN PLATEAU AND
LOWER COLORADO VALLEY...WHERE IT WILL REMAIN WARM/DRY.
HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MOSTLY BELOW CRITICAL
LEVELS. AND...AN INCREASE IN HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER MAY FILTER
INSOLATION ACROSS THIS REGION...ALSO MITIGATING FIRE WEATHER
POTENTIAL.
..KERR.. 02/08/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...