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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 280745
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0245 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007
VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN AND ERN NV...NWRN AZ...MUCH OF
UT AND WY...FAR WRN SD/NEB...NWRN CO...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY ACROSS THE WRN STATES WITH BROAD
AREA OF STRONG WINDS FROM THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE PLAINS STATES. A
COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM WRN MT INTO WRN NV THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND A WIND SHIFT IN ASSOCIATION
WITH THIS FRONT. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH WILL AFFECT THE
NERN STATES WITH COOL AND WET WEATHER...WHILE A DRY AREA OF HIGH
PRESSURE BRINGS LOW RH TO THE MS VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN AND ERN NV...NWRN AZ...MUCH OF
UT AND WY...FAR WRN SD/NEB...NWRN CO...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG WINDS...LOW RH
WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAYTIME AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
WITH SPEEDS OF 20-40 MPH SUSTAINED AND HIGHER GUSTS. DESPITE
RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES...MIN RH SHOULD DROP TO NEAR 15 PERCENT
IN MANY AREAS. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE LOWER
CO RIVER VALLEY WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S...BUT WILL ONLY BE IN THE 70S
OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND NRN ROCKIES. WARMER WEATHER WILL ALSO EXIST
ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES...WITH 80S LIKELY INTO WRN SD/NEB AND RH
NEAR 15-20 PERCENT. A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO
LIKELY FROM NRN NV ACROSS UT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
...NRN AL/GA...TN...WRN CAROLINAS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE INTO THE AREA WITH COOL BUT DRY NLY WINDS
AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. MIN RH VALUES ARE
EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY IN THE 25-30 PERCENT RANGE WHILE TEMPERATURES
RISE INTO THE 80S. STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES/DEEP MIXING LAYERS
COMBINED WITH THE DRY AND BREEZY WEATHER MAY YIELD LOCALLY CRITICAL
FIRE CONDITIONS WHERE FUELS REMAIN DRY.
...WRN NV INTO SWRN MT...
A COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM WRN MT ACROSS WRN ID INTO WRN NV THIS
AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...WINDS WILL BE SWLY AT 15-25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S
WILL LIKELY ONLY ALLOW FOR MARGINALLY LOW RH VALUES OF 15-20
PERCENT. HOWEVER...THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL INCLUDE A WIND SHIFT TO
NWLY AT 15-25 MPH. CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION ALONG THIS FRONT WILL
FURTHER MITIGATE OVERALL FIRE THREAT.
..JEWELL.. 09/28/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 280745
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0245 AM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A POWERFUL UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE FRONT WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS
THE CNTRL/NRN ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS ON SATURDAY WITH VERY
STRONG AND SHIFTING WINDS ALONG WITH THUNDERSTORMS. MEANWHILE...AN
EXPANSIVE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MILD AND DRY
WEATHER TO MUCH OF THE SERN STATES WITH MARGINAL AFTERNOON FIRE
THREAT.
...ERN CO AND WY...WRN SD AND NEB...
VERY STRONG SWLY WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BEGIN
RIGHT AFTER SUNRISE AND WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO STRETCH FROM WRN SD INTO WRN NEB AND NERN CO BY
AFTERNOON...AND THIS FRONT WILL BRING WITH IT AN ABRUPT WIND SHIFT
TO NWLY AT 20-30 MPH. ALTHOUGH VERY WINDY....INDICATIONS ARE THAT RH
LEVELS WILL NOT BE PARTICULARLY LOW...RANGING FROM 20-30 PERCENT
AVERAGE. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE FRONT. THE
BEST CHANCE OF A DRY FRONTAL PASSAGE APPEARS TO BE NERN CO...AND
PORTIONS OF THIS AREA COULD BE UPGRADED TO CRITICAL ONCE TIMING OF
FRONTAL PASSAGE BECOMES MORE CLEAR.
...NERN AZ INTO FOUR CORNERS VICINITY...
STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS
AVERAGING 20-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RH LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO BE
MARGINAL...AT 15-20 PERCENT WITH RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES.
...SERN STATES/MID ATLANTIC...
IT WILL BE MILD AND VERY DRY SAT AFTERNOON UNDER HIGH PRESSURE.
WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE WEAK AT 5-10 MPH OUT OF THE E AND NE...BUT
MIN RH SHOULD DROP WELL INTO THE 20 PERCENT RANGE WITH SOME VALUES
INTO THE TEENS OVER THE WRN CAROLINAS...RESULTING IN A MARGINAL FIRE
THREAT.
..JEWELL.. 09/28/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...