Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 210904
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0404 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2007
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE WEST COAST WILL BECOME
CLOSED/CUT-OFF ALONG THE SOUTHERN CA/BAJA COAST THROUGH THE PERIOD.
A PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN BRANCH WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER
OF STATES. WHILE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE GREAT
BASIN...EASTWARD SHIFTING LOW PRESSURE/FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN
SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE PLAINS AND GREAT
LAKES REGION. WHILE AFTERNOON RH VALUES MAY APPROACH CRITICAL LEVELS
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN FL AND THE ADJACENT
SOUTHEAST STATES...LOW LEVEL EASTERLY TRAJECTORIES SHOULD YIELD SOME
INCREASE IN BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE INTO THURSDAY.
...EASTERN NM/SOUTHWEST KS AND TX/OK PANHANDLES...
IN THE WAKE OF DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE
TROUGH/DRYLINE...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS OF NORTHEAST/EAST CENTRAL NM INTO
SOUTHWEST KS AND THE OK/TX PANHANDLES. OWING TO DEEP BOUNDARY LAYER
MIXING...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS COULD REACH 20 MPH /WITH HIGHER
GUSTS/ THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST NM. AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S...WITH MINIMUM
RH VALUES DROPPING INTO THE TEENS.
...EASTERN AZ AND WESTERN/CENTRAL NM...
DOWNSTREAM OF THE UPPER LOW SETTLING NEAR BAJA...INCREASINGLY STRONG
WINDS IN THE LOWER-MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN GUSTY
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN AZ AND NM
TODAY. WHILE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS MAY REACH 20 MPH /ESPECIALLY IN
VICINITY OF THE MOGOLLON RIM AND WHITE MOUNTAINS/...CLOUD
COVER/SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SUFFICIENTLY HIGH RH VALUES WILL
PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS.
...SOUTHERN CA...
ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK FRONT...ISOLATED/MAINLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CA TODAY.
OTHERWISE...GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FAVORED
CANYONS/PASSES TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...OWING TO A DEVELOPING
OFFSHORE GRADIENT VIA GREAT BASIN HIGH PRESSURE AND THE LOW NEAR
BAJA.
..GUYER.. 03/21/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 210905
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0405 AM CDT WED MAR 21 2007
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
CLOSED/CUT-OFF UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY OFF
THE COAST OF BAJA ON THURSDAY. ELSEWHERE...UPPER RIDGE WILL PERSIST
OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES...WITH MODERATE WESTERLIES PREVALENT
ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES. ALONG A BROAD FRONTAL
ZONE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE COMMON FROM THE SOUTHERN
HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THE MISSOURI/OHIO RIVER VALLEYS.
ALTHOUGH SOME LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS THE
COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CA THURSDAY MORNING...GREAT BASIN HIGH
PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN DURING THE DAY...WITH THE OFFSHORE
GRADIENT DIMINISHING. ACROSS FL AND THE ADJACENT SOUTHEAST
STATES...EASTERLY TRAJECTORIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO RESULT IN
GRADUALLY IMPROVING DEWPOINTS/AFTERNOON RH VALUES.
..GUYER.. 03/21/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...