Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 021001
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0401 AM CST SAT FEB 02 2008
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD AREA TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE CONUS TODAY. EMBEDDED
WITHIN THIS BROADER TROUGH...SEVERAL PROGRESSIVE/SMALLER UPPER
SYSTEMS WILL MOVE EWD THROUGH THE NATION. ONE SYSTEM IN PARTICULAR
WILL MOVE FROM THE GREAT BASIN INTO THE SRN ROCKIES...MAINTAINING
MODERATE WINDS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SRN NM/SWRN TX. DOWNSTREAM
OF THIS SYSTEM...WEAK UPPER RIDGING WILL SUPPORT WARMER THAN NORMAL
TEMPERATURES OVER THE GULF COAST/SERN STATES. DESPITE LOW RH
READINGS...GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS WILL PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL
CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA.
...SRN AL/SRN GA AND NRN FL...
UNDER THE PRESENCE OF AN UPPER RIDGE....WARMER THAN NORMAL
TEMPERATURES /LOWER 70S/ WILL COMBINE WITH LOW DEWPTS /30S/ TO
PRODUCE MIN RH READINGS FROM 20-30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. GENERALLY
LIGHT WINDS /LESS THAN 10 MPH/ WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL OUTLOOK AREA
ISSUANCE.
...SERN NM...SWRN TX...
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER SYSTEM /LOCATED OVER CA/NV THIS
MORNING/ WLY WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
THROUGH THE PERIOD. SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER
40 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN/THROUGH PASSES. WHERE THE
WINDS ARE ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS...TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN COOL
ENOUGH /50S/ TO PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
..CROSBIE/SMITH.. 02/02/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 021002
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0402 AM CST SAT FEB 02 2008
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR WRN TX...SERN NM...SWRN OK...
...SYNOPSIS...
AHEAD OF A DEEPENING UPPER SYSTEM OVER THE WRN CONUS...SWLY SFC
WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE SRN PLAINS TOMORROW. LOW RH READINGS
COMBINED WITH THESE WINDS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS FOR A LARGE PART OF THE SRN HIGH PLAINS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS
THE NATION...NO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SERN NM...WRN TX AND SWRN OK...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 30 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 15-25 PERCENT
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG SEWD INTO THE GREAT BASIN TOMORROW.
AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS WILL
SUPPORT THE INTENSIFICATION OF A LEE TROUGH OVER THE SRN HIGH
PLAINS. THEREFORE...SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. LOW RH READINGS /DUE TO DEWPTS IN THE
5-20 DEG F RANGE/ COMBINED WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S
WILL PRODUCE MIN RH READINGS FROM 15-25 PERCENT LEADING TO A
CRITICAL FIRE THREAT.
...CENTRAL/NCENTRAL TX...CENTRAL OK...
TO THE EAST OF THE CRITICAL AREA...SLIGHTLY WEAKER WIND FIELDS
/15-20 MPH/ COMBINED WITH MARGINALLY CRITICAL RH READINGS /DUE TO
PRESENCE OF INCREASING MOISTURE FROM SRN TX/ WILL PREVENT CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
..CROSBIE/SMITH.. 02/02/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...