Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 210937
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0437 AM CDT SAT JUL 21 2007
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
BROAD UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN PROMINENT FEATURE OVER MUCH OF THE
WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY...WITH VERY HOT/DRY CONDITIONS
EXPECTED FROM THE SOUTHWEST STATES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
FLANKING THIS RIDGE...SEVERAL LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL
CROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST/NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN WEST
TODAY...WHILE EASTERN STATES UPPER TROUGH REMAINS ALONG THE
APPALACHIANS.
...MUCH OF NV/WESTERN UT/SOUTHERN ID/WESTERN MT/WESTERN WY...
VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE
GREAT BASIN/NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN WEST BENEATH THE UPPER RIDGE.
AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO MIDDLE TEENS
FROM CA/MUCH OF NV INTO WESTERN UT/SOUTHERN ID/WESTERN WY/WESTERN
MT. WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN YESTERDAY...BUT WILL STILL EXCEED 15 MPH
IN MANY AREAS WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH BROAD SCALE WINDS
WILL BE LIGHTER...THE VERY HOT/DRY WEATHER WILL RESULT IN FAVORABLE
FIRE GROWTH CONDITIONS FOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRES THIS AFTERNOON.
...DAKOTAS/NEB...
HOT/BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY IN VICINITY OF A LEE TROUGH. EAST OF THE LEE
TROUGH...SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15-25 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH SOME
HIGHER GUSTS. ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN DAKOTAS...HOT
TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB WELL THROUGH THE 90S/LOWER 100S F...WITH
MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 20-30 PERCENT.
...NORTHERN AL/TN VALLEY INTO THE CAROLINAS...
IN A POST FRONTAL REGIME...IT WILL BE MUCH DRIER TODAY FROM THE TN
VALLEY INTO THE CAROLINAS AS HIGH PRESSURE SAGS SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE
REGION. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE NEAR 10 MPH...WITH MINIMUM
RH VALUES AS LOW AS 35 PERCENT. ALTHOUGH EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS
ARE IN PLACE IN MANY AREAS...SOME RECENT PRECIPITATION WILL MITIGATE
THE FIRE THREAT.
..GUYER.. 07/21/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 211005
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0505 AM CDT SAT JUL 21 2007
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT FEATURE FROM THE WEST COAST TO
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SUNDAY...WITH HOT/DRY CONDITIONS
PERSISTING FROM THE SOUTHWEST STATES TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. IN THE
EAST...CLOSED/CUT-OFF UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO DRIFT SOUTHWARD ALONG
THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS.
...NV/WESTERN UT/SOUTHERN ID INTO MT/WY...
BENEATH THE UPPER RIDGE...HOT/DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO
PREVAIL ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION/NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS. GIVEN WEAK WINDS
ALOFT...BROAD SCALE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT...WITH
LOCAL/TERRAIN-DRIVEN REGIMES DOMINANT. THE HOT/DRY NATURE OF THE
AIRMASS WILL FAVOR PLUME DOMINATED FIRES...WITH POTENTIAL FOR FAST
FIRE GROWTH OF EXISTING FIRES DURING THE AFTERNOON.
..GUYER.. 07/21/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...