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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 230836
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0336 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007
VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR ERN SIERRA/NV/UT/SRN ID/WRN WY/NW
CO/NW AZ...
...SYNOPSIS...
LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST COAST TODAY. MID LEVEL WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 60-70 KT
MAINLY ACROSS ERN ORE/ID/WRN MT AHEAD OF MAIN TROUGH AXIS. AT THE
SFC...PRIMARY LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL DEEPEN AS IT MOVES EWD ACROSS
NERN MT INTO NW ND BY EVENING. A SECONDARY LOW WILL DEVELOP JUST
WEST OF SLC...AND COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM NERN WY
THROUGH CNTRL NV BY LATE AFTN. AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY...GUSTY S/SW
WINDS WILL DEVELOP...CONTRIBUTING TO CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE GREAT BASIN TODAY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ERN SIERRA/NV/UT/SRN ID/WRN WY/NW
CO/NW AZ...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS/MIN
RH VALUES BELOW 10 PERCENT/MAX TEMPS 80S TO LOWER 100S/DRY FUELS
WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING/AFTN AHEAD OF COLD FRONT
APPROACHING FROM ID. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE OVER
NV...WHERE SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20-25 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. ELSEWHERE...WINDS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LESS BUT WITH FREQUENT
GUSTS. TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID/UPPER 80S TO 90S FOR MOST
LOCATIONS. A FEW AREAS ACROSS SRN NV AND SERN CA WILL SEE TEMPS RISE
ABOVE 100 DEGREES. ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL
RANGE FROM 5-10 PERCENT. LATEST FIRE DANGER CLASS OBSERVATIONS ARE
SHOWING VERY HIGH TO EXTREME VALUES SO A PERIOD OF CRITICAL
CONDITIONS IS LIKELY THIS AFTN. SFC WINDS WILL SHIFT TO W/NW BEHIND
THE FRONT...AND THIS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 22-03Z ACROSS NW NV
AND SRN ID.
..TAYLOR.. 06/23/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 230836
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0336 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2007
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SW INTO CNTRL WY/SRN NV/UT/WRN
CO/NW AZ...
...SYNOPSIS...
STRONG SWLY FLOW AT MID LEVELS WILL PERSIST ON SUNDAY ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST/NRN ROCKIES AND GREAT BASIN AHEAD OF UPPER TROUGH. MAIN
TROUGH AXIS WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO WRN ORE/WA BY SUNDAY EVENING AS
LARGE MID LEVEL LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE SRN PLAINS. SFC FRONT
WILL EXTEND FROM NRN MN TO WRN SD TO NW UT AND INTO CNTRL NV. SOUTH
OF THIS BOUNDARY...GUSTY SWLY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
AGAIN RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. GUSTY W/NW WINDS NORTH OF
THE BOUNDARY WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED FIRE THREAT...ALTHOUGH
TEMPERATURES ACROSS NRN NV/SRN ID WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER
THAN ON SATURDAY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SW INTO CNTRL WY/SRN NV/UT/WRN CO/NW
AZ...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS/MIN
RH VALUES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT/DRY FUELS
BECAUSE MUCH OF THE CRITICAL AREA WILL INITIALLY BE SOUTH OF THE
COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY...HOT AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS
SRN NV/MUCH OF UT AND NW AZ. IN ADDITION...WINDIER CONDITIONS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS WY AND WRN CO. HIGH TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER
80S AND 90S WITH A FEW LOCATIONS ABOVE 100 DEGREES...AS MINIMUM RH
VALUES DIP BELOW 10 PERCENT. MUCH OF THE AREA CONTINUES TO SUFFER
FROM MODERATE TO EXTREME LONG TERM DROUGHT. NO TSTMS ARE FORECAST
FOR THE AREA...SO THE GREATEST FIRE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM WIND
DRIVEN FIRES...IF NEW IGNITIONS OCCUR.
..TAYLOR.. 06/23/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...