Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 260925
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0425 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007
VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN GA INTO NRN AND WRN FL...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SERN STATES WITH SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT ALONG WITH GUSTY ELY
WINDS SOUTH OF SURFACE RIDGE AXIS INTO FL. FARTHER N HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD INTO NEW ENGLAND WITH INCREASED WINDS AND LOW RH. OVER
THE SW...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNDER MAINLY ZONAL
FLOW ALOFT...BUT A WEAK UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL QUICKLY MOVE
ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WITH LOCALLY GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS.
MEANWHILE...AN UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE LOW WILL BRING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY SWD INTO THE PLAINS...WITH
ADDITIONAL STORMS INTO THE MIDWEST AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WRAP
AROUND SERN HIGH.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN GA INTO NRN AND WRN FL...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY WINDS...LOW RH...EXTREME DROUGHT
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL.
ELY FLOW AROUND THIS HIGH WILL KEEP DEWPOINTS UP ALONG THE E
COAST...BUT HEATING AND MIXING WILL HELP BRING RH DOWN BELOW 35
PERCENT ACROSS THE INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND
15 MPH WILL BE LIKELY AREAWIDE WITH GUSTS OVER 20 MPH MAINLY ACROSS
FL. COMBINATION OF MODERATELY LOW RH AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH
SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
...ERN NY INTO NEW ENGLAND...
IT WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY WARM TODAY ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE AS WARM AS
YESTERDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE W. SUSTAINED WLY WINDS
OF 15-20 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST GUSTS OVER NRN ME. RH
OF 25-35 PERCENT IS ANTICIPATED BY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN
ENHANCED...BUT LESS THAN CRITICAL FIRE THREAT GIVEN RECENT
PRECIPITATION.
...NV INTO AZ...
A VERY WARM AND DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TODAY BENEATH
STRENGTHENING UPPER RIDGE. THERE WILL ALSO BE A TRANSIENT WEAK UPPER
DISTURBANCE THAT WILL BRIEFLY AFFECT THE REGION...AND THIS MAY
RESULT IN LOCAL WIND GUST ENHANCEMENT. IN GENERAL...WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT OR BELOW 15 MPH.
..JEWELL.. 05/26/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 260925
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0425 AM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE SERN STATES UNDER AN
UPPER RIDGE. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH LOCALLY
CRITICAL CONDITIONS SRN GA INTO FL. TO THE W...STRONG UPPER RIDGE
WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND SWRN STATES WITH HOT
TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL STRETCH FROM
SERN ID INTO NERN NV BY AFTERNOON WITH SHIFTING WINDS TO WLY AND
NWLY. A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL SURGE EWD ACROSS OR/WA/ID INTO WRN
MT WITH PRECIPITATION AND STRONG WLY WINDS.
...SRN GA INTO FL...
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ONCE AGAIN...WITH AREAS OF
LOW RH IN THE AFTERNOON AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS MAINLY SRN FL.
LOCALLY CRITICAL AREAS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE FL PANHANDLE AND SRN
GA...BUT CONDITIONS APPEAR TO MARGINAL FOR A LARGE SCALE CRITICAL
AREA AT THIS TIME. INDICATIONS ARE THAT MIN RH WILL APPROACH 30-35
PERCENT SRN GA INTO NRN FL...WITH WINDS NEAR 10 MPH. STRONGER SPEEDS
OF 15-20 MPH WILL OCCUR FARTHER S...BUT RH WILL ALSO BE HIGHER IN
THESE AREAS. NONETHELESS...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
AFTERNOON FIRE GROWTH WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND AT LEAST MODERATELY
LOW RH.
...SRN ID INTO NV/UT...
A STRONG UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PACIFIC NW
WITH SURFACE COLD FRONT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...LOW PRESSURE WILL
DEEPEN OVER SERN ID...WITH SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING SWWD INTO NV. A
WIND SHIFT WILL ACCOMPANY THIS TROUGH...WITH SLY WINDS NEAR 15 MPH
TO THE SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...AND WLY TO NWLY WINDS OF 15 MPH TO
THE N. RH WILL BE MODERATELY LOW FROM THE LOWER TO MIDDLE TEENS AND
AN ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING STRIKE CANNOT BE RULED OUT LATE IN THE DAY
ALONG THE WIND SHIFT ACROSS NERN NV AND NRN UT.
..JEWELL.. 05/26/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...