Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 160916
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0416 AM CDT SUN SEP 16 2007
VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A PORTION OF THE GREAT BASIN...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A PORTION OF THE NRN HIGH
PLAINS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH PRESENTLY OFF THE NRN CA COAST WILL MOVE SEWD
INTO THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH THE PERIOD. ALONG THE SERN PERIPHERY OF
THIS TROUGH...SWLY MID LEVEL WINDS WILL TRANSLATE TO THE SFC AND
SUPPORT MODERATE SWLY WINDS AT THE SFC. AHEAD OF THIS UPPER
TROUGH...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
OVER THE SERN GREAT BASIN AND ALSO IN A PORTION OF THE NRN HIGH
PLAINS TO THE WEST OF A STRENGTHENING SFC LEE TROUGH. ELSEWHERE...A
LARGE AREA OF SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXIST EAST OF THE MS
RIVER...PROVIDING FOR QUIET/DRY CONDITIONS TO THIS REGION.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN GREAT BASIN...LOWER CO RIVER
VALLEY...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 30 MPH...LONG TERM DROUGHT...MIN RH READINGS 8-15 PERCENT
AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE SEWD ACROSS NRN CA
INTO THE NRN GREAT BASIN TODAY...SFC WINDS WILL AGAIN REACH CRITICAL
LEVELS ACROSS SRN NV AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF WRN AZ/ERN CA...AS
DEEP MIXING COMBINES WITH INCREASING MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS. TO THE
WEST OF A SFC TROUGH...LOW DEWPTS IN THE TEENS/20S WILL PRODUCE MIN
RH READINGS FROM 8-15 PERCENT. WIND SHOULD DIMINISH BELOW CRITICAL
LEVELS BY 03Z.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF ERN WY...WRN NEB AND WRN
SD...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 15-25 MPH...MIN RH
READINGS AROUND 15 PERCENT...
INCREASING SWLY FLOW OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AHEAD OF THE DEEPENING
UPPER TROUGH OVER THE INTERIOR WEST WILL SUPPORT A STRENGTHENING OF
THE SFC LEE TROUGH OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. WHERE THE MID LEVEL FLOW
WILL BE THE STRONGEST...AND TO THE WEST OF THE LEE TROUGH STEEP
LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT MODERATE SFC WINDS ACROSS ERN
WY...WRN SD AND THE NEB PANHANDLE.
..CROSBIE.. 09/16/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 160921
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK RESENT 1
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0421 AM CDT SUN SEP 16 2007
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR THE SERN GREAT BASIN...
...SYNOPSIS...
AHEAD OF A SECONDARY UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM...ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SERN GREAT BASIN.
DUE TO THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF A BELT OF SWLY MID LEVEL WINDS
ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...A SFC LEE TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE
HIGH PLAINS. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS LEE TROUGH AND A
BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE ERN STATES WILL PRODUCE
MODERATE SLY WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE PLAINS STATES. HOWEVER...LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN WILL PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS FROM DEVELOPING IN THIS REGION.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - FAR SERN CA...NWRN/NCENTRAL AZ...FAR
SRN NV AND SRN UT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS...MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BASE OF A BROADER UPPER
TROUGH OVER THE WEST TOMORROW. WHERE THE STRONGEST WIND FIELDS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH ENCOUNTER A DRY/WARM AND A DEEPLY MIXED
AIRMASS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE
TO BETWEEN 20-25 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. DRY LOW LEVELS COMBINED WITH
THESE WINDS WILL SUPPORT A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..CROSBIE.. 09/16/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...