Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 260811
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0311 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007
VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WILL MAINTAIN A
MONSOONAL PATTERN WITH WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF THE INTERIOR WEST TODAY. FARTHER EAST A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE FROM THE NRN PLAINS TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES REGION...WHILE AN
UPPER LOW NEAR LAKE ERIE KEEPS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH
OF THE EAST. SEASONALLY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS BUT NO
PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE CNTRL/SRN PLAINS.
A PACIFIC TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO IMPINGE ON THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
COAST BY LATE AFTERNOON...PERHAPS AIDING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ISOLATED/WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM ERN ORE TO THE NRN
ROCKIES.
...ERN OR/CNTRL ID...
MOISTURE HAS INCREASED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE INTERIOR
WEST...WITH DEEPER MONSOONAL MOISTURE GENERALLY EXTENDING FROM THE
NV/UT BORDER TO SWRN ID AND WRN MT. AS AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE
APPROACHING SWRN ORE THIS MORNING MOVES ACROSS CNTRL ORE THIS
AFTERNOON...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ISOLATED/WIDELY SCATTERED DRY
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE WRN PERIPHERY OF THE DEEPER MONSOONAL
MOISTURE. THE GREATEST THREAT OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS IS IN A NARROW
BAND FROM THE HIGH PLATEAU OF ERN ORE TO THE MOUNTAINS OF NERN ORE
AND INTO CNTRL ID. THE MARGINAL CONDITIONS FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS
COMBINED WITH WEAK FORCING AND LIMITED AREAL COVERAGE PRECLUDES THE
ISSUANCE OF A CRITICAL AREA.
..BRIGHT.. 07/26/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 260905
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0405 AM CDT THU JUL 26 2007
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
WRN U.S. UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS WESTWARD FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LOW OVER SRN
TX ADVANCES TOWARD NM DURING THE PERIOD. FARTHER NORTH AN UPPER
TROUGH OVER THE ERN PACIFIC HELPS TO FLATTEN THE RIDGE IN THE
NORTHWEST...BRINGING A SLIGHTLY DRIER AIRMASS TO THE GREAT BASIN AND
NRN ROCKIES. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL ADVANCE TOWARD NEW ENGLAND DURING
THE PERIOD...WHILE A SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE GREAT LAKES
TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DEEP MONSOONAL MOISTURE
REMAINS IN THE SOUTHWEST AND INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE
INTERIOR WEST...SOUTHEAST...AND EAST.
...ERN GREAT BASIN/SWRN ID...
AS DRIER WESTERLY FLOW PUSHES THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE EASTWARD...THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE WRN
PERIPHERY OF THE MONSOON MOISTURE BOUNDARY. WHILE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM ERN NV THROUGH MUCH OF ID AND WRN
MT...IT APPEARS THE COMBINATION OF LARGE SCALE ASCENT AND OPTIMAL
MOISTURE IS LIMITED SUCH THAT A CRITICAL DRY THUNDERSTORM AREA IS
NOT WARRANTED AT THIS TIME.
..BRIGHT.. 07/26/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...