Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 150800
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0200 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008
VALID 151200Z - 161200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
IN THE SWRN STATES...A STRONG CLOSED UPPER LOW CURRENTLY STATIONED
NEAR SRN CA/NV WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO SHIFT EASTWARD TODAY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND...AMPLIFYING OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST. FARTHER EAST...A LONG WAVE POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH
EXTENDS FROM FAR NERN CANADA THROUGH THE NRN PLAINS AND EXTENDING
DOWN THROUGH THE ROCKIES AND TO THE CLOSED LOW OVER THE SW. A
STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS THROUGH THIS TROUGH AXIS...WHILE
A COLD FRONT IS SLOWLY SAGGING SWD FROM SRN MO/SRN OK AND CENTRAL
TEXAS. IN THE SE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT OFFSHORE
AHEAD OF THIS FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
...SRN CA...
OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER SRN CA TODAY AS THE STRONG UPPER
LOW CONTINUES ITS SLOW PROGRESSION EWD. BY AFTERNOON...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS. RECENT RAINFALL
AND MOIST FUEL CONDITIONS SHOULD HINDER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
THREAT.
...SERN STATES...
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE SERN
STATES WITH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RH READINGS DROPPING INTO THE 20S AND
UPPER TEENS INLAND AND INTO THE LOWER 30S CLOSER TO THE COAST. AS
THE HIGH SHIFTS EASTWARD...RETURNING MOIST LOW LEVEL FLOW SHOULD
LIMIT THE AREAL EXTENT OF LOW RHS...WHILE LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS
SHOULD LIMIT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..HURLBUT.. 02/15/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 150802
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0202 AM CST FRI FEB 15 2008
VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
POTENT UPPER LOW FORECAST TO BE ROUGHLY NEAR SRN NM AND EXTREME WRN
TX WILL QUICKLY BEGIN TO EJECT TO THE ENE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
ALONG THE WEST COAST BEHIND THIS FEATURE. A BROAD AREA OF GULF
MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND WRN
GULF COAST AREAS...WITH THE MAIN SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING EWD
THROUGH THESE AREAS. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE NERN
STATES WHILE A WEAKER COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH
THE SE.
...EXTREME WSW TX...
FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LOW...WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE
PREDOMINANT ACROSS EXTREME WSW TX. DRY DOWNSLOPE WINDS OF NEAR 20
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON...WITH MINIMUM RH READINGS
DROPPING INTO THE LOWER 20S. MUCH OF THIS WILL DEPEND ON THE
PROGRESSION OF THE SFC/UPPER LOW...AS A SLIGHTLY SLOWER EJECTION
WILL KEEP FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED COOLER TEMPS AND
PRECIPITATION CLOSER TO THESE AREAS.
..HURLBUT.. 02/15/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...