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FNUS21 KWNS 020734
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0234 AM CDT WED APR 02 2008
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF NM...SERN AZ...FAR WRN
TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
PRIMARY FEATURE OF FIRE WEATHER INTEREST WILL BE A MID/UPPER-LEVEL
SHORT WAVE TROUGH OFF THE CA COAST PROGRESSING EWD INTO THE LOWER CO
RIVER VALLEY BY EARLY THU. W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN OUT AHEAD OF THE TROUGH ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST/SRN ROCKIES.
AT THE SURFACE...A LEE CYCLONE WILL BECOME CENTERED IN NERN NM BY
LATE AFTERNOON WITH AN ATTENDANT DRYLINE SITUATED SWD ACROSS THE ERN
NM PLAINS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MUCH OF NM...SERN AZ...FAR WRN TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / LONG-TERM DRYNESS
WARM/DRY CONDITIONS OBSERVED OVER SERN AZ/WRN NM ON TUE...WILL
SPREAD EWD AS THE DRYLINE MIXES INTO THE ERN NM PLAINS TODAY.
DESPITE AN INCREASE IN MID/UPPER-LEVEL CLOUD COVERAGE INHIBITING
FULL INSOLATION...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REACH INTO
THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. THIS WILL LEAD TO RH VALUES FALLING TO AROUND
8 TO 15 PERCENT. AS THE MID-LEVEL JET AXIS IMPINGES UPON SERN
AZ/SWRN NM BY LATE AFTERNOON...A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER WILL
SUPPORT WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH.
..GRAMS.. 04/02/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 020955
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0455 AM CDT WED APR 02 2008
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF SERN
NM...WRN TX...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN/ERN NM...MOST OF WRN TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
A SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER EVENT APPEARS PROBABLE INVOF SRN HIGH
PLAINS AS AN UPPER LOW NOW OFF THE CA COAST ACCELERATES EWD TOWARDS
THE SRN ROCKIES AND PHASES WITH NRN STREAM TROUGH AMPLIFYING FROM
THE NRN ROCKIES. A SURFACE LOW SHOULD BECOME ESTABLISHED INVOF ERN
TX PANHANDLE THU AFTERNOON WITH A SHARP DRY LINE EXTENDING S/SWWD
ACROSS WRN TX.
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF SERN NM...WRN
TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / VERY LOW RH / MODERATE DROUGHT
WITH A POTENT MID-LEVEL JET CENTERED DIRECTLY OVER THE SRN NM/WRN
TX/NRN MEXICO BORDER REGION...A FAVORABLE DOWNSLOPE/SUBSIDENT REGIME
WILL ENSUE WITH VERY DEEPLY MIXED THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES ACROSS THE
HIGH PLAINS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM WELL INTO THE 80S WITH DEW
POINTS DROPPING THROUGH THE SINGLE DIGITS. RH VALUES SHOULD BECOME
VERY LOW /FROM 4 TO 8 PERCENT/ ACROSS SWRN TX/FAR SERN NM. DESPITE
MODEL GUIDANCE DEPICTING SOME VARIATION IN STRENGTH OF LOW-LEVEL
FLOW...THE GREAT DEPTH OF THE MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER SHOULD RESULT IN
SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH NEAR PEAK HEATING.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN/ERN NM...MOST OF WRN TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / LONG-TERM DRYNESS
SURROUNDING THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL AREA...LOW RH AND STRONG WINDS
WILL BE PERVASIVE TO THE WEST OF A DRY LINE MIXING ACROSS WRN TX AND
SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING SWD INTO THE TX PANHANDLE.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 70S AND 80S WITH RH VALUES GENERALLY
FALLING TO AROUND 8 TO 15 PERCENT. WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED SURFACE
SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE LIKELY.
..GRAMS.. 04/02/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...