Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 040915
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0315 AM CST TUE DEC 04 2007
VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
MUCH OF THE SRN THIRD OF THE CONUS WILL EXPERIENCE LOW RH THIS
AFTERNOON AS SURFACE RIDGING REMAINS ANCHORED ALONG THE GULF COAST
AND ERN GREAT BASIN. A BROAD UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE MAINTAINED
ACROSS THE ERN HALF OF THE NATION AS ONE SIGNIFICANT IMPULSE LIFTS
NEWD FROM NRN NEW ENGLAND AND A SECONDARY IMPULSE DIVES SWD INTO THE
UPPER MIDWEST.
...PORTIONS OF THE SRN CA COASTAL RANGE...
09Z SUBJECTIVE SURFACE MESOANALYSIS PLACES A TROUGH ALONG THE SRN CA
COAST WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER CNTRL NV AND NERN UT.
DESPITE WEAK MID/UPPER-LEVEL WINDS DUE TO MID/UPPER-LEVEL
RIDGING...A MODEST SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL AID IN LOCALIZED
GUSTY N/NELY WINDS ACROSS FAVORED CANYONS/PASSES FROM THE SANTA YNEZ
TO THE SAN BERNARDINO MTNS...YIELDING POOR RH RECOVERY THIS MORNING.
THE PRESENCE OF THE RIDGING ALOFT OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL
CULMINATE IN WELL-ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
INTERIOR SWRN CA. THUS...A LONG DURATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RH /FROM
5 TO 15 PERCENT/ IS ANTICIPATED ALONG AND ADJACENT TO THE COASTAL
MTNS INTO THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH A NOCTURNAL INCREASE IN WINDS IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT...A COINCIDENT SURGE IN RICHER LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL ALSO OCCUR FROM CNTRL CA IMPROVING RH RECOVERY WED MORNING.
...SOUTHEAST...
WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS CURRENTLY IN THE TEENS/20S FROM THE
CAROLINAS SWWD INTO MS AND NRN FL...WIDESPREAD CRITICALLY LOW RH
/FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT/ WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES
WARM INTO THE MID 50S TO MID 60S. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS WILL BE
LIGHTER COMPARED TO MONDAY /GENERALLY FROM 6 TO 12 MPH/...OWING TO
THE PROXIMITY OF SURFACE RIDGING CENTERED ALONG THE GULF COAST.
...ERN CO/FAR WRN KS...
DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE LEE OF THE CNTRL/SRN ROCKIES
AS TEMPERATURES WARM BACK INTO THE MIDDLE 60S TO LOWER 70S. RH
VALUES WILL LIKELY DROP TO AROUND 10 TO 15 PERCENT. W/NWLY WINDS
SHOULD LARGELY REMAIN MODERATE /FROM 12 TO 20 MPH/...BUT MAY BRIEFLY
INCREASE BEHIND A SURFACE TROUGH PUSHING SEWD ACROSS THE CNTRL
PLAINS.
..GRAMS.. 12/04/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 040917
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0317 AM CST TUE DEC 04 2007
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW IN THE UPPER-LEVELS WILL ENCOMPASS MUCH OF THE
CONUS BY EARLY THU AS A SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE TROUGH AMPLIFIES SEWD
FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH THE NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC...AND AS
AN UPSTREAM IMPULSE DIGS FROM THE PACIFIC NW TO THE NRN/CNTRL
ROCKIES. FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS SHOULD BE MINIMAL ACROSS MUCH OF THE
SRN CONUS WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS AND/OR INCREASING RH...EXCEPT
FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST.
...CNTRL/ERN GA THROUGH SERN NC...
W/SWLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL INCREASE OUT AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE
CROSSING THE OH RIVER VALLEY AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES THROUGH WED
EVENING. ALTHOUGH THIS WILL HELP GRADUALLY MOISTEN THE BOUNDARY
LAYER...THE ANTECEDENT DRY AIR MASS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR ANOTHER
AFTERNOON OF CRITICALLY LOW RH. WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY WARMING
INTO THE 60S...RH VALUES WILL LIKELY DROP TO AROUND 20 TO 30
PERCENT. SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE STRONGER COMPARED TO
TUESDAY...GENERALLY FROM 12 TO 20 MPH. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN ENHANCED
FIRE WEATHER THREAT GIVEN PREVALENT LONG-TERM DROUGHT.
..GRAMS.. 12/04/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...