Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 190816
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0316 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT EASTWARD OVER THE EASTERN STATES
TODAY...WHILE ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH REACHES THE WEST COAST BY EARLY
SATURDAY. WHILE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE
EASTERN STATES AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST...UPPER RIDGE AND DRY
CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE THE NATIONS MID SECTION. COOL
TEMPERATURES...SUFFICIENTLY HIGH RH VALUES...AND/OR MODEST WINDS
SUGGEST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT LIKELY ANYWHERE IN
THE CONUS TODAY.
..GUYER.. 10/19/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 190819
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0319 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR EASTERN NM/SOUTHEAST CO AND TX/OK
PANHANDLES...
...SYNOPSIS...
IN WAKE OF UPPER RIDGING DEVELOPING ACROSS THE EASTERN STATES...A
POTENT UPPER TROUGH WILL DEVELOP/SPREAD EASTWARD OVER THE WESTERN
HALF OF THE COUNTRY ON SATURDAY. STRONG/GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY
ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGION INTO THE SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS...LEADING TO A HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD EASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN LATE IN THE PERIOD...WITH
INCREASING OFFSHORE FLOW ACROSS SOUTHERN CA BY EARLY SUNDAY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - EASTERN NM/SOUTHEAST CO AND TX/OK
PANHANDLES...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG/GUSTY WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES/LOW RH
WITH THE APPROACH OF THE POTENT UPPER TROUGH/JET ALOFT...AND IN THE
WAKE OF A DRYLINE...STRONG/GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE RELATIVELY STRONG WINDS
ALOFT AND A WARM/DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR
SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20-30 MPH...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB WELL
THROUGH THE 80S...WITH CRITICALLY LOW RH VALUES DURING THE MID/LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS. IN SPITE OF THE GUSTY WINDS/LOW RH...LACK OF LONG
TERM DROUGHT/MARGINAL FUELS SHOULD TEND TO MARGINALIZE THE OVERALL
THREAT.
...NORTHERN AZ...
WITH A POTENT JET OVERHEAD...STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY ACROSS
NORTHERN AZ AND THE ADJACENT FOUR CORNERS REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25-30 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IN SPITE OF THE STRONG WINDS...IT APPEARS THAT MARGINAL RH
VALUES/FUELS MAY LIMIT THE OVERALL THREAT. REGARDLESS THIS REGION
WILL BE MONITORED IN THE SUBSEQUENT DAY 1 OUTLOOK FOR A POSSIBLE
CRITICAL UPGRADE.
...SOUTHERN CA...
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...AN OFFSHORE
GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP/DRAMATICALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS
OF SOUTHERN CA BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...THE BEGINNING OF A POTENTIALLY
STRONG SANTA ANA WIND EVENT THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
...SOUTHEAST STATES...
IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT...A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS WILL FILTER
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES ON SATURDAY...WITH CRITICALLY LOW RH
VALUES POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRIMARY NEGATING FACTOR FOR
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE RECENT PRECIPITATION.
..GUYER.. 10/19/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...