Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 280852
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0352 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2007
VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR EASTERN NM/CO...EXTRM WESTERN
TX/OK PANHANDLES/KS...EXTRM SW NB...
...SYNOPSIS...
A VIGOROUS EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN
UNITED STATES DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD...BRINGING STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE MIDWEST. ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM WILL BE A
SURFACE DRYLINE THAT WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY AND
WILL BE LOCATED FROM SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA SOUTHWARD INTO THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE DRYLINE. ELSEWHERE...AN OCCLUDED
FRONT WILL EXIST FROM SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA TO SOUTH CAROLINA...AND
SOME RAIN AND POSSIBLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE OHIO
RIVER VALLEY MAINLY NORTH OF THE FRONT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - EASTERN NM/CO...EXTRM WESTERN TX/OK
PANHANDLES/KS...EXTRM SW NE...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS BEHIND DRYLINE
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE MOVEMENT AND TIMING OF
THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EVOLVING INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED
STATES...WITH THE CENTER OF THE TROUGH LOCATED ROUGHLY OVER THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH...AT THE
SURFACE...A LEE TROUGH AND CYCLONE WILL DEVELOP. THE SURFACE CYCLONE
WILL BE IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA BY 00Z/29...WITH A TRAILING DRYLINE
SOUTHWARD THROUGH EXTREME WESTERN KANSAS...INTO THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA
AND TEXAS PANHANDLES...THROUGH SOUTHWEST TEXAS. SURFACE WIND SPEEDS
BEHIND THE DRYLINE WILL BE VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WITH SUSTAINED
SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WIND SPEEDS AROUND 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH
STRONGER GUSTS...MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
HOURS. RH VALUES BEHIND THE DRYLINE ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 15 TO
20 PERCENT...WITH SOME LOWER VALUES IN LOCALIZED AREAS...ESPECIALLY
IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CRITICAL AREA /MAINLY OK..TX...NM/
WHERE SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HIGHEST. IN THE NORTHERN PORTION
OF THE OUTLOOK /MAINLY CO..KS...NE/...THE CRITICAL AREA IS MORE
CONDITIONAL...AS COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL HELP TO MITIGATE LOW RH
VALUES. HOWEVER...AREAS WHERE STRONG SURFACE WIND SPEEDS ARE
COUPLED WITH AREAS OF LOW RH...A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER RISK WILL
EXIST...IF ONLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.
..LEVIT.. 03/28/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 281014
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0514 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2007
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM THAT WAS PRESENT IN THE SOUTHWEST UNITED
STATES DURING DAY1 WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD DURING THE FORECAST
PERIOD...FROM THE FOUR CORNERS AREA TO WYOMING. A REGION OF STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ONGOING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT
THE DAY IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MIDWEST STATES...WITH A DRYLINE
EXISTING FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND
TEXAS. BEHIND THE DRYLINE...SURFACE WINDS WILL BE MUCH WEAKER THAN
DURING THE PREVIOUS DAY...AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES IN
RESPONSE TO A WEAKENING OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. WHILE AREAS
OF SOME LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL EXIST BEHIND THE
DRYLINE...THE WEAK SURFACE WIND SPEEDS WILL HELP TO KEEP THE FIRE
WEATHER THREAT TO A MINIMUM.
..LEVIT.. 03/28/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...