Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 041051
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0451 AM CST SUN MAR 04 2007
VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SOUTHERN AZ...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO DAMPEN OVER THE WESTERN STATES
TODAY...WHILE THE EASTERN STATES UPPER TROUGH AXIS SPREADS EASTWARD
OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND SOUTHEAST STATES. ALTHOUGH GRADUALLY
WEAKENING ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...EXPANSIVE SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT FEATURE FROM THE GREAT BASIN TO
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND SOUTHEAST STATES.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SOUTHERN AZ...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS AND LOW RH
WITH A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IN PLACE VIA HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...STRONG EASTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS /SUSTAINED
15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS/ ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST/SOUTH CENTRAL AZ. THE DOWNSLOPE TRAJECTORIES WILL LEAD TO
WARMER/DRIER CONDITIONS...WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S.
VERY LOW RH VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH LIMITED RH RECOVERY OVERNIGHT.
...COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CA...
LOCALLY GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS ARE ONGOING THIS MORNING...NAMELY
THROUGH/BELOW FAVORED MOUNTAIN PASSES AND CANYONS OF SOUTHERN CA.
ALTHOUGH THE OFFSHORE GRADIENT WILL GRADUALLY RELAX THROUGH THE
PERIOD /WITH WINDS DIMINISHING/...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
MILD WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 70S AND LOW RH VALUES.
...SOUTHEAST STATES/NORTHERN FL...
A DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST
STATES/NORTHERN FL TODAY AMIDST WEST-NORTHWEST CONTINENTAL
TRAJECTORIES IN THE LOW LEVELS. WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 10-15 MPH IN
MOST LOCALES...AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 25 PERCENT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF AL/GA/SC/FAR NORTHERN FL...TO 30-35 PERCENT
ACROSS INTERIOR CENTRAL FL.
..GUYER.. 03/04/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 041052
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0452 AM CST SUN MAR 04 2007
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
WITH THE DECAY OF THE WESTERN STATES UPPER RIDGE AND EXIT OF THE
EASTERN STATES TROUGH...A LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL BE
PREVALENT OVER THE COUNTRY ON MONDAY. AS SUCH...DRY CONDITIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN CONUS.
...SOUTHEAST/SOUTH CENTRAL AZ...
IN RESPONSE TO AN UPSTREAM LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH...EASTERLY
DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTHERN AZ ON
MONDAY. NEVERTHELESS...WARM/DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS
SOUTHERN AZ...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S/LOWER 80S AND VERY
LOW SINGLE DIGIT RH VALUES.
...SOUTHEAST STATES/FL...
WITH DRIER AIR SPREADING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE FL
PENINSULA...PERSISTENCE OF DRY WEST/NORTHWEST TRAJECTORIES WILL LEAD
TO CRITICAL RH VALUES ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST STATES
AND FL. A MODEST PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LIKELY KEEP WIND SPEEDS
AROUND 10 MPH OR LESS.
..GUYER.. 03/04/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...