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FNUS21 KWNS 170949
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0449 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR ERN UT/WRN CO/SW WY...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LOW...NOW APPROACHING NW MT...WILL MOVE INTO SRN ALBERTA/SASK
TODAY AND TONIGHT. MID LEVEL 75 KT JET MAX WILL ACCOMPANY THIS
FEATURE AS IT NEARS THE NRN PLAINS. SYNOPTIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER THE DAKOTAS THIS AFTN...AND INTENSE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INDUCE STRONG SLY WINDS ACROSS THE
PLAINS...AND STRONG WLY WINDS ACROSS MT/WY. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS
ARE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF UT/WRN CO AHEAD OF SFC COLD FRONT
WHERE TEMPS IN THE 80S/90S ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITY
VALUES.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ERN UT/WRN CO/SW WY...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SFC WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS/MIN RH VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT/NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPS/DRY
FUELS
SFC COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ACROSS NRN NV EARLY THIS MORNING AND IS
FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS UT/CO DURING THE DAY. TEMPS AHEAD OF
THE FRONT WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 80S INTO THE 90S ACROSS ERN UT/WRN
CO. SOME RECORD HIGH TEMPS ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEYS.
MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS...WITH A WIND
SHIFT EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON ACROSS ERN UT AND LATE AFTN/EARLY
EVENING ACROSS WRN CO. ISOLD DRY TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE
FRONT. IF TSTMS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP...LITTLE RAIN WOULD ACCOMPANY
THE STORMS AS FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST TSTM BASES WELL ABOVE 10000
FT AGL. GIVEN THE WIND PROFILE...DANGEROUS TSTM OUTFLOW WINDS WOULD
ALSO BE LIKELY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF DRY MICROBURST WINDS. SEVERAL
REPORTS OF 70+ MPH WINDS WERE OBSERVED YESTERDAY IN NRN UT WITHIN
SIMILAR ENVIRONMENT.
...NRN SAC VALLEY/FOOTHILLS...
LOCALLY STRONG NLY WINDS ARE LIKELY TODAY...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF
15-20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MAX TEMPS WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S WITH
MIN HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT. GIVEN MODERATE LONG
TERM DROUGHT AND LOW 1000-HR FUEL MOISTURE VALUES...THE DRY NLY FLOW
WILL INCREASE THE WILDFIRE RISK TODAY SHOULD IGNITIONS OCCUR.
..TAYLOR.. 06/17/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 170950
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0450 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2007
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
BY MONDAY MORNING...UPPER LOW WILL BE LOCATED IN SCNTRL MANITOBA
WITH TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING SWD THROUGH THE CNTRL PLAINS. MID LEVEL
RIDGE WILL AMPLIFY ACROSS ERN CANADA AND THE NORTHEAST AHEAD OF
APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM. MODERATELY STRONG MID LEVEL ZONAL FLOW
WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NRN ROCKIES ON
MONDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE STARTING TO BUILD AGAIN OVER THE
SOUTHWEST BY EARLY TUESDAY. SFC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE EWD
PROGRESSION ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST...WITH A WIDESPREAD AREA OF
SHOWERS/TSTM FROM THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE MID MS VALLEY/SRN
PLAINS. COOLER CONDITIONS AND LIGHTER WINDS ARE FORECAST ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE GREAT BASIN IN WAKE OF COLD FRONT ON MONDAY.
..TAYLOR.. 06/17/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...