Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 250954
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0454 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SERN ID/WRN AND CNTRL WY...
...SYNOPSIS...
EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS WRN UPPER TROUGH AXIS HAS
MOVED INLAND AND IS APPROACHING THE ID PANHANDLE. THE TROUGH WILL
DEEPEN INTO A CLOSED UPPER LOW IN RESPONSE TO STRONG LARGE SCALE
HEIGHT FALLS AND A DIGGING 70-80 KT MID LEVEL JET AS IT MOVES INTO
SASK BY EARLY TUESDAY. ELSEWHERE...UPPER MID/UPPER LOW WILL DEEPEN
ACROSS W TX AND SLOWLY MOVE NEWD TOWARD WRN OK TONIGHT. AT THE
SFC...LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE GRADUALLY EAST ACROSS THE
DAKOTAS...WITH COLD FRONT EXTENDING THROUGH ECNTRL WY/NRN UT/ECNTRL
NV BY LATE TODAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE
NOT EXPECTED...WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS
OF ID/WY BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF WIND DRIVEN
WILDFIRES.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SERN ID/WRN AND CNTRL WY...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS/MIN
RH VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT/DRY FUELS
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER TODAY...WITH HIGHS
RANGING FROM THE 60S/70S ACROSS SERN ID AND 80S/90S IN WY.
HOWEVER...MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL STILL BE LOW...FALLING BELOW 15-20
PERCENT IN SERN ID AND BELOW 10 PERCENT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WY. WLY
SFC WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
LIKELY...GIVEN STRONG POST-FRONTAL GRADIENT STILL IN PLACE. SINCE
FIRE DANGER CLASS VALUES STILL INDICATE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME
VALUES...THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK FOR WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRES. THE
STRONG WINDS MAY AFFECT SPREAD RATES FOR EXISTING FIRES OR NEW
IGNITIONS TODAY.
..TAYLOR.. 06/25/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 250955
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0455 AM CDT MON JUN 25 2007
VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
ON TUESDAY...THERE WILL BE A BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE PERIOD OF
DRY/WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE WEST. UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE
LOCATED ACROSS ERN MANITOBA AT THE START OF THE PERIOD AND IS
FORECAST TO MOVE EAST TOWARD NWRN ONTARIO BY WEDNESDAY. UPPER RIDGE
WILL BEGIN TO BUILD AGAIN OVER THE NRN ROCKIES AHEAD OF NEXT STORM
SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE ERN PACIFIC. AT THE SFC...COLD FRONT
WILL EXTEND FROM WRN LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH WRN IA INTO CNTRL CO BY
LATE AFTN/EVENING. SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THE FRONT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST WITH ANOTHER CONCENTRATED AREA OF
RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE SRN PLAINS DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF A NEARBY
UPPER LOW.
SFC WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHED RELATIVE TO RECENT DAYS ACROSS MUCH OF
THE WEST...AND TSTMS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE SRN AND CNTRL
ROCKIES. THUS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED
ACROSS THE WEST ON TUESDAY...BUT INCREASING WINDS WILL RAISE THE
POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS BY WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY
ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN/SOUTHWEST.
..TAYLOR.. 06/25/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...