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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 050927
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0327 AM CST WED DEC 05 2007
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NRN FL...SRN AND ERN GA...SC...SRN
NC...
...SYNOPSIS...
A PROGRESSIVE UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SEWD ACROSS THE OH
VALLEY AND INTO THE MID ATLANTIC BY LATE TODAY WITH SURFACE COLD
FRONT EXTENDING SWWD INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY. A SURFACE LOW WILL
DEVELOP SEWD ACROSS THE SRN APPALACHIANS AND INTO WRN NC BY 00Z.
SWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS LOW AND COLD
FRONT...PRODUCING CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE SERN
STATES. BEHIND THE FRONT...COOL AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL
FROM THE MIDWEST INTO THE PLAINS. ELSEWHERE...UPPER RIDGE WILL
WEAKEN OVER THE SW WITH ZONAL FLOW TAKING SHAPE.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - NRN FL...SRN AND ERN GA...SC...SRN
NC...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY LOW HUMIDITY...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
DROUGHT
WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SW AT 15-20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AS
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE NW. A VERY DRY AIR MASS
IS ALREADY IN PLACE...THUS...DAYTIME HEATING AND STRONG MIXING WILL
RESULT IN VERY LOW RH VALUES INTO THE TEENS AND 20 PERCENT RANGE BY
AFTERNOON. THE MOST CRITICAL COMBINATION OF WIND...LOW RH AND
DROUGHT WILL EXTEND FROM CNTRL/ERN GA INTO SC. WINDS WILL BE WEAKER
FROM 10-15 MPH OVER NRN FL...BUT RH WILL BE VERY LOW. MARGINALLY
CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST INTO EARLY EVENING BEFORE BOUNDARY
LAYER DECOUPLES AND MIXING CEASES.
...CNTRL TX...
DRY NLY WINDS WILL SPREAD SWD BEHIND A COLD FRONT TODAY. NELY WINDS
OF 15-20 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER NRN TX...WITH RH DECREASING TO
25-30 PERCENT AT PEAK HEATING.
..JEWELL.. 12/05/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 050932
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0332 AM CST WED DEC 05 2007
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL COVER MOST OF THE ERN U.S. AS
UPPER TROUGH QUICKLY MOVES OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. THIS WILL
RESULT IN WIDESPREAD COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS. TO THE W...A LOW
AMPLITUDE UPPER TROUGH AND WILL SPREAD SEWD INTO THE CNTRL
PLAINS...WITH LEE TROUGH/LOW DEVELOPING OVER SERN CO. VERY STRONG
SWLY WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM NM INTO THE SRN PLAINS DUE TO PRESSURE
GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH TO THE E AND DEEPENING LOW. ELSEWHERE..AN
UPPER TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE CNTRL CA COAST BY THE END OF THE
PERIOD...WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION FROM CA EWD ALONG
A FRONT INTO THE GREAT BASIN.
...NM INTO THE SRN PLAINS...
STRONG WLY FLOW WILL INDUCE LEE TROUGH RESULTING IN VERY STRONG SWLY
WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RH IS EXPECTED TO DROP INTO
THE 20-25 PERCENT RANGE WITH TEMPERATURES FROM THE UPPER 50S SWRN KS
TO THE LOWER 70S WRN TX.
...SERN STATES...
VERY DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH PRESSURE.
WINDS WILL BE VERY LIGHT...AND TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY AVERAGE 55-65
F. DESPITE COOL TEMPERATURES...MIN RH VALUES OF 25-35 PERCENT APPEAR
LIKELY FOR A FEW HOURS.
..JEWELL.. 12/05/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...