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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL FNUS21 KWNS 140812 DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0312 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 VALID 141200Z - 151200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...SYNOPSIS... EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR LOOPS SHOW UPPER LOW SLOWLY APPROACHING NCNTRL TX. THIS LOW IS ESSENTIALLY CUT OFF FROM THE MAIN FLOW...AND AS A RESULT HAS BEEN SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE SRN PLAINS. STRONG ZONAL FLOW PERSISTS ACROSS THE NRN TIER OF STATES...WITH UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SERN STATES. MAIN FIRE THREATS TODAY WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST WHERE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE AGAIN FORECAST WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT/SCNTRL VA. WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED ANYWHERE IN THE CONUS. ...SOUTHWEST... RECENT OBSERVED FIRE DANGER CLASS VALUES ARE VERY HIGH OR EXTREME ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SW AZ AND SW NM WEST OF THE DIVIDE...AND SEVERE LONG TERM DROUGHT PERSISTS ACROSS THE AREA. HIGH TEMPS IN THE 80S/90S ARE EXPECTED TODAY...AND THESE VALUES ARE 15-20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. VERY LOW RH VALUES /RANGING BETWEEN 8-15 PERCENT/ WILL BE WIDESPREAD. LARGE SCALE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE OVERLY STRONG...ALTHOUGH A FEW AREAS WILL HAVE BREEZY PERIODS IN THE AFTN. ...SCNTRL VA/PIEDMONT... ALTHOUGH RH VALUES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW CRITICAL VALUES...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL WITH MAX VALUES IN THE 70S/80S WHICH IS ALMOST 20 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST SFC WINDS OF 10-20 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS ABOVE 20 MPH POSSIBLE. FIRE DANGER INDICES SUGGEST FUELS ARE RELATIVELY DRY WITH HIGH OR VERY HIGH VALUES INDICATED BY OBSERVATIONS. THIS AREA WILL REMAIN IN THE WARM SECTOR OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM THE OH VALLEY...AND GUSTY SW WINDS COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPS AND DRY FUELS MAY SOMEWHAT ENHANCE RISK FOR WILDFIRE. ..TAYLOR.. 03/14/2007 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL FNUS22 KWNS 140812 DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0312 AM CDT WED MAR 14 2007 VALID 151200Z - 161200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...SYNOPSIS... UPPER LOW NOW IN NCNTRL TX WILL MOVE FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY EARLY THU MORNING AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN INTO AN OPEN WAVE AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE WEST COAST OF FL. MAIN JET STREAM WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST...BUT WILL AMPLIFY AS THE MAIN TROUGH MOVES ACROSS HUDSON BAY. AT THE SFC...COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SRN PLAINS ON THURSDAY AND SHOULD BE LOCATED SOUTH OF THE RED RIVER BY THU EVENING. THE ERN PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM A LOW CENTERED NEAR FSM EWD ACROSS THE TN VALLEY THROUGH WRN VA. CONTINUED WARM DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. ..TAYLOR.. 03/14/2007 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...