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FNUS21 KWNS 190932
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0432 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR LOOPS SHOW NEXT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING
WRN BC. AS THIS OCCURS...MID LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME
SWLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND GREAT BASIN. THIS WILL HELP AMPLIFY
THE RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SET THE STAGE FOR INCREASING SFC
WINDS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN BY MIDWEEK. FARTHER EAST...LONGWAVE
UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE MIDWEST INTO QUEBEC BY EARLY
WED...WITH AN ELONGATED FRONTAL ZONE FROM WRN PA THROUGH THE TN
VALLEY BY LATE AFTN. FIRE CONCERNS APPEAR TO BE MINIMAL ACROSS THE
CONUS TODAY. THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLD DRY TSTMS
ACROSS FAR SERN AZ/FAR WRN NM.
...SERN AZ/WRN NM...
AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD AGAIN OVER THE REGION...MID LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL BE ADVECTED NWD INTO SERN AZ DURING THE DAY. LARGE
SCALE LIFT WILL BE LACKING. HOWEVER...SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WILL BE
AVAILABLE GIVEN STEEP LAPSE RATES AND ADEQUATE MID LEVEL MOISTURE.
THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES SUPPORT MAINLY DRY TSTMS...AND THIS WILL
PRESENT A SLIGHTLY GREATER THREAT ACROSS AZ GIVEN DRIER FUELS IN
PLACE. COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL.
..TAYLOR.. 06/19/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 190939
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0439 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NERN NV/NRN UT/SERN ID/WRN WY/WRN
CO...
...SYNOPSIS...
RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY...WITH A
CONTINUED WARMING TREND AND INCREASED WINDS OVER THE GREAT BASIN.
PRIMARY MID LEVEL JET STREAK WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE UNTIL LATE IN THE
PERIOD. HOWEVER...SMALLER SCALE IMPULSES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT
BASIN ON WEDNESDAY. MAIN SFC LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER MT...WITH
A COLD FRONT FORECAST TO EXTEND SWWD INTO CNTRL ORE BY WEDNESDAY
AFTN. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS MAY BECOME POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE GREAT BASIN AND CO/WY IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING WINDS/TEMPS
ON WEDNESDAY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - NERN NV/NRN UT/SERN ID/WRN WY/WRN
CO...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS/MIN
RH VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT/DRY FUELS
MAX TEMPS WILL AGAIN RISE INTO THE 80S/90S ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION...AS MINIMUM RH VALUES FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ON
WEDNESDAY AFTN. NUMERICAL GUIDANCE AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST
MINIMUM RH VALUES COULD BE AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT WITH SFC DEWPOINT
DEPRESSION VALUES ON THE ORDER OF 60-70 DEGREES. THE WINDIEST
CONDITIONS WILL EXTEND FROM ERN TREASURE VALLEY IN ID THROUGH THE
WIND RIVER BASIN IN WY. IN THIS CORRIDOR...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-30
MPH ARE LIKELY. FARTHER SOUTH...WINDS MAY NOT BE AS STRONG...BUT
FREQUENT GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. RECENT FIRE DANGER CLASS OBSERVATIONS
INDICATE VALUES FROM HIGH TO EXTREME. SCATTERED TSTMS ARE LIKELY
DURING THE AFTN AND EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF THE CRITICAL OUTLOOK
AREA...ALONG THE DIVIDE AND ACROSS THE SAWTOOTHS AND TETONS.
...ERN AZ/WRN NM...
MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE MORE ABUNDANT ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE
SOUTHWEST...AND THERE SHOULD BE AN INCREASE IN DRY TSTMS. FORECAST
SOUNDINGS INDICATE DEEP INVERTED-V PROFILES...WITH VERY LOW SFC RH
VALUES. COVERAGE SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY GREATER RELATIVE TO TUESDAY
WHICH WILL INCREASE RISK OF IGNITIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF
THE DIVIDE.
..TAYLOR.. 06/19/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...