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   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 150929
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0329 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
   
   VALID 151200Z - 161200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   PRONOUNCED MID/UPPER TROUGH WILL TRANSITION EASTWARD FROM THE PLAINS
   TO THE MISSISSIPPI/OHIO RIVER VALLEYS THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH A
   COLD FRONT QUICKLY ADVANCING FROM SOUTHEAST TX TO THE WESTERN GULF
   OF MEXICO THIS MORNING. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FROM
   THE OHIO VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEAST STATES. IN THE WEST...ZONAL
   WESTERLIES WILL PREVAIL ALOFT...WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED
   ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN/CENTRAL ROCKIES. A WEAK OFFSHORE
   GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER MILD/DRY DAY ACROSS SOUTHERN CA.
   
   ...SOUTHERN TX...
   AS MORNING CLOUD COVER DEPARTS...GUSTY NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS ARE
   EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD
   FRONT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20-30 MPH ARE LIKELY...WITH HIGHER
   GUSTS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 60S/LOWER 70S...WITH MINIMUM
   RH READINGS OF 25-35 PERCENT. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE STRONG/GUSTY
   THIS AFTERNOON...LIGHT PRECIPITATION EARLY THIS MORNING AND LACK OF
   LONG TERM DROUGHT WITH MARGINAL FIRE DANGERS WILL TEND TO CURB THE
   CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
   
   ..GUYER.. 12/15/2007
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic

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   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 150931
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0331 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007
   
   VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   QUIET FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. A STRONG UPPER
   TROUGH/DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION NORTHEASTWARD
   FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE NEW ENGLAND STATES ON SUNDAY...AS A
   SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IMPACTS MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST STATES.
   WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF
   THE CONUS DOWNSTREAM OF AN UPPER TROUGH CENTERED OFF THE BRITISH
   COLUMBIA COAST. AS INTERMOUNTAIN HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS...ONSHORE
   FLOW WILL BE DEVELOPING ACROSS SOUTHERN CA THE LATTER PART OF SUNDAY
   INTO MONDAY.
   
   ..GUYER.. 12/15/2007
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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