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FNUS21 KWNS 100809
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0309 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS OVER SRN OR/NRN
CA/WRN AND CNTRL NV...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW WRN
OR/WRN WA...
...SYNOPSIS...
BLOCKING PATTERN CONTINUES OVER THE WRN U.S. WITH A STRONG UPPER
RIDGE COVERING THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND WRN STATES...WHILE A CUTOFF
LOW OVER THE ERN PACIFIC MEANDERS SLOWLY NEWD TOWARD THE NRN CA
COAST. MIDLEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AS THE UPPER LOW APPROACHES
THE COASTLINE THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING AFTERNOON/EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION TO SRN ORE THROUGH
WRN/CNTRL NV. FARTHER NORTH...OFFSHORE FLOW EMANATING FROM CANADIAN
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDING SWD INTO THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND NRN
ROCKIES WILL BRING VERY WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE CONDITIONS TO WRN ORE
AND WRN WA.
ELSEWHERE AROUND THE NATION AN UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO ADVANCE
THROUGH THE NRN PLAINS...WHILE A SEASONABLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF THE CNTRL AND ERN U.S.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ...SRN OR...NRN CA...WRN AND CNTRL
NV......
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY/ERRATIC SURFACE
WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS MID/UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE
STREAMING NWD BETWEEN FOUR CORNERS RIDGE AND ERN PACIFIC CUTOFF.
WARM AIRMASS COMBINED WITH SYNOPTIC SCALE ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH
APPROACHING CUTOFF WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SRN ORE AND NRN CA. THUNDERSTORMS
ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SIERRA MTNS...WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN TERRAIN FAVORABLE LOCATIONS TOWARD CNTRL
NV. RELATIVELY DRY LOW LEVELS WILL RESULT IN MANY THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING LITTLE OR NO SURFACE PRECIPITATION...AND LOCALLY
STRONG/GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. MOST OF THE STORMS OVER THE SIERRA RANGE
AND NV SHOULD DISSIPATE QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET...WHILE THE BETTER
MID/UPPER LEVEL FORCING MAY ALLOW STORMS OVER NRN CA/SRN ORE TO
CONTINUE SEVERAL HOURS AFTER SUNSET.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ...WRN WA...WRN OR......
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY WARM AND DRY OFFSHORE PATTERN
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE CASCADES WILL LEAD TO VERY WARM
AND DRY OFFSHORE FLOW TODAY THROUGHOUT WRN ORE AND WRN WA. MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 90S THROUGH WRN WA AND AROUND 100 IN WRN
ORE. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH...BUT LOCALLY
GUSTING TO 25 MPH IN TERRAIN FAVORED LOCATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF
MINIMUM RH IN THE TEENS AND VERY WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARRANTS
A CRITICAL AREA.
...NERN UT...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PERIPHERY
OF THE FOUR CORNERS RIDGE TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF MIDLEVEL
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ARE SUFFICIENT FOR AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE UINTA MOUNTAIN REGION. FORECAST SOUNDINGS
PREDICT A DEEP INVERTED-V PROFILE AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY FOR
LIGHTNING...BUT LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION. THE ABSENCE OF A LARGE
SCALE FOCUSING MECHANISM PRECLUDES THE ISSUANCE OF A CRITICAL AREA.
..BRIGHT.. 07/10/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 100922
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0422 AM CDT TUE JUL 10 2007
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS OVER SRN OR/NERN
CA/WRN NV...
...SYNOPSIS...
LITTLE CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. STRONG
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT REMAINS OVER THE WRN U.S. WHILE A CUTOFF UPPER
LOW NEAR THE CA COAST CONTINUES TO ADVECT MIDLEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE
GREAT BASIN AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE OFFSHORE FLOW IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST WEAKENS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST.
AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES FROM THE NRN PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES
REGION WEDNESDAY...PUSHING A COLD FRONT TOWARD NEW ENGLAND AND THE
SRN APPALACHIANS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN
EXPECTED FROM THE SRN PLAINS THROUGH NEW ENGLAND AND THE SOUTHEAST.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ...SRN OR...NRN CA...WRN NV......
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY/ERRATIC WINDS NEAR
THUNDERSTORMS
AS THE ERN PACIFIC UPPER LOW MEANDERS ALONG THE CNTRL/NRN CA COAST
MIDLEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO ADVECT NWD THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN
AND INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE PRESENTLY
OVER BAJA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NWD ALONG THE WRN PERIPHERY OF THE
UPPER RIDGE...REACHING NRN CA/SWRN ORE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ASCENT
WITH THIS MID LEVEL FEATURE COMBINED WITH MODERATE MIDLEVEL
MOISTURE/INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO HIGH BASED AFTERNOON/EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS FROM SWRN ORE INTO NRN CA AND WRN NV. WHILE SOME
STORMS OVER THE INTERIOR VALLEYS OF SWRN ORE MAY YIELD SURFACE
RAINFALL...THERMODYNAMICS SHOULD BE FAVORABLE FOR INTENSE
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. FARTHER EAST AND SOUTH THUNDERSTORM
COVERAGE WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE...BUT LESS LOW/MID LEVEL MOISTURE
INCREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO
RAINFALL.
...WRN WA/WRN OR...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN AND NORTHERN ROCKIES
SHIFTS EWD WEDNESDAY...DECREASING THE OFFSHORE FLOW. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS MAINLY IN THE
LOWER 90S THROUGHOUT WRN OR AND WRN WA. AFTERNOON WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE BELOW 10 MPH AND INCREASING MOISTURE SHOULD MAINTAIN
MINIMUM RH ABOVE 20 PERCENT.
...ECNTRL UT/WCNTRL CO...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED IN THE CNTRL
ROCKIES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RELATIVELY DRY LOW LEVELS
AND HIGH CLOUD BASES WILL MINIMIZE SURFACE RAINFALL WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS.
..BRIGHT.. 07/10/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...