Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 280903
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0403 AM CDT FRI MAR 28 2008
VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A PORTION OF THE SRN GREAT
BASIN/SWRN HIGH DESERT...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER LOW/TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PAC NW INTO THE NRN
ROCKIES THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS SYSTEM WILL SUPPORT A DEVELOPMENT
OF MODERATE SWLY WINDS OVER THE GREAT BASIN /SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT/.
COMBINED WITH LOW RH READINGS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF SRN NV/SERN CA AND NWRN AZ/SWRN UT.
DOWNSTREAM OF THIS SYSTEM...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM TX TO THE
MID-ATLANTIC WILL MOVE SEWD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL
STALL ON ITS WRN EDGE OVER TX BY TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE WRN CONUS
SYSTEM. SCT PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT
TODAY. DESPITE MODERATE SLY WINDS OVER THE CAROLINAS/VA
TODAY...INCREASING HUMIDITY WILL LIMIT ANY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
THREAT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN NV...SERN CA...NWRN AZ/SWRN
UT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 30 MPH...MIN RH READINGS AROUND 10 PERCENT
SOUTH OF A STRONG UPPER SYSTEM OVER THE PAC NW/NRN
ROCKIES...INCREASING MID LEVEL FLOW...STEEP LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE
RATES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NRN
GREAT BASIN WILL SUPPORT MODERATE SWLY SFC WINDS /20-25 MPH/ OVER
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH LOW
DEWPTS WILL PRODUCE MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT. CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM 22-01Z WHERE
WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED OVER 20 MPH DURING THE MAJORITY OF THIS
PERIOD. POOR RH RECOVERY IS EXPECTED OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT
AS MODERATE WINDS/MIXING SUPPORT MILD TEMPERATURES.
..CROSBIE.. 03/28/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 280905
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0405 AM CDT FRI MAR 28 2008
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A PORTION OF THE SRN HIGH
PLAINS/SRN ROCKIES...
...SYNOPSIS...
ASSOCIATED WITH A BROAD UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WRN CONUS...MODERATE
SFC WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE SWRN CONUS/SRN HIGH PLAINS.
COMBINED WITH LOW RH READINGS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OVER THIS REGION. DOWNSTREAM OF THIS EVENT...SLY FLOW WILL
RETURN OVER THE SRN PLAINS SUPPORTING INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE.
ASSOCIATED WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SERN STATES...COOLER
AIR WILL SUPPORT RH READINGS ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MUCH OF NM...FAR WRN TX AND SERN
CO...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30
MPH...MIN RH READINGS 10-15 PERCENT
BROAD SWLY MID LEVEL FLOW ALOFT COMBINED WITH STEEP LOW-MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES AND PRESSURE FALLS ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEPENING AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE OVER SERN CO WILL SUPPORT MODERATE WINDS OVER MUCH OF
NM/FAR WRN TX. THE EWD EXTENT OF THE DRIER AIR WILL EXIST OVER WEST
TX WHERE A DRYLINE WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED DURING THE PERIOD. MILD
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S/80S COMBINED WITH SEASONABLY LOW DEWPTS WILL
SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT.
...NRN AND ERN AZ...NWRN NM...
MODERATE SWLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON
/20-25 MPH/ AS SIMILAR LAPSE RATES AND FLOW EXIST AS IN THE CRITICAL
OUTLOOK AREA. UNLIKE AREAS DOWNSTREAM OVER NM...DEWPTS WILL BE
SLIGHTLY HIGHER AND TEMPERATURES LOWER TO KEEP MIN RH READINGS ABOVE
15 PERCENT.
..CROSBIE.. 03/28/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...