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FNUS21 KWNS 090850
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0350 AM CDT SUN SEP 09 2007
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR WRN OREGON AND FAR SWRN WA...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR W SLOPES OF NRN SIERRA...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CNTRL AND SRN UT...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NWRN CO AND NERN UT...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE SEWD ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES INTO
THE ERN GREAT BASIN...BRINGING STRONG WINDS WITH A COLD FRONT AND
ALSO SOME DRY THUNDERSTORMS TO UT AND NWRN CO. HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND
THIS FRONT WILL CREATE LOCALLY CRITICAL WINDS OVER WRN OREGON AND
NRN CA. MEANWHILE...A GENERAL UPPER RIDGE WILL PERSIST OVER THE SERN
STATES WITH WARM AND DRY WEATHER OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR SE BUT
WINDS WILL BE LIGHT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - WRN OREGON AND FAR SWRN WA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG NELY WINDS...VERY LOW RH
A THERMAL RIDGE/SFC PRESSURE TROUGH WILL DEEPEN W OF THE CASCADES
THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGH PRESSURE CREATING STRONG NELY WINDS.
SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. IT
WILL BE WARMER AND DRIER THAN PREVIOUS DAY...WITH HIGHS NEAR 90 AND
MIN RH IN THE TEENS. THE STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW RH WILL CREATE
VERY DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS. WIND GUSTS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT
ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH POOR RH RECOVERY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - W SLOPES OF NRN SIERRA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: INCREASING ELY WINDS AND LOW RH
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER SWD INTO THE GREAT BASIN
BEHIND A COLD FRONT. MEANWHILE...A THERMAL RIDGE WILL SET UP DURING
THE DAY OVER INTERIOR CA INTO WRN OREGON. THIS WILL CREATE A STRONG
PRESSURE GRADIENT WHICH WILL BE ENHANCED AT NIGHT. E WINDS WILL
INCREASE LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT MAINLY IN THE FOOTHILLS AND W
SLOPES OF THE SIERRA...WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOW RH. SOME AREAS
WILL LIKELY SEE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25-30 MPH.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CNTRL AND SRN UT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG AND SHIFTING WINDS WITH DRY COLD FRONT
AND LOW RH
A COLD FRONT WILL SURGE SEWD ACROSS THE ERN GREAT BASIN
TODAY...CAUSING WINDS TO SHIFT FROM SWLY TO NWLY INCREASING TO OVER
20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WHILE THE FRONT WILL BRING COOLER AIR TO
NRN UT...PORTIONS OF CNTRL AND SRN UT WILL HAVE WARMER TEMPERATURES
DUE TO LATER TIMING OF FRONT AND THUS RH NEAR 15 PERCENT AT PEAK
HEATING. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR OVER THE
WASATCH AND S CNTRL MTNS LATE IN THE DAY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - NWRN CO AND NERN UT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND COLD FRONT
PASSAGE
A COLD FRONT WILL STRETCH FROM SWRN WY ACROSS NWRN CO AND ERN UT
THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...IT WILL BE WARM AND DRY WITH
TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 80S AND RH IN THE TEENS. LIFT ALONG THE
FRONT AND WITH UPPER TROUGH WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
STEEP MID/UPPER LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND STRONG FORCING SUGGEST
NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH LITTLE
PRECIPITATION GIVEN MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND DRY SUB CLOUD LAYER.
VERY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY STORMS.
...SRN AND WRN ID ALONG WITH ERN OREGON/NRN NV...
IT WILL BE BREEZY AND DRY IN A POST FRONTAL REGIME WITH NEAR
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. NWLY WINDS OF 15-20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
APPEAR LIKELY THROUGH THE SNAKE RIVER VALLEY...WITH RH DROPPING INTO
THE MID TEENS DESPITE RATHER COOL TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S.
..JEWELL.. 09/09/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 090940
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0440 AM CDT SUN SEP 09 2007
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LOW WILL BECOME CUT OFF FROM NRN STREAM JET AND DECELERATE AS
IT MOVES SEWD ACROSS UT/WY/CO. AT THE SURFACE...THE COLD FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM WRN CO INTO SRN UT/NV. LOCALLY STRONG W TO NW WINDS WILL
PERSIST NEAR THIS FRONT...AS WELL AS ALONG THE W SLOPES OF THE NRN
SIERRA INTO THE CASCADES. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AHEAD OF
THE UPPER LOW FROM SRN WY INTO CO BUT THEY WILL BE WET IN NATURE.
MEANWHILE...SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE NRN
ROCKIES/PLAINS AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES SEWD ACROSS
SASKATCHEWAN AND MANITOBA. THIS WILL RESULT IN WINDY AND DRY WEATHER
FOR ERN MT INTO ND.
...WRN OREGON AND SWRN WA...
STRONG/GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ONGOING MONDAY MORNING ALONG THE W SLOPES
OF THE CASCADES BUT WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY. IT WILL AGAIN BE
WARM AND DRY WITH MIN RH IN THE TEENS...BUT IT APPEARS THAT WINDS
WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS PREVIOUS DAY. STILL...LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE
CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP.
...ERN MT INTO ND...
WLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15-25 MPH AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES TO THE
N. IT WILL BE RELATIVELY COOL WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 70S...BUT MIN
RH SHOULD DROP INTO THE MID TEENS OVER MT AND INTO THE 20 PERCENT
RANGE OVER CNTRL AND WRN ND.
...SRN UT/NRN AZ...
THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND ACROSS SWRN CO INTO SRN UT/NRN AZ WITH
GUSTY WLY TO NWLY WINDS OF 15-20 MPH. IT WILL NOT BE PARTICULARLY
WARM...BUT RH AROUND 15 PERCENT IS EXPECTED.
...W SLOPES OF NRN SIERRA...
WINDS WILL BE QUITE GUSTY MONDAY MORNING BUT WILL DECREASE THROUGH
THE DAY AS PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. STRONG HEATING WILL RESULT IN
RH LEVELS IN THE LOW TO MID TEENS WITH E TO NELY WINDS GENERALLY
LESS THAN 15 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 09/09/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...