Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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...