Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 070936
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0436 AM CDT SAT JUL 07 2007
VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR DRY TSTMS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION
OF THE GREAT BASIN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR GUSTY WINDS/LOW RH FOR THE SRN
GREAT BASIN...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR GUSTY WINDS/LOW RH FOR A PORTION
OF THE NRN PLAINS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD AREA OF MID LEVEL MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ROTATE AROUND AN
UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHWEST. THIS MOISTURE COMBINED WITH
VERY WARM TEMPERATURES/LOW RH READINGS IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL
SUPPORT SCT/NMRS DRY TSTMS OVER MUCH OF THE GREAT BASIN/CENTRAL
ROCKIES. ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DRY TSTM THREAT...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW
RH READINGS OVER THE SRN GREAT BASIN AND NRN PLAINS WILL LEAD TO
OTHER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT AREAS AS WELL. ELSEWHERE SCT
PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE SERN STATES/SRN
PLAINS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - A PORTION OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND
A LARGE PORTION OF THE GREAT BASIN...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SCT DRY TSTMS
AROUND AN UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SWRN STATES...MID LEVEL
MOISTURE /MONSOONAL/ WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TSTMS FROM THE GREAT
BASIN INTO CENTRAL ROCKIES TODAY. LAST NIGHTS SOUNDINGS INDICATE A
CONTINUATION OF VERY DRY LOW LEVELS OVER THE AREA WHICH WILL SUPPORT
MAINLY DRY TSTMS. FORCING AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER NWRN
GREAT BASIN WILL SUPPORT A GREATER COVERAGE OF DRY TSTMS OVER THE
NRN GREAT BASIN THAN AREAS FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN GREAT BASIN...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 15-20 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...MIN RH READINGS AROUND 10 PERCENT
NORTH OF THE CENTER OF AN UPPER RIDGE OVER AZ...BUT SOUTH OF THE
GREATER CONCENTRATION OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND DRY TSTM
THREAT...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...STEEP LAPSE RATES FROM THE SFC
TO 20 KFT AND LOW RH READINGS WILL SUPPORT A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
THREAT. ALTHOUGH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN UNDER 20 MPH FOR
MOST OF THE PERIOD...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTS OVER 20 MPH AND NEAR
RECORD WARMTH WILL STILL SUPPORT A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - A PORTION OF THE NRN PLAINS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 15-25 MPH...MIN RH
READINGS AROUND 10 PERCENT
AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT...NEAR RECORD
WARM TEMPERATURES FROM 100-107 DEG F WILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF
WRN NEB AND WRN/CENTRAL SD. DRY LOW LEVELS WITH DEWPTS AROUND 40 DEG
F WILL SUPPORT MIN RH AROUND 10 PERCENT. MODERATE SWLY WINDS WILL
DEVELOP AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT IN RESPONSE TO AN INCREASING SFC
PRESSURE GRADIENT...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 25 MPH. THE
COMBINATION OF THESE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
THREAT.
..CROSBIE.. 07/07/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 070937
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0437 AM CDT SAT JUL 07 2007
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A PORTION OF THE GREAT
BASIN/CENTRAL ROCKIES...
...SYNOPSIS...
WNWLY FLOW OVER THE NRN GREAT BASIN WILL SHIFT THE MID LEVEL
MOISTURE SWD INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN/ROCKIES ON DAY 2. ANOTHER
DAY OF SCT DRY TSTMS WILL RESULT OVER THIS AREA AS DRY LOW LEVELS
EXIST BENEATH THE MID LEVEL MOISTURE. VERY DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS
WILL REMAIN OVER MUCH OF THE REMAINDER GREAT BASIN AND SOUTHWEST
STATES. ELSEWHERE...SCT PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE
OVER THE SERN STATES...AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT OVER THE GREAT
LAKES/NEW ENGLAND.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - A PORTION OF THE GREAT BASIN/CENTRAL
ROCKIES...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SCT DRY TSTMS
JUST AHEAD OF A SEWD MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES...MID
LEVEL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN AND
CENTRAL/SRN ROCKIES REGION. VERY DRY/WARM LOW LEVELS BELOW STEEP MID
LEVEL LAPSE RATES/MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT DRY TSTMS DURING THE
AFTERNOON.
...NRN CA...
ISOLATED DRY TSTMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER MTNS OF NRN CA AHEAD
OF AN UPPER LOW OFF THE CA COAST. THE LACK OF A MORE SUBSTANTIAL
SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSAGE AND LITTLE TO NO MONSOONAL CONNECTION WSWLY
MID LEVEL FLOW/ SHOULD PRECLUDE A GREATER DRY TSTM THREAT.
..CROSBIE.. 07/07/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...