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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 270833
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0233 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2008
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. TODAY IN RESPONSE TO A
DEVELOPING UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE WRN CONUS. MEANWHILE...SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL SETTLE INTO THE LOWER AND MID MS VALLEY
BRINGING COOL BUT DRY CONDITIONS TO THE GULF COAST STATES. W OF THE
DIVIDE...WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES
POSSIBLE ACROSS SRN CA.
...NWRN TX...WRN OK...TX/OK PANHANDLES AND SWRN KS...
SWLY SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-25 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH HIGHER GUSTS AS
LEE TROUGH DEEPENS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL MAINLY BE
IN THE 60S...WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO MIN RH VALUES IN THE 20
PERCENT RANGE. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY SEE UPPER TEENS RH. THE
COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED
FIRE THREAT...HOWEVER...MID TO UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED
TO INCREASE...WHICH MAY LIMIT HEATING IN SOME AREAS. A HIGHER FIRE
THREAT WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY DAY 2.
...SERN STATES...
A MARGINAL FIRE THREAT WILL MATERIALIZE BY AFTERNOON AS RH LEVELS
DROP INTO THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE FROM GA INTO NRN FL. NWLY WINDS OF
10-15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH A FEW HOURS OF LOW RH TO INCREASE THE
FIRE THREAT. HOWEVER...RELATIVELY SHALLOW INVERSION HEIGHTS AS WELL
AS EFFECTS OF RECENT PRECIPITATION WILL HELP LIMIT THE SEVERITY OF
THE THREAT.
..JEWELL.. 01/27/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 270833
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0233 AM CST SUN JAN 27 2008
VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR ERN NM...TX/OK PANHANDLE AND TX
SOUTH PLAINS...WRN OK...SWRN KS...FAR SERN CO...
...SYNOPSIS...
AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE ROCKIES...LOW PRESSURE WILL
DEEPEN OVER THE NRN PLAINS. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS LOW
AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SERN STATES WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD
VERY STRONG WINDS OVER THE PLAINS STATES. LOW RH AND MILD
TEMPERATURES WILL COLOCATE ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS...RESULTING IN A
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. A MARGINAL FIRE THREAT WILL EXIST
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SE INCLUDING FL AS A RESULT OF A DRY AIR MASS
WITH HIGH PRESSURE.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ERN NM...TX/OK PANHANDLE AND TX
SOUTH PLAINS...WRN OK...SWRN KS...FAR SERN CO...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG WINDS...LOW RH
SWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30-35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH ACROSS
THE OK/TX PANHANDLES AND SURROUNDING AREAS. STRONG MIXING AND
HEATING WILL RESULT IN DEEP MIXED LAYERS FOR ADDED INSTABILITY. MIN
RH VALUES WILL LIKELY BE LOWER THAN FORECAST BY THE MODELS...FROM
20-25 PERCENT WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 60S.
OVERNIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS KS AND CO...AND WILL
STRETCH APPROXIMATELY FROM NWRN OK INTO THE TX PANHANDLE BY TUE
MORNING.
...SERN STATES...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER GA DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH
WIDESPREAD DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SE. WINDS WILL BE
LIGHT UNDER THE HIGH...BUT NLY WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER S FL. RH VALUES IN THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE WILL BE QUITE
COMMON...EXCEPT HIGHER VALUES IN THE 30 AND 40 PERCENT RANGE FAR SRN
FL. GIVEN DROUGHT CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY OVER SRN FL...FIRE THREAT
WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON WHEN RH IS LOW.
..JEWELL.. 01/27/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...