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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 260856
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0356 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A PORTION OF THE SRN ROCKIES/HIGH
PLAINS...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A PORTION OF THE SRN GREAT
BASIN...
...SYNOPSIS...
A SEASONABLY STRONG ZONAL FLOW PATTERN WILL REMAIN OVER THE NATION.
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WITHIN THIS PATTERN WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WRN
CONUS TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...MODERATE WINDS AND LOW RH
READINGS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE SRN
ROCKIES/HIGH PLAINS REGION. MEANWHILE...LOW RH READINGS WILL SLOWLY
ERODE NWD ACROSS THE SERN STATES AS LOW LEVEL FLOW VEERS AND
SUPPORTS AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER MOST OF FLA AND SRN
AL/GA.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ECENTRAL AZ...MUCH OF CENTRAL/SRN
NM...SERN CO AND WRN TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: WLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35
MPH...LOW RH READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT...INCIPIENT DROUGHT
STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL FLOW OVER THE ROCKIES AHEAD OF A SEASONABLY
STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH COMBINED WITH STEEP LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES WILL SUPPORT MODERATE AFTERNOON WLY WINDS /TO THE WEST OF A
LEE TROUGH/DRYLINE/. SUSTAINED WLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THE NE PLATEAU REGION OF ERN AZ EWD
ACROSS CENTRAL/SRN NM AND INTO SERN CO/WRN TX. LOW DEWPTS /0-15 DEG
F/ COMBINED WITH THESE WINDS WILL SUPPORT A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
THREAT. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING EXCEPT FOR
THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF NM AS THE LOW LEVELS STABILIZE...LEADING
TO AN END OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN GREAT BASIN...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH...RH
READINGS NEAR 15 PERCENT
ALONG THE SRN FRINGE OF STRONGER MID LEVEL FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH A
PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE TROUGH...WLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN
15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH TODAY GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF STEEP
LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES. RH READINGS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 15 PERCENT
AS ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE 75-80 DEG F RANGE /BELOW 4000
FT/ COMBINE WITH DEWPTS IN THE 20S.
...SERN STATES...
AS LOW LEVEL WINDS VEER TO A S-SELY DIRECTION...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL SLOWLY INCREASE OVER MUCH OF NRN FL TODAY. NORTH OF THIS
AREA...ANOTHER DAY OF LOW RH READINGS IS EXPECTED OVER AL/GA AND THE
CAROLINAS. HOWEVER...GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS /LESS THAN 15 MPH/ WILL
PRECLUDE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREA.
..CROSBIE.. 03/26/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 260859
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0359 AM CDT WED MAR 26 2008
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF NM/SRN HIGH PLAINS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS
TOMORROW. ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM...STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES
COMBINED WITH A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE/LEE TROUGH OVER THE
HIGH PLAINS WILL SUPPORT MODERATE WINDS OVER NM/SRN HIGH PLAINS
REGION. LOW RH READINGS COMBINED WITH THESE WINDS WILL SUPPORT A
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. OTHERWISE...A GENERAL ZONAL FLOW
PATTERN WILL LEAD TO NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF THE
REST OF THE NATION. LOW RH READINGS WILL DIMINISH OVER THE SERN
STATES AS WINDS BECOME SLY AND SLOWLY INCREASE.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MUCH OF SRN/CENTRAL NM...WRN TX AND
FAR SWRN OK...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WSWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH...RH
READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT
STRENGTHENING MID LEVEL WINDS OVER THE CENTRAL/SRN ROCKIES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSAGE OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL AID IN A
DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TX/OK PANHANDLES. SFC
PRESSURE FALLS OF 6-8 MB/12 HRS COMBINED WITH STEEPENING MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES /SUPPORTING MIXING OF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT/ SHOULD
PRODUCE SUSTAINED WSWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH.
VERY WARM TEMPERATURES /20 DEG F ABOVE NORMAL/ FROM THE 70S ABOVE
5000 FT...TO THE 80S BELOW 5000 FT COMBINED WITH LOW DEWPTS IN THE
TEENS/20S WILL SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT. ALTHOUGH
THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE EWD EXTENT OF THE LEE
TROUGH/DRYLINE ACROSS WRN TX/WRN OK...THE STRENGTH OF THE MID LEVEL
FLOW AND LOCATION OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH AXIS DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS SUGGESTS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SHOULD MOVE
INTO AT LEAST THE FAR WRN PART OF OK.
...SERN STATES...
SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AND SUPPORT RISING RH READINGS OVER MUCH OF
GA/AL AND FL TOMORROW. HOWEVER...WHERE TRAJECTORIES REMAIN A
SUFFICIENTLY LONG ENOUGH TIME OVER LAND...LOW RH READINGS FROM 20-30
PERCENT SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE CAROLINAS. SFC WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE /AROUND 15 MPH/ DUE TO A STRENGTHENING SFC PRESSURE
GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH LEE TROUGH DEVELOPMENT EAST OF THE
SRN/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. THIS INCREASE IN WINDS WILL SUPPORT NEAR
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF NC/SC. THIS AREA
WILL BE MONITORED FOR A POSSIBLE CRITICAL OUTLOOK IF WINDS APPEAR TO
BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER IN LATER FCSTS.
..CROSBIE.. 03/26/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...