Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 020856
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0256 AM CST SUN DEC 02 2007
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
PRIMARY FEATURES OF INTEREST FOR FIRE WEATHER TODAY WILL BE THE
RAPID EJECTION OF A MID/UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH NOW ALONG THE
LEE OF THE CNTRL/SRN ROCKIES AND A COLD FRONT PROGRESSING SWD ACROSS
THE SRN PLAINS. STRONG LOW-LEVEL WLYS ACROSS THE SRN HIGH PLAINS
WILL WEAKEN AND VEER NWD AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE QUICKLY BUILDS EWD
FROM THE SWRN STATES.
...NWRN TX...
LATEST JAYTON TX AND TUCUMCARI NM PROFILERS INDICATE 3000 FT AGL WLY
WINDS FROM 35 TO 60 MPH. WITH A SHORT WAVE TROUGH PASSING E OF THE
REGION...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NW LATER THIS MORNING.
AS DAYTIME MIXING ENSUES...SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS SHOULD QUICKLY
REACH AROUND 25 MPH BY NOON. HOWEVER...LOW-LEVEL FLOW IS EXPECTED TO
SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE APPROACHES. STRONG SUBSIDENCE/DOWNSLOPE DRYING WILL ALLOW
RH VALUES TO FALL NEAR CRITICAL THRESHOLDS /AROUND 15 TO 20 PERCENT/
BY MID-AFTERNOON. GIVEN LONG-TERM DRYNESS AND MODERATELY HIGH
KBDI...A RELATIVELY SHORT DURATION OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR
DURING THE EARLY/MID-AFTERNOON.
..GRAMS.. 12/02/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 021000
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0400 AM CST SUN DEC 02 2007
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE-SCALE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SHAPE OVER THE
ERN CONUS AS A MID/UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH NOW ALONG THE HIGH
PLAINS AMPLIFIES AS IT TRACKS EWD. HEIGHTS WILL RISE UPSTREAM ACROSS
THE SWRN CONUS. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SEWD THROUGH
THE MID-ATLANTIC/DEEP SOUTH OFFSHORE INTO THE NRN GULF OF
MEXICO/FL/WRN ATLANTIC BY EARLY MON AFTERNOON. GUSTY NWLY WINDS WILL
FOLLOW FRONTAL PASSAGE BETWEEN EXPANSIVE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
ANCHORED OVER THE SRN PLAINS.
...SC AND CNTRL/SRN GA...
MODEL GUIDANCE FORECASTS INDICATE SATURATED/NEAR-SATURATED
LOW-LEVELS WILL BE ONGOING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SHARP COLD FRONT MON
MORNING. AFTER COLD FRONT PASSAGE...GUSTY NWLY WINDS SHOULD COMMENCE
DURING MID/LATE MORNING AND LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DRYING. ALTHOUGH LOW-LEVELS WILL COOL...THIS REGION
SHOULD REMAIN ON THE SRN FRINGE OF STRONGER COLD AIR ADVECTION. IT
APPEARS RH VALUES WILL DROP TO NEAR CRITICAL THRESHOLDS DURING THE
AFTERNOON /AROUND 25 TO 30 PERCENT/ AS TEMPERATURES HOLD IN THE 60S.
WITH SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS NEAR 20 MPH...LOCALIZED/MARGINAL
CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED.
..GRAMS.. 12/02/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...