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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL FNUS21 KWNS 280853 DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK CORR 1 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0353 AM CDT SUN OCT 28 2007 VALID 281200Z - 291200Z CORRECTED FOR DAY OF WEEK IN SERN AZ SECTION ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...SYNOPSIS... A MID/UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE ERN GREAT LAKES WILL SHIFT EWD ACROSS NEW ENGLAND AS A WEAKER UPSTREAM IMPULSE SLIDES ACROSS THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES. BROAD UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS THE WRN CONUS AS A CUTOFF LOW REMAINS QUASI-STATIONARY WELL OFF THE CNTRL CA COAST. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE MUCH OF THE NATION/S MID-SECTION...EXPANDING E TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC. ...SERN AZ... A RELATIVELY TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED THIS MORNING BETWEEN A TROUGH ACROSS THE LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY AND A RIDGE NOSING INTO THE SRN HIGH PLAINS. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN SUSTAINED SURFACE ELYS AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH...DESPITE WEAKER FLOW ALOFT. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE SOMEWHAT COOLER COMPARED TO SATURDAY GIVEN ELY TRAJECTORIES...RH VALUES SHOULD STILL BECOME AT LEAST MARGINALLY LOW /AROUND 15 PERCENT/. ...SWRN ND/FAR NWRN SD/FAR SERN MT... AS A MID-LEVEL IMPULSE TRACKS EWD FROM CNTRL ALBERTA...MODERATE LOW-LEVEL FLOW ACROSS THE NRN HIGH PLAINS WILL VEER FROM THE SW TO THE W/NW. WITH SUBSTANTIAL DOWNSLOPE WARMING...TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK IN THE 60S AND RH VALUES SHOULD BRIEFLY BECOME CRITICALLY LOW /FROM 15 TO 20 PERCENT/. MODEL FORECAST GUIDANCE ARE CONSISTENT IN SUGGESTING THE STRONGEST LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN N/E OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THUS...SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS SHOULD RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH. ..GRAMS.. 10/28/2007 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL FNUS22 KWNS 280941 DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0441 AM CDT SUN OCT 28 2007 VALID 291200Z - 301200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...SYNOPSIS... THE OVERALL MID/UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN SHOULD BECOME QUASI-ZONAL OVER THE CONUS ON MON...AS A LARGE TROUGH SHIFTS AWAY FROM NEW ENGLAND AND THE WRN CONUS RIDGE FLATTENS. A CLOSED LOW IN THE SRN STREAM OFF THE CNTRL CA COAST SHOULD ACCELERATE EWD AND WEAKEN AS AN UPSTREAM IMPULSE APPROACHES THE PACIFIC NW/SWRN CANADA. THIS WILL INCREASE ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS SRN CA. IN THE EAST...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC THROUGH THE SRN PLAINS. ...WRN SC/CNTRL GA/CNTRL AL... A MARGINAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT MAY DEVELOP MON AFTERNOON AS DRYING CONTINUES AND THE REGION REMAINS ON THE PERIPHERY OF STRONGER LOW-LEVEL FLOW TO THE S. NELY SURFACE WINDS WILL MAINTAIN CONTINENTAL TRAJECTORIES AND ENHANCE DRYING. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY BE NEAR-NORMAL...RH VALUES WILL LIKELY DROP TO NEAR CRITICAL VALUES /FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...MODEST SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS /AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH/ SHOULD BE THE PRIME MITIGATING FACTOR TO A CRITICAL THREAT. ..GRAMS.. 10/28/2007 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...