Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 030848
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0348 AM CDT TUE JUL 03 2007
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN CA COASTAL RANGE AND ANTELOPE
VALLEY...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WEST WILL CONTINUE TO
INTENSIFY....RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD HOT AND EXTREMELY DRY WEATHER.
LOCALIZED AREAS WILL SEE STRONG WINDS GUSTS...SUCH AS ACROSS SRN CA
AND INTO SERN AZ. ELSEWHERE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN SITUATED
OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION WHILE UPPER TROUGH LIFTS OUT OF THE NE.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN CA COASTAL RANGE AND ANTELOPE
VALLEY...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS...VERY LOW RH AND HOT
TEMPERATURES
IT WILL AGAIN BE EXTREMELY HOT AND DRY TODAY WITH RIDGE ALOFT.
LOCALIZED PRESSURE GRADIENTS FROM THE VALLEYS INTO THE MTNS WILL
PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-30 MPH HIGHER WITH GUSTS MAINLY
THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH POOR
RH RECOVERY.
...SERN AZ...
LOCALLY STRONG WLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP MAINLY DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL
HEATING FROM THE LOWLANDS INTO THE MTNS OF SERN AZ. SOME AREAS WILL
SEE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MAINLY THROUGH
PASSES AND CANYONS. IT WILL ALSO REMAIN QUITE HOT AND EXTREMELY DRY
WITH RH OF 5-10 PERCENT DURING THE DAY.
...UT...
A WEAK FRONTAL ZONE WILL EXTEND FROM SRN NV ACROSS SRN UT WITH NLY
WINDS BEHIND IT. WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL
LEVELS...AVERAGING ONLY 10-15 MPH...BUT LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL
OCCUR. IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE HOT AND WITH RH DIPPING TO NEAR 10
PERCENT. A MDT TO HIGH HAINES INDEX WILL BE IN PLACE WHICH MAY
COMBINE WITH THE RECENTLY CHANGED WIND DIRECTION TO AGGRAVATE
EXISTING FIRES.
..JEWELL.. 07/03/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 030908
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0408 AM CDT TUE JUL 03 2007
VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ACROSS THE WRN U.S. WITH
RECORD HEAT AND EXTREMELY LOW RH. MEANWHILE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL
SINK SWD ACROSS CO INTO NM...ALLOWING A WWD SURGE OF MOISTURE TO
MOVE INTO ERN AZ WITH THREAT OF A FEW DRY STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS.
ELSEWHERE...SURFACE HIGH/RIDGE WILL EXTEND WWD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC
WITH VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE CAROLINAS.
...SERN AZ...
ELY LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BRING MOISTURE WWD OUT OF NM INTO SERN
AZ...RESULTING IN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN.
SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY BE DRY...AND ALL WILL PRODUCE GUSTY
WINDS. WETTING RAIN IS A POSSIBILITY IF ENOUGH MOISTURE ARRIVES. IT
WILL REMAIN VERY HOT AND DRY WITH SINGLE DIGIT RH ALONG WITH LOCALLY
GUSTY TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS OF 10-20 MPH.
...SRN CA ANTELOPE VALLEY AND COASTAL RANGE...
LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS BUT ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO REACH CRITICAL LEVELS ON A LARGE SCALE. SPEEDS OF
15-20 MPH WILL BE EASILY ATTAINED WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WHILE EXTREME
HEAT AND LOW HUMIDITY CONTINUE. RH WILL BE POOR OVERNIGHT WHILE
WINDS REMAIN GUSTY.
..JEWELL.. 07/03/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...