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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...
   
      
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic

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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...
   
      

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