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FNUS21 KWNS 050806
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0206 AM CST MON MAR 05 2007
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN VA AND MUCH OF
EASTERN MD/NORTHERN NC...
...SYNOPSIS...
WITH THE DEAMPLIFYING WESTERN STATES UPPER RIDGE AND THE EASTWARD
SHIFT OF THE NORTHEAST STATES UPPER TROUGH...A LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER
FLOW WILL BE PREVALENT OVER THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE PERIOD. WITH THE
DOMINANT INFLUENCE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE...DRY CONDITIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN CONUS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CENTRAL/EASTERN VA AND MUCH OF
EASTERN MD/NORTHERN NC...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS AND LOW RH
STRONG AND GUSTY WEST-NORTHWEST DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL LEAD TO AN
INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES.
IN THE PRESENCE OF SUBSIDENCE/COLD ADVECTION...STRONG WIND FIELDS IN
THE LOW TO MID LEVELS /AROUND 50 KTS AT 850 MB/ WILL SUPPORT
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20-25 MPH /WITH HIGHER GUSTS/...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS MUCH OF VA AND MD. DOWNSLOPE TRAJECTORIES AND AMPLE
INSOLATION WILL SUPPORT MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S/LOWER 60S
ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN MD INTO NC. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL
BE AS LOW AS 15-20 PERCENT FOR A FEW HOURS DURATION. IN SPITE OF THE
RECENT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST WEEK...IT APPEARS FINE FUELS HAVE
DRIED VIA A FEW DAYS OF DOWNSLOPE TRAJECTORIES.
...SOUTHEAST/SOUTH CENTRAL AZ...
IN RESPONSE TO A LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS
SOUTHERN CA/AZ TODAY...EASTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
RELAX BY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN AZ. 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/MUCH OF 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 MUCH OF THE FL PENINSULA. A MODEST PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LIKELY
KEEP WIND SPEEDS AROUND 10 MPH OR LESS IN MOST LOCALES.
..GUYER.. 03/05/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 050810
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0210 AM CST MON MAR 05 2007
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
LOW AMPLITUDE/LARGELY ZONAL UPPER FLOW WILL BE DOMINANT OVER THE
CONUS ON TUESDAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL OVER THE MID
ATLANTIC/SOUTHEAST STATES AND INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...WHILE WEAK LOW
PRESSURE/LEE TROUGH DEVELOPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS.
...SOUTHEAST STATES/FL...
LITTLE FLUCTUATION OF THE DRY LOW LEVEL AIRMASS IS ANTICIPATED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND FL ON TUESDAY AMIDST THE
INFLUENCE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE. AS SUCH...ANOTHER DAY OF
CRITICALLY LOW RH VALUES IS EXPECTED. IN SPITE OF THE LOW AFTERNOON
RH VALUES...WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW 10 MPH.
...MUCH OF OK AND NORTHERN/WEST CENTRAL TX...
WITH A LEE TROUGH DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS...SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON TUESDAY ACROSS
A LARGE PORTION OF OK AND TX. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY BE
AROUND 15 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL LIKELY REACH
THE LOWER 70S IN MOST LOCALES...WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES AS LOW AS THE
TEENS FOR A FEW HOURS DURATION.
..GUYER.. 03/05/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...