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FNUS21 KWNS 180937
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0337 AM CST SUN FEB 18 2007
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR TEXAS PANHANDLE/SOUTHWEST
TEXAS/EXTRM EASTERN NM...
...SYNOPSIS...
A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES...WHILE ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM ENTERS THE WEST
COAST...BRINGING PRECIPITATION TO THE NORTHWEST AND THE ROCKY
MOUNTAIN REGION. IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...A LEE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP
THROUGH KANSAS INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND NEW MEXICO...WITH STRONG
SURFACE WINDS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - TEXAS PANHANDLE/SOUTHWEST
TEXAS/EXTRM EASTERN NM...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES
A LEE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND IN
RESPONSE...THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN IN THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
SUSTAINED VALUES OF AROUND 25 TO 30 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS TO 40
MPH...AS MOMENTUM MIXES DOWN FROM ALOFT IN THIS DOWNSLOPE
ENVIRONMENT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 20 TO 25
PERCENT RANGE DURING THE TIME OF MAXIMUM DAYTIME HEATING...WHEN
TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TO THE MID 60S F. A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
ENVIRONMENT IS FORECAST TO EXIST GIVEN THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES.
...FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST STATES...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE FORECAST TO FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF FLORIDA...BUT WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY WEAK
AT AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH...AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL.
ADDITIONALLY...IN ADJOINING STATES TO THE NORTH OF
FLORIDA...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 20 PERCENT
RANGE...BUT AS IN THE SOUTH...WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
STRONG...AIDING IN MITIGATING A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..LEVIT.. 02/18/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 181020
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0420 AM CST SUN FEB 18 2007
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR TX PANHANDLE/SW TEXAS/SE NEW
MEXICO...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN UNITED STATES DURING THE
FORECAST PERIOD...BRINGING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO BOTH THE
NORTHWESTERN STATES AND THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...AS A SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHEAST U.S. BEGINS TO MOVE TO THE EAST. IN
THE CENTRAL PLAINS...A LEE CYCLONE WILL DEVELOP INTO KANSAS...WITH A
DRYLINE EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO TEXAS...AND A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE MIDWEST.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - TX PANHANDLE/SW TEXAS/SE NEW
MEXICO...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES
WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THIS REGION ARE FORECAST TO BE SIMILAR TO
DAY1. A LEE CYCLONE WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO NORTHWEST
OKLAHOMA...WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS BEHIND A DRYLINE THAT WILL
STRETCH FROM THIS SURFACE LOW SOUTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND
INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR A CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER THREAT BEHIND THE DRYLINE...AS WESTERLY WINDS AROUND 25 TO
35 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH HIGHER GUSTS...ARE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH LOW
DEWPOINTS AND THEREFORE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 20 TO 25
PERCENT. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO ALSO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN
DURING DAY1...FROM THE MID 60S TO MID 70S F.
..LEVIT.. 02/18/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...