Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 050910
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0310 AM CST MON NOV 05 2007
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A PRONOUNCED UPPER TROUGH CROSSING THE GREAT LAKES REGION/UPPER
MIDWEST TODAY WILL REINFORCE THE MEAN LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE
EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY. A SOUTHEAST MOVING COLD FRONT
WILL BRING A COOLER AIRMASS/GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
STATES AND MIDWEST TODAY. 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 AS COMPARED TO
THIS PAST WEEKEND.
...KS/OK TO THE OHIO VALLEY...
ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT RACING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL STATES...A SOMEWHAT ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST ACROSS A
BROAD PORTION OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI/OHIO VALLEYS TODAY. ALONG WITH A WIND SHIFT TO
NORTH-NORTHWEST WITH THE FRONT...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE COMMON /15-30
MPH SUSTAINED/ THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...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...WITH ANOTHER DAY OF LOW
AFTERNOON RH VALUES EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE CRITICALLY
LOW RH VALUES /25-35 PERCENT/ WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS
DURATION...WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT.
..GUYER.. 11/05/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 050912
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0312 AM CST MON NOV 05 2007
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF AL/GA/SC...
...SYNOPSIS...
PRONOUNCED UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE OVER THE EASTERN
STATES ON TUESDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FEATURE...NORTHWEST MID/UPPER
LEVEL FLOW WILL BE DOMINANT ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE
COUNTRY...WHILE AN UPPER LOW REMAINS QUASI-STATIONARY OFF THE CA
COAST. BEHIND A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE SOUTHEAST STATES/FL AND
SOUTH TX EARLY IN THE DAY...EXPANSIVE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND COOL
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL/EASTERN STATES.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF AL/GA/SC...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY WINDS/LOW RH AND LONG TERM DROUGHT
AFTER A NUMBER OF WARM DAYS WITH VERY LOW RH VALUES...A COLD FRONT
WILL QUICKLY SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES EARLY
TUESDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH BY LATE MORNING IN MOST
LOCALES...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. GIVEN THE EXTREME-EXCEPTIONAL
DROUGHT IN PLACE...THESE RELATIVELY STRONG/GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT
IN A CRITICAL FIRE DANGER FOR MUCH OF AL/GA/SC ON TUESDAY. EVEN WITH
A COOLER AIRMASS FILTERING INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT...DRY
CONTINENTAL TRAJECTORIES WILL RESULT IN NEAR CRITICAL RH VALUES
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
...CENTRAL/SOUTHERN TX...
AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS SOUTHWARD TO THE GULF OF MEXICO...GUSTY
NORTH-NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING EARLY IN THE
MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL/SOUTHERN TX. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
MAY REACH 15-20 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WHILE THESE GUSTY WINDS MAY
YIELD A HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER ON TUESDAY...CLOUD COVER/MARGINAL RH
VALUES SHOULD TEND TO LIMIT THE OVERALL POTENTIAL.
..GUYER.. 11/05/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...