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FNUS21 KWNS 081005
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0405 AM CST SAT MAR 08 2008
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE CONUS TODAY. EMBEDDED
WITHIN THIS TROUGH...SEVERAL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL PROGRESS THROUGH
THE NATION. A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SFC SYSTEM WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE ERN SEABOARD TODAY. IN THE WAKE OF THIS
FRONT...GUSTY NWLY WINDS AND LOW RH READINGS WILL OCCUR OVER SERN
STATES. FURTHER WEST...ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG SEWD THROUGH
THE ROCKIES. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER
THE SRN HIGH PLAINS AND SRN ROCKIES LEADING TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN THE WAKE OF THIS UPPER TROUGH...GUSTY NLY
WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SRN GREAT BASIN.
...NRN/CENTRAL FLA...
IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG SFC COLD FRONT...NWLY WINDS FROM 15-25 MPH
WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. DESPITE COOLING TEMPERATURES INTO THE
50S...LOW DWPTS IN THE 30S WILL SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS FROM 30-40
PERCENT. GIVEN WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OVER THE AREA WITHIN THE LAST 24
HRS /1-2 INCHES/ ALONG WITH MARGINAL RH READINGS...A CRITICAL AREA
WILL NOT BE OUTLOOKED.
...SWRN TX...
AHEAD OF A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER TROUGH DIGGING SEWD THROUGH THE
ROCKIES...MID LEVEL FLOW WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE SRN ROCKIES/SRN
HIGH PLAINS. AS A RESULT...A SFC LEE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP AND
STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE PERIOD. INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN
THIS LEE TROUGH AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NCENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO
WILL SUPPORT AN INCREASE OF SLY WINDS OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO THE 70S/LOWER
80S IN LOWER ELEVATIONS ALONG WITH LOW DWPTS WILL PRODUCE MIN RH
READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT. CRITICALLY STRONG SFC WINDS /AOA 20
MPH/ ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER MOST OF THE AREA UNTIL LATE
AFTERNOON GIVEN THE RELATIVE LAX PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA
DURING THE MORNING. ALTHOUGH A SMALL AREA OF THE GUADALUPE MTNS OF
SWRN TX MAY SEE SUSTAINED CRITICAL CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF THE
AFTERNOON.
...SRN NM/SERN AZ...
AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIGGING THROUGH THE ROCKIES/GREAT
BASIN...GUSTY WLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WLY
WINDS FROM 15-20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HR PERIOD BETWEEN
21-00Z. SIMILAR TO SWRN TX AREA...GIVEN THE MARGINAL WIND
SPEEDS/DURATION...A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL NOT BE
ISSUED.
..CROSBIE.. 03/08/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 081007
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0407 AM CST SAT MAR 08 2008
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER PATTERN ACROSS THE NATION WILL REMAIN DOMINATED BY BROAD
UPPER TROUGHING OVER THE CENTRAL/ERN STATES. EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS
TROUGH...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM THE SRN ROCKIES INTO THE
SRN PLAINS. IN THE WAKE OF THIS UPPER TROUGH...GUSTY NLY WINDS WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND OVER SWRN TX AS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE ROCKIES. ELSEWHERE BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL RESIDE OVER MUCH OF THE ERN HALF OF THE NATION
ASSOCIATED WITH THE BROAD UPPER TROUGH. LOW RH READINGS WILL OCCUR
OVER THE SERN STATES...BUT LIGHT WINDS WILL PRECLUDE ANY LARGE SCALE
CRITICAL THREAT.
...SWRN TX...
IN THE WAKE OF AN UPPER TROUGH...STEEP LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES
COMBINED WITH BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE/STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL SUPPORT SUSTAINED NWLY WINDS FROM 15-20 MPH TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN TODAY...SUBSIDENCE IN THE
WAKE OF THIS UPPER TROUGH WILL SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS LESS THAN 15
PERCENT. IF LATER FCSTS INDICATE STRONGER SFC WINDS...A CRITICAL
OUTLOOK WILL BE NEEDED.
...LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY...
IN THE WAKE OF AN UPPER TROUGH MOVING OUT OF THE SRN ROCKIES...HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD SWD OVER THE ROCKIES. A MODERATE PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL SUPPORT NLY WINDS FROM 15-25 MPH OVER THE LOWER CO
RIVER VALLEY. COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 70S
COMBINED WITH DWPTS IN THE TEENS WILL SUPPORT MARGINAL RH READINGS
FROM 15-20 PERCENT. UNLESS LATER FCSTS INDICATE STRONGER WINDS AND
WARMER TEMPERATURES...AREA WILL NOT SEE SUSTAINED CRITICAL
CONDITIONS TO WARRANT A CRITICAL OUTLOOK.
...SERN STATES...
IN THE WAKE OF AN UPPER TROUGH...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO
THE REGION TOMORROW. AS A RESULT...LOW RH READINGS WILL BE PRESENT
OVER MUCH OF THE SERN STATES. WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE
40S/50S COMBINED WITH WEAK WINDS WILL PRECLUDE A CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER THREAT.
..CROSBIE.. 03/08/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...