Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 010853
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0253 AM CST SAT DEC 01 2007
VALID 011200Z - 021200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
POTENT MID/UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE WRN CONUS WILL
ACCELERATE EWD REACHING THE GREAT PLAINS BY EARLY SUN. THE
COMBINATION OF LEE CYCLOGENESIS OVER ERN CO AND INTENSE
LOW/MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL LEAD TO VERY STRONG SWLY SURFACE WINDS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS. IN THE EAST...A RIDGE
OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BECOME ANCHORED IN THE LEE OF THE
APPALACHIANS. THIS WILL MAINTAIN DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS FROM THE
LOWER MID-ATLANTIC TO THE TN VALLEY.
...PORTIONS OF THE CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS...
SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
FROM E-CNTRL CO/WRN KS SWD TO E-CNTRL NM/TX PANHANDLE. ALTHOUGH THIS
WILL LEAD TO SUBSTANTIAL DOWNSLOPE DRYING...AMBIENT HIGH RH AND
SCATTERED LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL TEND TO MITIGATE THE OVERALL
THREAT. RH SHOULD LARGELY REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES...BRIEFLY
FALLING TO BETWEEN 20 TO 30 PERCENT.
...LOWER MID-ATLANTIC TO THE TN VALLEY...
WIDESPREAD LOW RH /AROUND 15 TO 25 PERCENT/ IS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM BACK INTO THE UPPER 50S TO
MIDDLE 60S. THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF SURFACE RIDGING WILL LIMIT WINDS
TO AROUND 6 TO 12 MPH.
..GRAMS.. 12/01/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 010950
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0350 AM CST SAT DEC 01 2007
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A MID/UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH INITIALLY LOCATED OVER THE GREAT
PLAINS SUN MORNING WILL MOVE NEWD TOWARDS THE ERN GREAT LAKES/UPPER
OH RIVER VALLEY. ASSOCIATED SURFACE CYCLONE WILL MIGRATE FROM THE
UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION. A SURFACE COLD FRONT
WILL SWIFTLY PUSH SEWD APPROACHING THE ERN SEABOARD THROUGH THE GULF
COAST BY EARLY MON. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
WILL QUICKLY BUILD FROM THE FOUR CORNERS TO THE GREAT PLAINS.
...NWRN TX...
STRONG NWLY LOW-LEVEL WINDS WILL COMMENCE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AFTER
A SURFACE COLD FRONT AND MID-LEVEL TROUGH PASSAGE. ENHANCED
SUBSIDENCE/DOWNSLOPE DRYING WILL AID IN PRODUCING RH VALUES FROM 15
TO 20 PERCENT AT PEAK HEATING. DESPITE AN INCREASINGLY DEEP MIXED
BOUNDARY LAYER...SURFACE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE
AFTERNOON AS LOW-LEVEL FLOW QUICKLY WANES. A RELATIVELY SHORT
JUXTAPOSITION OF SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS AROUND 20 MPH AND LOW RH
MAY SUPPORT A BRIEF PERIOD OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS GIVEN LONG-TERM
DRYNESS.
..GRAMS.. 12/01/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...