Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 080751
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0251 AM CDT WED AUG 08 2007
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NORTHWEST/NORTH CENTRAL MT...
...SYNOPSIS...
IN WAKE OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH CROSSING MT/NORTHERN WY EARLY THIS
MORNING...A MODERATELY STRONG BELT OF MID/UPPER FLOW WILL PERSIST
FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE DAKOTAS. IN COMPARISON TO
PREVIOUS DAYS...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE CONSIDERABLY DIMINISHED
ACROSS THE ROCKIES TODAY GIVEN THE PREVALENCE OF DRIER WESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT.
OTHERWISE...BROAD UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE
SOUTHEAST STATES/TN VALLEY. HOT/LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE AGAIN
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT
BASIN...AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS OF OK/TX...BUT CRITICAL
CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED IN THESE AREAS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - NORTHWEST/NORTH CENTRAL MT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS
WITH A MAINTENENCE OF MODERATELY STRONG DEEP LAYER WESTERLY
FLOW...ANOTHER BOUT OF GUSTY WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS ARE LIKELY
THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING IN AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF THE DIVIDE
IN NORTHWEST/NORTH CENTRAL MT. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES MAY BE SLIGHTLY
COOLER WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER RH VALUES...AMPLE BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15-25 MPH /WITH 30-35 MPH
GUSTS/ SUPPORTS A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..GUYER.. 08/08/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 080752
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0252 AM CDT WED AUG 08 2007
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY RETROGRADE WESTWARD TOWARD THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS ON THURSDAY...WITH HOT/MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THE RIDGE. FARTHER NORTH...A RELATIVELY ACTIVE BELT
OF WESTERLIES WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER OF STATES...FROM
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO THE NORTHEAST STATES. SHARPENING UPPER
TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL LIKELY LEAD TO A MODEST
INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST
AND GREAT BASIN.
...SOUTHERN NV/WESTERN UT/INTERIOR SOUTHERN CA...
AS HOT/DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE...TIGHTENING PRESSURE
GRADIENT/STRONGER FLOW ALOFT SHOULD RESULT IN INCREASINGLY GUSTY
WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NV/INTERIOR
SOUTHERN CA/FAR WESTERN UT. SUSTAINED SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY
REACH 15-20 MPH...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE NOT
CURRENTLY EXPECTED.
...EASTERN ID/SOUTHWEST MT/WESTERN WY...
IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE DEVELOPING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...STRENGTHENING FLOW ALOFT WILL LEAD TO SOME INCREASE IN
GUSTY WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN
ID/SOUTHWEST MT/WESTERN WY. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL LIKELY BE IN THE
15-20 PERCENT RANGE. OVERALL CONDITIONS APPEAR MARGINAL...AND
CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED.
..GUYER.. 08/08/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...