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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 290845
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0345 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2007
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A RELATIVELY ZONAL MID/UPPER-LEVEL FLOW REGIME WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE
CONUS TODAY AS A BROAD TROUGH SLIDES E FROM NEW ENGLAND AND THE WRN
RIDGE FLATTENS. A SRN STREAM CLOSED LOW OFF THE CNTRL CA COAST HAS
BEGUN TO MOVE EWD AND WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE AND WEAKEN AS AN
UPSTREAM IMPULSE REACHES THE PACIFIC NW/SWRN CANADA. THIS WILL LEAD
TO INCREASED ONSHORE FLOW ACROSS SRN CA. FARTHER EAST...SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE MID-ATLANTIC THROUGH THE SRN PLAINS.
...WRN SC/NRN AND CNTRL GA/CNTRL AL...
WITH CONTINUED MODEST NELY LOW-LEVEL FLOW AND ABUNDANT
INSOLATION...DRYING WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE REGION COMPARED TO
SUNDAY. DESPITE NEAR-NORMAL TEMPERATURES...RH VALUES SHOULD BECOME
MARGINALLY LOW THIS AFTERNOON /FROM 25 TO 30 PERCENT/. OWING TO A
RELATIVE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SURFACE RIDGE AXIS...SUSTAINED
SURFACE WINDS SHOULD ONLY RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH.
..GRAMS.. 10/29/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 290907
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0407 AM CDT MON OCT 29 2007
VALID 301200Z - 311200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR OK PANHANDLE...NRN/WRN TX
PANHANDLE...NERN NM...SWRN KS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A MID/UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH SHOULD AMPLIFY E/SEWD FROM SWRN
CANADA/NRN ROCKIES INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY EARLY WED. ALTHOUGH
PRIMARY CYCLOGENESIS SHOULD OCCUR OVER THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES...A
SECONDARY LEE CYCLONE SHOULD ORGANIZE OVER THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS
AHEAD OF INCREASINGLY SHEARED REMNANTS OF A CLOSED UPPER LOW...NOW
OFF THE CNTRL CA COAST. BETWEEN THESE SYSTEMS AND EXPANSIVE HIGH
PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC...STRONG S/SWLY LOW-LEVEL
FLOW SHOULD STRETCH FROM THE SRN HIGH PLAINS NEWD THROUGH THE UPPER
MS RIVER VALLEY ON TUE AFTERNOON.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - OK PANHANDLE...NRN/WRN TX
PANHANDLE...NERN NM...SWRN KS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / RECENT DRYNESS
MODEL GUIDANCE FORECASTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH DEPICTING A MODERATELY
TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT...IN ADDITION TO A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN MID-LEVEL FLOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF
THESE FACTORS WILL LEAD TO SUSTAINED SWLY SURFACE WINDS AROUND 20 TO
25 MPH DURING PEAK HEATING. WITH ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES /IN THE
UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S/ AND DEW POINTS MIXING THROUGH THE 20S...RH
VALUES WILL DROP BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS /FROM 10 TO 15 PERCENT/.
..GRAMS.. 10/29/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...