Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 240830
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0330 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR W-CNTRL FL...
...SYNOPSIS...
A MID/UPPER-LEVEL HIGH WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE CNTRL
APPALACHIANS/MID-ATLANTIC. ASSOCIATED SURFACE ANTICYCLONE WILL DRIFT
SLOWLY SWWD OFF THE DELMARVA COAST TOWARDS THE CAROLINAS AND
GRADUALLY WEAKEN WITH TIME. AS A RESULT...THE SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL SLOWLY RELAX. IN THE WEST...A
LARGE-SCALE MEAN TROUGH WILL CONTINUE...ALTHOUGH STRONGER
MID/UPPER-LEVEL FLOW WILL RETREAT NWD.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - W-CNTRL FL...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LONG-TERM DROUGHT / LOW RH
AT LEAST ONE MORE DAY OF MODERATELY STRONG ELY WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE
BENEATH A 25 TO 35 MPH LOW-LEVEL JET OVERHEAD. SUSTAINED SURFACE
SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. LATEST GPS
PRECIPITABLE WATER ESTIMATES AND WED EVENING RAOB SOUNDINGS HAVE
INDICATED A STEADY INCREASE IN TOTAL MOISTURE ACROSS MUCH OF NRN FL
OVER THE PAST 24-36 HOURS OWING TO PERSISTENT ELY FLOW AROUND THE
EXPANSIVE MID-ATLANTIC ANTICYCLONE. INDICATIVE OF THIS MOISTURE
INCREASE...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND ASSOCIATED LOW-LEVEL CLOUDINESS HAVE
BEEN SPREADING WWD ACROSS NRN/CNTRL FL EARLY THIS MORNING AS WELL AS
UPSTREAM OVER THE WRN ATLANTIC BASIN. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO
REACH THE UPPER 80S...A FEW HOURS OF MARGINALLY LOW RH CONDITIONS
/AT TO SLIGHTLY BELOW 35 PERCENT/ SHOULD STILL DEVELOP OVER WRN
PORTIONS OF CNTRL FL.
..GRAMS.. 05/24/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 240929
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0429 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2007
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
OVERALL LARGE-SCALE PATTERN SHOULD DE-AMPLIFY WITH BELT OF STRONGER
MID-LEVEL WLYS BECOMING MORE ZONAL AND CONFINED TO THE NRN CONUS.
THIS WILL HELP MAINTAIN A GRADUAL WEAKENING OF THE EXPANSIVE
LOW/MID-LEVEL ANTICYCLONE CENTERED ACROSS THE CAROLINAS/SRN
APPALACHIANS. MEANWHILE...A VIGOROUS IMPULSE AND ASSOCIATED
LOW/MID-LEVEL CYCLONE SHOULD TRACK SLOWLY EWD ACROSS THE NRN
ROCKIES/PLAINS.
...W-CNTRL FL...
A FURTHER SLOW WEAKENING OF THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG WITH
PERSISTENT ELY FLOW SHOULD RESULT IN SLIGHTLY LOWER WIND SPEEDS AND
SLIGHTLY HIGHER RH VALUES ON FRI AFTERNOON COMPARED TO DAY 1.
LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY YET CONTINUE WITH SUSTAINED
SURFACE WINDS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH AND RH VALUES APPROACHING 35
PERCENT. GIVEN THE PROBABLE MARGINALITY/SHORT DURATION OF LOWER RH
VALUES...WILL REFRAIN FROM INTRODUCING A CRITICAL AREA ATTM.
..GRAMS.. 05/24/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...