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FNUS21 KWNS 040825
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0225 AM CST SUN NOV 04 2007
VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CA...
...SYNOPSIS...
LONGWAVE UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL OVER THE EASTERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE CONUS...WITH A REINFORCING SHORTWAVE
TROUGH/ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO CROSS THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES
AND NORTHERN PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE
ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE
PERIOD...ALLOWING THE OFFSHORE GRADIENT TO RELAX ACROSS SOUTHERN CA.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LOCALLY GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RH/WARM
TEMPERATURES
MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY
ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN CA. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ONGOING
EARLY THIS MORNING ON A LOCALIZED BASIS /ESPECIALLY IN PROXIMITY TO
FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES/...BUT THE GREAT BASIN SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE AND RESULTANT OFFSHORE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN
THROUGH THE PERIOD. WHILE WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING DURING THE
DAY...VERY LOW RH VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS/LOWER TEENS ARE AGAIN
LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH WARM TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE
70S/LOWER 80S.
...SOUTHEAST STATES/FL...
AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION...MILD
TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RH VALUES OF 25-30 PERCENT ARE AGAIN
LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST STATES AND FL.
HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONSIDERABLY WEAKER IN
COMPARISON TO YESTERDAY/SATURDAY...WITH 5-10 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS
TYPICAL IN MOST LOCALES.
...NORTHERN PLAINS...
IN ASSOCIATION WITH A MAINLY DRY COLD FRONT...VERY STRONG/GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN MT/EASTERN WY AND MUCH OF
THE DAKOTAS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS MAY
REACH 25-30 MPH /WITH SOME GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH/...LEADING TO A
HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS. IN SPITE OF
THE STRONG WINDS...CLOUD COVER AND/OR COOL TEMPERATURES/SUFFICIENTLY
HIGH RH VALUES WILL TEND TO CURB THE OVERALL THREAT.
..GUYER.. 11/04/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 040828
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0228 AM CST SUN NOV 04 2007
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
PRONOUNCED UPPER TROUGH CROSSING THE GREAT LAKES REGION/UPPER
MIDWEST ON MONDAY WILL REINFORCE THE MEAN LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE
EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY. A SOUTHEAST MOVING COLD FRONT
WILL USHER IN COLDER AIR...WHILE BRINGING GUSTY WINDS...TO MUCH OF
THE CENTRAL STATES AND MIDWEST. ELSEWHERE...UPPER RIDGING WILL
REMAIN PREVALENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN STATES...WHILE AN UPPER
LOW REMAINS QUASI-STATIONARY OFF THE COAST OF CA. WHILE WARM/DRY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN CA...MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ARE
EXPECTED...WITH A CONSIDERABLY DIMINISHED FIRE DANGER.
...CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MIDWEST...
ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS THE CENTRAL
STATES...A SOMEWHAT ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST ACROSS A BROAD
PORTION OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MIDWEST/MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON MONDAY. WHILE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE COMMON
/15-30 MPH SUSTAINED/ MONDAY AFTERNOON...SUFFICIENTLY HIGH RH
VALUES/CLOUD COVER AND/OR MARGINAL FUELS SUGGEST WIDESPREAD CRITICAL
CONDITIONS ARE UNLIKELY.
...SOUTHEAST STATES/FL...
ALTHOUGH HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN ACROSS THE REGION...A
VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE...AND ANOTHER DAY OF LOW
AFTERNOON RH VALUES IS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE CRITICALLY
LOW RH VALUES /25-35 PERCENT/ WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS
DURATION...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT.
..GUYER.. 11/04/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...