Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 170847
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0347 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN NM AND FAR
SOUTHEAST CO INTO OK/TX PANHANDLES AND WEST/SOUTHWEST TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
A PRONOUNCED UPPER TROUGH/ASSOCIATED JET WILL EVOLVE OVER THE
CENTRAL STATES TODAY...WITH LOW PRESSURE STEADILY DEEPENING ACROSS
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. WHILE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE COMMON FROM
THE EASTERN PLAINS/MISSOURI VALLEY TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/CENTRAL
GULF COAST STATES...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE
PART OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
THIS AFTERNOON.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CENTRAL/EASTERN NM AND FAR SOUTHEAST
CO INTO OK/TX PANHANDLES AND WEST/SOUTHWEST TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG/GUSTY WINDS AND AT LEAST MARGINALLY
LOW RH
AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS IN EARNEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
TODAY...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS IN THE WAKE OF A DRYLINE/PACIFIC COLD FRONT. A
BROAD EXTENT FROM THE EAST CENTRAL NM MOUNTAINS INTO WEST/SOUTHWEST
TX AND THE OK/TX PANHANDLES WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SUSTAINED
WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH DEEPLY
MIXED FORECAST SOUNDINGS FAVORABLE FOR 40-60 MPH GUSTS. ALTHOUGH
SIGNIFICANT WIND SPEEDS/GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AROUND
SUNSET...NEGATING FACTORS FOR A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT
INCLUDE THE MARGINAL NATURE OF FUELS...LACK OF LONG TERM
DROUGHT...AND SOME EARLY DAY PRECIPITATION IN THE OK/TX PANHANDLES.
..GUYER.. 10/17/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 170849
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0349 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
POTENT UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL
STATES ON THURSDAY...WITH ASSOCIATED UPPER LOW LIFTING NORTHEASTWARD
OVER THE CORN BELT/UPPER MIDWEST. IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER
TROUGH...SHORTWAVE RIDGING WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN
STATES...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN.
...EASTERN NM AND WEST/SOUTHWEST TX AND TX/OK PANHANDLES...
ALTHOUGH SUBDUED FROM DAY 1/WEDNESDAY...GUSTY WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN
THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT AND THE CENTRAL STATES UPPER TROUGH.
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 20-30 MPH RANGE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS TO 40 MPH. COOLER
TEMPERATURES/MORE MARGINAL RH VALUES...ALONG WITH MARGINAL
FUELS...SUGGEST THE OVERALL THREAT WILL BE DIMINISHED FROM DAY
1/WEDNESDAY. NEVERTHELESS...PORTIONS OF THE REGION COULD ULTIMATELY
WARRANT A CRITICAL RISK IN THE SUBSEQUENT DAY 1 OUTLOOK.
..GUYER.. 10/17/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...