Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 160837
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0337 AM CDT TUE OCT 16 2007
VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER TROUGH AND AN ASSOCIATED STRONG UPPER JET WILL DEVELOP
EASTWARD OVER THE WESTERN STATES TODAY...WHILE A LOW AMPLITUDE
IMPULSE LIFTS NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. AS LOW PRESSURE
BEGINS TO DEEPEN ACROSS THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS...INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTH
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...WITH BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN CA TO AZ/NM VIA THE STRONG JET OVERHEAD. EVEN WITH THE
GUSTY WINDS IN THESE AREAS...SUFFICIENTLY HIGH RH VALUES AND/OR COOL
TEMPERATURES WILL MITIGATE THE OVERALL FIRE THREAT...SUCH THAT
CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE UNLIKELY TODAY.
..GUYER.. 10/16/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 160840
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0340 AM CDT TUE OCT 16 2007
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NM/FAR SOUTHEAST
CO TO TX/OK PANHANDLES AND WEST/SOUTHWEST TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
SHORT TERM MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A PRONOUNCED UPPER
TROUGH/ASSOCIATED JET WILL EVOLVE OVER THE CENTRAL STATES ON
WEDNESDAY...WITH LOW PRESSURE DEEPENING ACROSS THE PLAINS. WHILE
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE COMMON FROM THE EASTERN
PLAINS/MISSOURI VALLEY TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/GULF COAST
STATES...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MUCH OF EASTERN NM/FAR SOUTHEAST CO
TO TX/OK PANHANDLES AND WEST/SOUTHWEST TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG/GUSTY WINDS
AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS IN EARNEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS...VERY STRONG ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF A DRYLINE/PACIFIC
COLD FRONT. A BROAD EXTENT FROM EASTERN NM INTO WEST/SOUTHWEST TX
AND THE OK/TX PANHANDLES WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SUSTAINED
WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25-30 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH DEEPLY
MIXED FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUPPORTIVE OF 40-50 MPH GUSTS. ALTHOUGH
SIGNIFICANT WIND SPEEDS/GUSTS ARE EXPECTED...NEGATING FACTORS FOR A
MORE SUBSTANTIAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT IS THE MARGINAL NATURE OF
FUELS/LACK OF APPRECIABLE DROUGHT AND PERHAPS MARGINAL AFTERNOON RH
VALUES.
..GUYER.. 10/16/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...