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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 230941
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0341 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
LARGE UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE NEWD ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES REGION...WITH INTENSE COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NY SWD
ALONG THE ERN SEABOARD. BEHIND THIS FRONT...COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL
SETTLE INTO THE GULF COAST REGION. ACROSS THE SWRN U.S...TEMPORARY
UPPER RIDGING WILL OCCUR. SOME OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BE ONGOING ACROSS
SRN CA DUE TO RESIDENT HIGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN.
...SRN CA...
A WEAK TO MDT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE IN PLACE FROM THE GREAT
BASIN INTO SRN CA WHICH WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS
ESPECIALLY THROUGH FAVORED PASSES. RH LEVELS WILL DIP INTO THE TEENS
THIS AFTERNOON DESPITE RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE
60S TO LOWER 70S. GIVEN RECENT PRECIPITATION AND DECENT RH RECOVERY
OVERNIGHT...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
...CNTRL AND WRN TX...SERN NM...
AFTER A VERY COOL MORNING...DAYTIME HEATING AND WLY FLOW ALOFT WILL
HELP INDUCE A LEE LOW OVER ERN NM/W TX...INCREASING PRESSURE
GRADIENT AND RESULTING IN SWLY WINDS OF 15-20 MPH. ALTHOUGH HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH 60F...RH WILL BE LOW FROM 15-20
MPH.
...WRN FL PANHANDLE...
DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION AFTER MORNING FRONTAL PASSAGE.
COOL TEMPERATURES AND RECENT PRECIPITATION WILL KEEP THE FIRE THREAT
LOW DESPITE RH LOWERING INTO THE 30 PERCENT RANGE ALONG WITH NWLY
WINDS OF 10-15 MPH.
..JEWELL.. 12/23/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 231009
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0409 AM CST SUN DEC 23 2007
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
POWERFUL UPPER LOW WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS ERN CANADA WITH COOL AND DRY
HIGH PRESSURE OVERSPREADING THE ERN CONUS IN ITS WAKE. ANOTHER UPPER
TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE ROCKIES AND WILL HELP PUSH A VERY STRONG
AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SEWD INTO THE GREAT BASIN AND RESULTING IN
VERY STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS LATE IN THE PERIOD MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY DAY 2.
...SRN CA...
MILD AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS
LATE. GUSTY N WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON OVER SANTA
BARBARA VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...BECOMING VERY STRONG
OVERNIGHT INTO TUE MORNING. SIGNIFICANT DRYING WILL OCCUR
OVERNIGHT...WITH CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TUE.
...SERN U.S...
A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE ALONG THE GULF COAST ON
MONDAY WITH VERY DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
ONLY REACH THE 50S AND LOWER 60S...BUT AFTERNOON MIN RH WILL DROP
INTO THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND OUT OF THE N.
GIVEN COOL TEMPERATURES...SHALLOW INVERSION HEIGHTS AND RECENT
PRECIPITATION...CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED
ALTHOUGH THE THREAT WILL BE ELEVATED DURING THE AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 12/23/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...