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FNUS21 KWNS 200940
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0440 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR ERN NV/WRN UT/EXTREME NW AZ...
...SYNOPSIS...
EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR LOOPS SHOW NEXT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING
FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH TROUGH AXIS FORECAST TO MOVE ONSHORE
BY EARLY EVENING. ASSOCIATED JET STREAK WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NRN
GREAT BASIN AND NRN ROCKIES REGION...WHILE SFC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
DEEPENS FROM WY THROUGH SRN NV. COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SEWD
THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS NV/NRN UT...BUT STRONG SFC WINDS AND VERY DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SOUTH/EAST OF THE BOUNDARY. ELSEWHERE...SFC
RIDGE WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT FEATURE IN THE SOUTHEAST WITH VERY
LOW HUMIDITY PERSISTING TODAY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ERN NV/WRN UT/EXTREME NW AZ...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WINDS 15-25 MPH/MIN RH VALUES BELOW 10
PERCENT/LONG TERM DROUGHT
SFC WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE W/SW AHEAD OF DRY COLD FRONT THIS
AFTN. PRIMARY SFC LOW WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE WY/MT BORDER WITH COLD
FRONT EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF SALT LAKE CITY TO NEAR EUREKA NV
BY LATE AFTN. MAX TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 80S/90S SOUTH OF THE
BOUNDARY...WITH 100S IN THE LOWER CO VALLEY. MIN RH VALUES WILL
GENERALLY RANGE FROM AROUND 6-15 PERCENT. RECENT OBSERVED FIRE
DANGER CLASS VALUES ARE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME. ALTHOUGH BUILDUPS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SRN/CNTRL UT...BEST MID-LEVEL
MOISTURE FOR TSTMS SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS ERN UT/WRN CO.
...SOUTHEAST...
MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 20-25 PERCENT AGAIN TODAY
ESPECIALLY FROM THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT THROUGH SRN/CNTRL PORTIONS OF
GA/AL AND THE FL PANHANDLE. SFC WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY LIGHT UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE.
..TAYLOR.. 05/20/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 200941
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0441 AM CDT SUN MAY 20 2007
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN/CNTRL UT AND NRN AZ...
...SYNOPSIS...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST ON MONDAY. UPPER LOW WILL BE LOCATED NEAR
SPOKANE WA EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND WILL MOVE TOWARD SCNTRL MT BY
TUESDAY...MAINTAINING STRONG MID LEVEL FLOW ACROSS THE NRN
ROCKIES/NRN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SFC LOW PRESSURE WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS MONDAY AFTN WITH COLD FRONT EXTENDING
SWWD FROM WRN SD THROUGH SCNTRL UT/CNTRL NV. SOUTH OF THE
FRONT...VERY WARM AND WINDY WEATHER IS FORECAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SRN UT/NRN AZ.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN/CNTRL UT AND NRN AZ...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WINDS 20-25 MPH/MIN RH VALUES BELOW 15
PERCENT/LONG TERM DROUGHT
MAX TEMPS MAY NOT BE AS HIGH ON MONDAY FOR SOME LOCATIONS...BUT
SUFFICIENTLY LOW DEWPOINTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MINIMUM RH VALUES
BELOW 15 PERCENT. IN ADDITION...SUSTAINED S/SW WINDS WILL DEVELOP
WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH POSSIBLE. FUELS REMAIN CRITICALLY DRY FOR THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDY/DRY WEATHER...ISOLD DRY
TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY INVOF OF THE COLD FRONT IN SCNTRL
UT.
...CNTRL/NRN PLAINS...
STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN SD WILL INCREASE PRESSURE
GRADIENT SIGNIFICANTLY RESULTING IN VERY STRONG WINDS ON MONDAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY FROM OK TO
THE DAKOTAS/MN. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL BE SUFFICIENTLY HIGH SUCH
THAT A CRITICAL FIRE OUTLOOK WILL NOT BE WARRANTED.
..TAYLOR.. 05/20/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...