Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 110849
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0349 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRENGTHENING UPPER TROUGH ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST WILL DIG SEWD
INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. AHEAD OF THIS
TROUGH...BREEZY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH LOW RH READINGS WILL
SUPPORT A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST.
DOWNSTREAM OF THIS TROUGH/CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT...ANOTHER
UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EWD THROUGH THE SERN STATES GENERATING SCT
MODERATE/HVY RAINFALL. LOW RH READINGS AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL
DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THIS TROUGH ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS...BUT
DECREASING WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL LIMIT ANY CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - FAR SRN NV...FAR SERN CA...MUCH OF
NRN/CENTRAL AZ AND WRN NM...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 30 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT...LONG TERM DROUGHT
AHEAD OF AN AMPLIFYING UPPER TROUGH...LOW-MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS WILL
INCREASE OVER THE AREA TODAY. THE RESULT WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
MODERATE SWLY SFC WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON. DRY LOW LEVELS
CHARACTERIZED BY DWPTS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS/TEENS COMBINED WITH
SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE LOW RH READINGS FROM 10-15
PERCENT. THE COMBINATION OF THESE PARAMETERS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER THREAT. WITH A DRY AIRMASS...TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP
SUFFICIENTLY THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL END SHORTLY
AFTER SUNSET.
...SRN PLAINS...
IN THE WAKE OF THE SERN CONUS UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT...MODERATE NWLY WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING.
ALTHOUGH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY RESULT...WITH
TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 60S/LOWER 70S...LOW DWPTS IN THE
TEENS/20S WILL SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS FROM 15-20 PERCENT. IN AREAS
THAT HAVE SEEN SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES RECENTLY...DIMINISHING
UPPER SUPPORT AND DECREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LEAD TO
WEAKENING WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THUS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
..CROSBIE.. 04/11/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 110851
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0351 AM CDT WED APR 11 2007
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF THE SRN
ROCKIES/SOUTHWEST...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DIG SEWD ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
STATES TOMORROW. AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH BREEZY CONDITIONS COMBINED
WITH LOW RH READINGS WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHWEST STATES. EAST OF THIS
SYSTEM...ANOTHER SRN STREAM TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ERN STATES.
IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...BREEZY WNWLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER
THE SERN STATES LEADING TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN AZ...SRN NM AND FAR WRN TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH...RH READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER A WIDE AREA FROM
SRN AZ INTO FAR WRN TX. STRONG MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS WILL MIX DOWN
TO THE SFC LEADING TO WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S/70S COMBINED WITH LOW DWPTS IN
THE TEENS/20S WILL SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT.
ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL EXIST OVER
SRN AZ AND THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...VERY LOW DWPTS IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS WILL ALSO SUPPORT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
PORTIONS OF THIS AREA MAY BE UPGRADED TO EXTREMELY CRITICAL IN
FUTURE OUTLOOKS.
...SRN AL/SRN GA AND NRN FL...
IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...SUSTAINED NWLY WINDS FROM 15-25 MPH IN
THE MORNING WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH
SPEEDS LESS THAN 15 MPH EXPECTED BY MID-AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH THE
WINDS VERY LOW RH READINGS FROM 20-30 PERCENT WILL SUPPORT VERY HIGH
FIRE DANGER...DESPITE RECENT PRECIPITATION.
..CROSBIE.. 04/11/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...