Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 240831
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0331 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE EWD ACROSS THE CNTRL U.S. WITH RAIN
AND STORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT FROM THE OK/TX PANHANDLES NEWD INTO
THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. TO THE SOUTH OF THIS FRONT...HOT AND DRY
WEATHER WILL PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID/LOWER MS VALLEY
REGION WITH SWLY WINDS INCREASING AND LOW RH. UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD
ACROSS THE WRN STATES WITH A WARM AND DRY AIR MASS SPREADING NWD
INTO THE PACIFIC NW AS WELL AS INTO THE CNTRL ROCKIES IN WAKE OF
DEPARTING TROUGH.
...ERN AR...NRN MS..WRN TN/KY...SRN IL...SERN MO...
SWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH THAT WILL
EXTEND FROM CNTRL IL INTO WRN OK THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE VERY HOT
AND DRY...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 100 F AND MIN RH OF 20-30
PERCENT. SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE NEAR 15 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE THREAT THIS
AFTERNOON GIVEN DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN PLACE.
..JEWELL.. 08/24/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 240938
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0438 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NWRN MT AND FAR NRN ID...
...SYNOPSIS...
AS UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION INTO NEW
ENGLAND...UPPER RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES WILL INTENSIFY BRINGING A
RETURN OF VERY WARM AND DRY AIR NWD ACROSS MOST OF THE WEST. THE
EXCEPTION WILL BE W OF THE WA/OR CASCADES...WHERE A PACIFIC FRONT
WILL LIE WITH APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH. THIS TROUGH WILL CAUSE AN
INCREASE IN WINDS OVER NWRN MT FOR LOCALLY CRITICAL CONDITIONS.
THE GREAT LAKES TROUGH WILL BRING A SURFACE LOW ACROSS THE ERN GREAT
LAKES INTO SRN QUEBEC...WITH STRONG SWLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE OVER
MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST WHERE IT WILL BE WARM WITH MARGINALLY LOW RH
BEFORE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - NWRN MT AND FAR NRN ID...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH...DROUGHT
WLY WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH APPROACH OF UPPER TROUGH. THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL BE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND ALSO IN DOWNSLOPE AREAS.
SUSTAINED WLY WINDS NEAR 20 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH HIGHER GUSTS
ESPECIALLY NEAR RIDGE TOPS. RH SHOULD DROP TO NEAR 15 PERCENT AT
PEAK HEATING AND WILL BE LOWEST WITHIN LEE TROUGH E OF THE DIVIDE.
...NRN NY INTO CNTRL VT/NH...
IT WILL BE WARM AND WINDY AS SURFACE LOW DEEPENS JUST N OF THE
CANADIAN BORDER. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 90S WHICH MAY
RESULT IN MARGINALLY LOW RH VALUES INTO THE 30 PERCENT RANGE. ANY
MARGINAL FIRE THREAT WILL RAPIDLY DISAPPEAR ONCE SCATTERED SEVERE
STORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE DAY.
..JEWELL.. 08/24/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...