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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...
   
      
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic

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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...
   
      

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