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FNUS21 KWNS 071016
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0416 AM CST WED MAR 07 2007
VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE ERN CONUS THROUGH THE
PERIOD. ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH...AN AREA OF SFC LOW PRESSURE
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES. SOUTH OF THIS SFC
LOW...SWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE CAROLINAS. ALONG WITH LOW RH
READINGS...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST IN THIS
REGION. LOW RH READINGS WILL REMAIN PREVALENT ACROSS MOST OF THE
REST OF THE SERN STATES...BUT LIGHTER WINDS WILL PRECLUDE A CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREA IN THIS REGION. A WEAK UPPER SYSTEM OVER
THE SRN/CENTRAL PLAINS WILL AID IN SHIFTING A COLD FRONT SWD THROUGH
OK INTO WRN/NRN TX.
...CAROLINAS...
TO THE SOUTH OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...SWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE
TO AROUND 15 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. DESPITE MID/HIGH CLOUDS
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 60S/LOWER 70S. LOW DEWPTS WILL
SUSTAIN MIN RH READINGS FROM 25-35 PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF
MODEST WINDS AND LOW RH READINGS WILL LEAD TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...REMAINDER OF THE SERN STATES AND NRN/CENTRAL FLA...
LOW DEWPTS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION UNDER THE PRESENCE OF A
BROAD AREA OF SFC HIGH PRESSURE. MILD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN
LOW RH READINGS FROM 25-35 PERCENT. HOWEVER GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS
AND LOW INVERSION HEIGHTS /AROUND 5 KFT/ SHOULD LIMIT THE POTENTIAL
FOR WIDESPREAD FIRE GROWTH AND THUS PRECLUDING THE ISSUANCE OF A
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA.
...PORTIONS OF OK AND WRN TX...
WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO N-NE OVER
WRN/CENTRAL OK AND NWRN TX TODAY. DESPITE THE COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 65-70 DEG OVER
CENTRAL/WRN OK AND NWRN TX. COMBINED WITH DEWPTS IN THE
20S/30S...MIN RH READINGS WILL RANGE FROM 20-30 PERCENT. SUSTAINED
WINDS WILL AVERAGE FROM 10-15 MPH PRECLUDING A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
THREAT.
..CROSBIE.. 03/07/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 071019
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0419 AM CST WED MAR 07 2007
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE DEEP UPPER TROUGH OVER THE ERN CONUS WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND
MOVE EWD THROUGH THE PERIOD. TO THE WEST OF THIS FEATURE...GENERALLY
ZONAL FLOW WILL BE PREDOMINANT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE CONUS. DRY
CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN OVER THE SERN STATES...SUPPORTING VERY HIGH
FIRE DANGER...BUT SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN LIGHT WINDS.
ANOTHER LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE EWD THROUGH THE ROCKIES
AND INTO THE PLAINS THROUGH THE PERIOD. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS TROUGH AS MID LEVEL
FLOW STRENGTHENS OVER THE ROCKIES AND SFC PRESSURE FALLS OCCUR OVER
THE HIGH PLAINS. HOWEVER...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...SERN STATES...
AN AREA OF SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION TOMORROW
THAT WILL BE REINFORCED BY A LARGER AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
GREAT LAKES. MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND LOW DEWPTS WILL RESULT
IN ANOTHER DAY OF MIN RH READINGS FROM 25-35 PERCENT. GENERALLY
LIGHT/VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...SRN HIGH PLAINS/SRN ROCKIES...
MID LEVEL FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE ROCKIES IN THE WAKE OF AN
UPPER TROUGH THAT MOVES INTO THE PLAINS LATE IN THE PERIOD. COMBINED
WITH STEEP LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND ASSOCIATED SFC PRESSURE
FALLS ALONG LEE SLOPES...SUSTAINED SSWLY WINDS AROUND 15 MPH OVER
THE HIGH PLAINS AND WLY WINDS FROM 15-20 MPH OVER THE SRN ROCKIES
WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HRS. COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE
60S OVER THE SRN HIGH PLAINS WILL LIMIT MIN RH READINGS TO AROUND 25
PERCENT. WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SRN
NM/FAR WRN TX AND SERN AZ WILL SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-15
PERCENT.
..CROSBIE.. 03/07/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...