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FNUS21 KWNS 090739
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0139 AM CST SUN MAR 09 2008
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
DIGGING UPSTREAM JET STREAK OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL SUPPORT
INTENSIFICATION OF MIDLEVEL TROUGH WHICH WILL PROGRESS SEWD THROUGH
THE SRN ROCKIES INTO THE SRN PLAINS DURING THE DAY ONE PERIOD. IN
THE LOW LEVELS...WEAK CYCLOGENESIS IS FORECAST OVER THE LOWER RIO
GRANDE VALLEY WITH QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT OR INVERTED TROUGH
BECOMING INCREASINGLY WELL DEFINED FROM SWRN TX INTO THE NWRN OR
N-CNTRL PART OF THE STATE.
...LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY...
UPPER LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SEWD
INTO TX TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE WEST COAST
WITH A DRY NORTHERLY FLOW THROUGH THE LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY. JET
AXIS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS WILL CONTINUE
TO SHIFT SEWD WITH THE MAIN TROUGH AXIS...AND ALTHOUGH CURRENT
OBSERVATIONS SHOW WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH...EXPECT THAT PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL GRADUALLY RELAX THROUGH THE DAY...WITH WINDS
DECREASING THROUGH LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH
STRONGER WINDS MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE CO RIVER VALLEY DUE TO
CHANNELING EFFECTS...WINDS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AT THIS TIME.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS WITH SINGLE DIGITS IN THE
LOWER VALLEYS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
...SWRN TX...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT INTO SWRN TX TODAY...WITH PREDOMINANT
WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW. IN THE WESTERN MOST PORTIONS OF
TX...EXPECT DOWNSLOPING/ADIABATIC DRYING AND WARMING TO ALLOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DROP INTO THE TEENS. SOME DEGREE OF MID-LEVEL
COOLING/MOISTENING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRANSPECOS AND CAPROCK
REGIONS...AND WEAK ASCENT MAY SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED DRY
THUNDERSTORMS.
MAIN LIMITING FACTOR TO A CRITICAL DESIGNATION WILL BE MARGINAL
WINDS...AND VERY ISOLATED NATURE OF POTENTIAL DRY THUNDERSTORMS.
...SERN STATES...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE AREA
TODAY...WITH WINDS SHIFTING FROM WESTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY THROUGH
THE DAY AS A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER NEW ENGLAND CONTINUES TO MOVE
NORTHEASTWARD. AS THIS LOW EXITS...THE GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN OVER THE
SOUTHEAST AND WINDS WILL NOT MEET CRITICAL THRESHOLDS.
DESPITE THIS...CURRENT WV IMAGERY SHOWS EXPANSIVE SWATH OF DRY AIR
OVER THE SERN STATES. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO
THE 20S INLAND AND IN THE LOWER 30S CLOSER TO THE COAST FOR EXTENDED
DURATIONS. EXPECT THE GREATEST THREAT TO BE ACROSS CENTRAL GA AND
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE WHERE LESS RAINFALL HAS BEEN
RECEIVED RECENTLY AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSIST.
LIGHT WINDS WILL LIMIT DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA.
..HURLBUT.. 03/09/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 090804
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0304 AM CDT SUN MAR 09 2008
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL DOMINATE IN THE EAST.
MEANWHILE...A SHORT WAVE OVER TX WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SEWD AND
DEAMPLIFY. A SECOND UPPER SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION WHILE HIGH PRESSURE DEAMPLIFIES OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST.
A DEEP UPPER LOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...WITH RAIN AND BREEZY WINDS INCREASING AHEAD OF THE
SYSTEM.
...SRN NV/CA/AZ/NM...
A DEEP UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL SHIFT
WINDS ALONG THE COAST TO SOUTHWESTERLY THROUGH THE DAY. ALTHOUGH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS
ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREA...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED...LIMITING DESIGNATION OF A CRITICAL THREAT.
...SERN STATES...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR SRN IL/IN WILL DOMINATE...WHILE
A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ON THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIANS.
DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST...WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
DROPPING INTO THE MID 20S AND LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
MAIN LOW LEVEL FLOW AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH WILL ALLOW SOME
MOISTURE RETURN NEAR COASTAL AREAS...LIMITING THE EXTENT OF DRY
CONDITIONS. LIGHT AND VARIABLE SURFACE WINDS WILL HINDER DESIGNATION
OF CRITICAL AREA.
..HURLBUT.. 03/09/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...