Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 290731
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0131 AM CST FRI FEB 29 2008
VALID 291200Z - 011200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A QUIET FIRE WEATHER PATTERN IS IN STORE FOR TODAY. A SHORT WAVE
TROUGH WILL DIG E/SEWD FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION INTO THE
NORTHEAST. SUBSEQUENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL OCCUR OVER THE
CENTRAL U.S. BEHIND THE EXITING TROUGH BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM OF
FIRE WEATHER CONCERN BEGINS TO ENTER THE PACIFIC NW REGION. DESPITE
LOW RH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SRN NM/AZ AND W TX...WEAK EASTERLY SURFACE
WINDS WILL PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL THREAT.
..SMITH/GRAMS.. 02/29/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 290854
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0254 AM CST FRI FEB 29 2008
VALID 011200Z - 021200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SRN
HIGH PLAINS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A DEEPENING MID-UPPER TROUGH WITH AN ATTENDANT SPEED MAX IS FORECAST
TO DIG SEWD IN THE PACIFIC NW/NRN ROCKIES. AN AMPLIFYING RIDGE WILL
SHIFT EWD ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S. IN WAKE OF A DEPARTING MID-UPPER
SHORTWAVE IN THE NORTHEAST. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP IN THE
LEE OF THE ROCKIES AND WILL PROMOTE A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT
ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SRN HIGH
PLAINS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / LONG TERM DRYNESS
AS LEE CYCLOGENESIS OCCURS ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...SWLY LOW
LEVEL FLOW WILL INCREASE FARTHER SOUTH. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE A
DEEP MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED
REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN WARM AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE
70S ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. MODEL GUIDANCE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN
SUGGESTING SUSTAINED STRONG SWLY WINDS /20 TO 30 MPH/ AND LOW RH
VALUES /TEENS/. THE CRITICAL FIRE THREAT APPEARS MOST PROBABLE
ACROSS A FOCUSED AREA FROM AROUND TCC NEWD TO NEAR LBL.
..SMITH/GRAMS.. 02/29/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...