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FNUS21 KWNS 100849
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0349 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
SEVERAL DAYS OF WINDY WEATHER ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND
SRN PLAINS...AS A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS APPROACH FROM THE WRN
CONUS. EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR LOOPS DEPICT A SHORTWAVE TROUGH NOW
CROSSING THE NRN ROCKIES...AND ANOTHER ONE ACROSS W TX. UPSTREAM...A
60-80KT MID LEVEL JET NOW EXTENDS FROM THE GREAT BASIN WWD TO NRN
CA. THIS JET STREAK WILL REACH THE SRN HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTN...WITH
MAIN UPPER WAVE DEEPENING ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS. AT THE SFC...LEE
SIDE LOW WILL DEEPEN OVER THE TX PANHANDLE THIS AFTN...AS A PACIFIC
COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH ACROSS NRN AZ/NRN NM AND A DRYLINE MIXES EAST
ACROSS W TX. NEAR CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TODAY MAINLY
ACROSS ERN PORTIONS OF NM/W TX...WEST OF THE DRYLINE.
...PORTIONS OF NRN/ERN NM AND FAR W TX...
SUSTAINED SFC WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL
DEVELOP FROM THE WRN MOGOLLON RIM THROUGH MUCH OF NM AND FAR W TX.
IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NRN AZ...MAX TEMPS WILL ONLY CLIMB INTO
THE MID/UPPER 50S THROUGH 60S...AND MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL NOT FALL
BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. HOWEVER IN NM...TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM
THE 40S/50S IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO 70S/80S IN THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS /SERN NM THROUGH W TX/.
THE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE FIRE CONCERNS ACROSS THE
AREA...BUT PARTICULARLY SO ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS OF ERN NM AND W TX
WHERE RECENT FIRE DANGER CLASS OBSERVATIONS HAVE INDICATED HIGH TO
EXTREME VALUES AND WHERE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE THE LOWEST. MINIMUM
RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 20-25 PERCENT IN THESE
AREAS...WHICH WILL BE MARGINAL FOR A CRITICAL FIRE OUTLOOK.
HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRE WILL CERTAINLY BE
INCREASED TODAY.
..TAYLOR.. 04/10/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 100854
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0354 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2007
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SERN CA/SRN NV/NRN AZ...
...SYNOPSIS...
STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IN THE ERN PACIFIC /NOW NEAR 45N 154W PER
WV LOOPS/ WILL APPROACH THE WEST COAST BY WEDNESDAY. TROUGH AXIS
WILL MOVE ONSHORE BY WED AFTN...WITH NOSE OF 60-70 KT MID LEVEL JET
DIGGING ACROSS THE SRN GREAT BASIN. VIGOROUS LARGE SCALE HEIGHT
FALLS WILL SUPPORT LOW LEVEL CYCLOGENESIS ACROSS SRN NV. SFC LOW
WILL TRACK ALONG A BAROCLINIC ZONE EXTENDING NEAR THE UT/AZ STATE
LINE ON WED AFTN WITH PERHAPS A SECONDARY LOW FORMING ACROSS NERN
NM. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SRN GREAT BASIN AND
NRN AZ AND CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SERN CA/SRN NV/NRN AZ...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WINDS 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS/MIN RH
VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT/SEVERE LONG TERM DROUGHT
WINDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE BY LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTN ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SERN CA/SRN NV AND NRN AZ IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING
UPPER LEVEL JET. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-30 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH HIGHER
GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...MAX TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM
THE 60S/70S IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...RESULTING IN RH VALUES FALLING
BELOW 15 PERCENT. SEVERE LONG TERM DROUGHT PERSISTS ACROSS THE
REGION...AND CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS...GENERALLY BELOW 6000 FEET.
..TAYLOR.. 04/10/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...