Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 050817
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0317 AM CDT THU APR 05 2007
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NRN FL INTO GA...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SPREAD EWD OUT OF THE PLAINS INTO
THE STATES AS UPPER LOW SPINS OVER THE NE. THIS WILL BRING COOL BUT
VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO THE SE WHERE DROUGHT PERSISTS. TO THE W...AN
UPPER RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM THE PACIFIC NW SWD THROUGH THE GREAT
BASIN INTO THE SRN ROCKIES WITH VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS
PERSISTING. SOME INCREASE IN WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER NM AS A WEAK LOW
AMPLITUDE UPPER SHORTWAVE GLANCES THE AREA.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - NRN FL INTO GA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LONG DURATIONS OF VERY LOW RH...NLY
WINDS...DROUGHT
AN AREA OF DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION PRODUCING
LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM INTO THE 60S TO LOWER 70S AND WILL BRING RH LEVELS DOWN INTO
THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY DIP BELOW 20 PERCENT
DURING THE PEAK HEATING HOURS. IN ADDITION...NLY WINDS OF 10-15 MPH
WILL OCCUR. THE LONG DURATION OF VERY LOW RH...WINDS AND DROUGHT
CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN ENHANCED FIRE THREAT TODAY.
QUICK MOVING UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS CO INTO NERN NM
LATE TODAY AND WILL CAUSE NWLY SURFACE WINDS TO INCREASE TO 10-15
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WHILE RH REMAINS VERY LOW FROM 10-15 PERCENT.
THIS MAY RESULT IN INCREASED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 04/05/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 050817
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0317 AM CDT THU APR 05 2007
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF GA INTO FL...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LONGWAVE TROUGH WILL COVER MUCH OF THE CNTRL AND ERN U.S. WITH AN
UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WRN STATES. A WEAK UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH AXIS
EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LARGER TROUGH WILL SHIFT SEWD ACROSS THE SERN
CONUS WITH A SECONDARY SURGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE. THIS
WILL PRODUCE GUSTY NWLY WINDS ALONG WITH VERY LOW RH FROM FL INTO
THE CAROLINAS. TO THE W...A WEAK UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT EWD ACROSS SRN
CA INTO AZ...AND WILL INCREASE WIND POTENTIAL OVER THOSE AREAS WHERE
VERY HOT AND DRY WEATHER PERSISTS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MUCH OF GA INTO FL...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LONG DURATIONS OF LOW RH...GUSTY NWLY
WINDS...DROUGHT
ANOTHER SURGE OF HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE REGION WILL CONTINUE THE DRY
AND GUSTY CONDITIONS INTO FRIDAY. SUSTAINED NWLY WINDS OF 10-15 MPH
WILL BE COMMON WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS OVER 2O MPH. RH WILL
READILY DIP BELOW 30 PERCENT BY MIDDAY WITH SOME LOCATIONS REACHING
THE UPPER TEENS BY LATE AFTERNOON. GIVEN MULTIPLE DAYS OF LOW RH AND
PERSISTENT DROUGHT...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL.
...AZ...
SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AS A WEAK UPPER LOW APPROACHES. SUSTAINED
SURFACE WINDS OF 10-15 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH HIGHER GUSTS
ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...WHILE TEMPERATURES REACH THE 90S
AND WITH SINGLE DIGIT RH. GIVEN SEVERE DROUGHT...THE INCREASED WINDS
WILL ENHANCE FIRE DANGER.
..JEWELL.. 04/05/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...