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   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 280946
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0346 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007
   
   VALID 281200Z - 011200Z
   
   ...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR TX SOUTH PLAINS INTO FAR
   SW TX...SERN NM...
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SERN HALF OF NM...MUCH OF WRN
   TX...FAR SW OK...
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NRN FL...SRN GA...SERN AL...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT EWD ACROSS THE SRN ROCKIES INTO THE
   PLAINS...WITH SURFACE LOW DEEPENING ACROSS THE OK/TX PANHANDLES THIS
   AFTERNOON. VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE EXTREME
   FIRE CONDITIONS FROM W TX INTO NM. FARTHER E...SELY SURFACE WINDS
   WILL INCREASE INTO THE SERN STATES WHERE A WARM AND DRY AIR MASS
   REMAINS. THIS WILL CREATE A FEW HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS
   MAINLY FOR NRN FL BUT ALSO INTO SRN GA/AL.
   
   ...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - TX SOUTH PLAINS INTO FAR
   SW TX...SERN NM...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH
   
   STRONG UPPER TROUGH/JET MAX SWILL SHIFT EWD ACROSS NM INTO W TX
   TODAY WITH SURFACE LOW DEEPENING OVER THE OK/TX PANHANDLES. EXTREME
   FIRE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT DUE TO SWLY WINDS OF 30-50 MPH AND LOW
   RH VALUES IN THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS. STRONG WINDS
   WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY COOL
   FROM THE W.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SERN HALF OF NM...MUCH OF WRN
   TX...FAR SW OK...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH
   
   SURROUNDING THE EXTREME AREA...SOMEWHAT LESSER WINDS AND/OR HIGHER
   HUMIDITY VALUES ARE FORECAST. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RH AND HIGH
   WINDS WILL NOT BE AS INTENSE AS WITHIN THE EXTREME AREA. WRN AREAS
   WILL EXPERIENCE THE VERY STRONG WINDS OF 30-40 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS
   AND LOW RH...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN POINTS E. FARTHER
   E ACROSS W CNTRL TX /E OF EXTREME AREA/ WINDS WILL NOT BE AS
   STRONG...AVERAGING 20-25 MPH WITH LOW RH.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - NRN FL...SRN GA...SERN AL...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LONG DURATION OF LOW RH AND INCREASING WIND
   
   A DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE SERN STATES TODAY AS HIGH
   PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SHIFTS OFFSHORE. THE DEEPENING
   LOW OVER THE SRN PLAINS WILL TIGHTEN PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE
   SERN STATES WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH.
   MEANWHILE...TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE UPPER 70S/LOWER
   80S...WITH MIN RH INTO THE 20 PERCENT RANGE. GIVEN AREAS OF DRY
   FUELS...ESPECIALLY OVER NRN FL...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL BE
   POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.
   
   ...SRN AZ INTO FAR SWRN NM...
   STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR IN A POST FRONTAL REGIME AS UPPER TROUGH
   SHIFTS E OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE RELATIVELY COOL BUT RH
   WILL BE MODERATELY LOW FROM 15-25 PERCENT.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 02/28/2007
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic

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   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 280948
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0348 AM CST WED FEB 28 2007
   
   VALID 011200Z - 021200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF TX...EXTREME SERN NM...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   INTENSE SURFACE LOW WILL SHIFT NWD OUT OF MO INTO WI DURING THE DAY
   ON THU WITH SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING EWD ALONG THE MS RIVER VALLEY.
   BEHIND THIS FRONT...COOL AND DRY AIR WILL EXIST WITH STRONG WINDS
   INTO TX.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MUCH OF TX...EXTREME SERN NM...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS...LOW RH
   
   A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS AS SURFACE LOW
   CONTINUES NEWD ACROSS THE UPPER MS VALLEY. RH VALUES WILL REACH
   EXTREME LEVELS OVER CNTRL AND SRN TX...WITH VALUES OF 10-15 PERCENT
   COMMON. NWLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
   ESPECIALLY OVER WRN TX. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL OVERNIGHT WITH
   GOOD RH RECOVERY.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 02/28/2007
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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