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FNUS21 KWNS 040916
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0316 AM CST MON FEB 04 2008
VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG FULL LATITUDE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SWRN
STATES AND ROCKIES TODAY. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM
IN CNTRL PLAINS...RESULTING IN STRONG SWLY SURFACE WINDS FROM SRN NM
TO SRN KS. GIVEN THE VERY DRY AND MILD AIRMASS ACROSS THE SRN HIGH
PLAINS...A BROAD AREA OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. FARTHER TO THE WEST...SEASONABLY STRONG
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SWD INTO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT.
THIS SHOULD INITIATE A PERIOD OF OFFSHORE FLOW FOR CNTRL/SRN
CA...ALTHOUGH THE COMBINATION OF HUMIDITY/WIND IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
NONCRITICAL. IN THE ERN CONUS...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A
RELATIVELY MOIST LOW LEVEL AIRMASS ARE FOUND BENEATH A STRENGTHENING
UPPER RIDGE.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ERN NM/WRN TX/WRN OK/FAR SWRN KS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY WINDY WITH LOW RH
AS A SURFACE CYCLONE FORMS OVER SWRN KS...WINDY CONDITIONS /SWLY 15
TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS/ DEVELOP FROM SRN NM TO SRN KS. THE
POTENTIAL FOR VERY LOW RH EXISTS WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR...AS SUBSIDING
SWLY FLOW KEEPS SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE TEENS/LOWER 20S AND PUSHES
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 60S AND 70S. MINIMUM RH WILL
FALL TO BETWEEN 10 TO 20 PERCENT...ALTHOUGH WRN PORTIONS OF THE
CRITICAL AREA MAY EXPERIENCE WINDS SHIFTING TO NWLY AND RAPIDLY
FALLING TEMPERATURES AS A COLD FRONT ENCROACHES UPON THE AREA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. THE ERN EXTENT OF THE CRITICAL AREA OVER
CENTRAL/SRN OK IS NEAR THE EXPECTED LOCATION OF THE DRYLINE...WHILE
FARTHER SOUTH THE ERN EXTENT OF THE CRITICAL AREA IS WHERE THE
WEAKER PRESSURE GRADIENT SUPPORTS SUSTAINED WINDS GENERALLY LESS
THAN 20 MPH.
..BRIGHT.. 02/04/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 040917
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0317 AM CST MON FEB 04 2008
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE CONUS TUESDAY...WITH A
LARGE UPPER TROUGH MOVING FROM THE SRN PLAINS TO THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY...AND ANOTHER MODERATELY STRONG UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM
THE ERN GREAT LAKES REGION TWD THE TX COAST...WITH AN EXTENSIVE AREA
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO
NEW ENGLAND. IN THE WAKE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER TROUGH/SURFACE
COLD FRONT... MODERATE NWLY WINDS AND DRY AIR SUPPORT CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TX. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
IN THE GREAT BASIN MAINTAINS OFFSHORE FLOW OVER CNTRL/SRN
CA...ALTHOUGH THE COMBINATION OF MOIST ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS AND A
RELATIVELY WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD KEEP CONDITIONS
NONCRITICAL.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: MODERATE NWLY WINDS AND LOW RH
THE POSTFRONTAL AIRMASS OVER SCNTRL TX WILL BRING A PERIOD OF
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL BE NWLY AT 15 TO 25 MPH /WITH HIGHER GUSTS/ AS SURFACE RH
FALLS TO NEAR 15 PERCENT. DESPITE THE COOLER AIRMASS...MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES SHOULD STILL CLIMB INTO THE 60S AND LOWER 70S...WITH
CRITICAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. JUST EAST OF THE
CRITICAL AREA...RH AT OR BELOW 20 PERCENT MAY BRIEFLY EXTEND TO THE
TX COASTAL PLAIN AS THE SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER..THE SHORT DURATION OF LOW RH COMBINED WITH
SLIGHTLY LESS WIND /BECOMING NWLY AT 15 TO 20 MPH/ SHOULD KEEP
CRITICAL CONDITIONS MARGINAL AND/OR BRIEF NEAR THE COASTAL PLAIN.
..BRIGHT.. 02/04/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...