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FNUS21 KWNS 010845
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0345 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2007
VALID 011200Z - 021200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF THE NRN SIERRA AND
NWRN NV...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF SRN CA...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE WRN STATES PRODUCING
VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER A LARGE AREA. STRONG SWLY FLOW
AROUND PERIPHERY OF RIDGE WILL HELP ENHANCE WINDS ACROSS THE NRN
SIERRA INTO NWRN NV...WITH LOCALLY STRONG WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF SRN
CA AS WELL. A STRONG UPPER TROUGH OVER ERN CANADA INTO THE NERN
STATES WILL HELP DRIVE AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SWD THROUGH THE
GREAT LAKES INTO THE OH VALLEY/MID ATLANTIC WITH COOLER DRIER
CONDITIONS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF THE NRN SIERRA AND NWRN
NV...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY WLY WINDS...VERY LOW RH...HIGH HAINES
INDEX
INCREASED WLY WIND GUST POTENTIAL WILL EXIST TODAY DUE TO A
SMALL/ENHANCED JET ALOFT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE AT RIDGE TOP
BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE LIKELY IN DOWNSLOPE REGIONS AS
WELL. IT WILL REMAIN HOT AND VERY DRY WITH RH NEAR 10 PERCENT E
SLOPES. RH RECOVERY WILL REMAIN POOR OVERNIGHT WITH CONTINUED WIND
GUSTS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF SRN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY WLY WINDS...VERY LOW RH AND HIGH HAINES
INDEX
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS DUE TO THERMALLY INDUCED PRESSURE GRADIENT. WLY
WINDS AROUND 20 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER ERN KERN
COUNTY...NERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...AND WRN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH A VERY HOT AND DRY AIR MASS TO PRODUCE
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
...AZ...MUCH OF NV...UT...SRN WY...
VERY HOT AND EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY BENEATH
STRONG UPPER RIDGE. SINGLE DIGIT RH AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX WILL
FAVOR AFTERNOON PLUME DOMINATION. LARGE SCALE WINDS ARE ONLY
EXPECTED TO AVERAGE NEAR 15 MPH SUSTAINED...BUT GUSTS WILL BE HIGHER
ESPECIALLY IN FAVORED TERRAIN LOCALES.
...MD/NRN VA...
MUCH DRIER AIR WILL ARRIVE IN A POST FRONTAL REGIME AS HIGH PRESSURE
SHIFTS SWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. RH VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 20
PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON WITH NLY WINDS OF 10-15 MPH. RELATIVELY
LITTLE PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS OVER MUCH OF
MD INTO NERN VA THUS A RELATIVE FIRE THREAT WILL EXIST THIS
AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 07/01/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 010904
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0404 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2007
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SRN CA...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE WRN U.S. WITH EXPANSIVE
AREA OF HOT AND DRY WEATHER FROM CA INTO WY. LOCALLY STRONG WINDS
WILL OCCUR OVER INTERIOR SRN CA AS WELL AS IN THE LEE OF THE NRN
SIERRA. TO THE NE...LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER ERN MT AS A WEAK
DISTURBANCE RIDES EWD ALONG EDGE OF UPPER RIDGE. INCREASED WLY WINDS
WILL RESULT OVER WRN MT. ELSEWHERE..HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER
THE MID ATLANTIC WITH CONTINUED DRY WEATHER BUT LIGHT WINDS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SRN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WLY WINDS...VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS
A MODERATELY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL EXIST FROM THE SRN SAN
JOAQUIN VALLEY INTO THE MOJAVE DESERT. GUSTY WLY WINDS OVER 20 MPH
WILL RESULT MONDAY AFTERNOON IN ADDITION TO THE VERY HOT AND DRY
WEATHER WITH SINGLE DIGIT RH AND TEMPERATURES OVER 100. RH RECOVERY
WILL BE POOR OVERNIGHT AS WINDS CONTINUE.
...SRN CA/AZ/NV/UT/SRN WY/WRN CO...
IT WILL BE VERY HOT AND EXTREMELY DRY WITH SINGLE DIGIT RH
WIDESPREAD. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH HAINES INDEX WITH HIGH
POTENTIAL OF PLUME DOMINATED FIRES. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AT
OR BELOW 15 MPH ON THE LARGE SCALE...BUT LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS ARE
LIKELY GIVEN EXTREME THERMALLY INDUCED TURBULENCE.
...NRN SIERRA...
INDICATIONS ARE THAT WINDS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STRONG ON MONDAY
AVERAGING NEAR 15-20 MPH. VERY LOW RH AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL
PERSIST HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS STRONGER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST WOULD
BRING ABOUT CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ON A LARGER SCALE.
...SWRN MT...
WLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A WEAK UPPER FEATURE AND W OF SURFACE
LOW. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15-20 MPH ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH WARM
TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH NEAR 15 PERCENT.
..JEWELL.. 07/01/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...