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FNUS21 KWNS 050815
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0315 AM CDT SAT APR 05 2008
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF NM...WRN TX...WRN KS...WRN
OK...SERN CO...NERN AZ...
...SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG SEWD ACROSS THE ROCKIES
INTO THE PLAINS...INDUCING A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM SD
SWD INTO ERN NM/WRN TX. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT OVER THE
PLAINS...AS WELL AS NRN AZ AND NM...COMBINING WITH LOW RH TO PRODUCE
AN EXPANSIVE ZONE OF CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS FROM NM INTO WRN KS.
ELSEWHERE...A FAST MOVING UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE GULF COAST STATES WHERE NUMEROUS STORMS WILL FOCUS ALONG A COLD
FRONT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MUCH OF NM...WRN TX...WRN KS...WRN
OK...SERN CO...NERN AZ...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY
A SURFACE LOW WILL DEEPEN OVER ERN CO/WRN KS WITHIN A BROADER LEE
TROUGH THAT WILL EXTEND FROM SD INTO ERN NM. SWLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE RAPIDLY AFTER SUNRISE FROM NRN AND ERN NM EWD INTO THE
CNTRL AND SRN HIGH PLAINS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-30 MPH ARE LIKELY
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE FARTHER W INTO NRN AND
ERN AZ AS WELL AS WRN NM...BENEATH STRONG ZONAL FLOW REGIME ALOFT.
HEATING AND MIXING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO STRENGTHENING WIND FIELDS
HERE. RH VALUES WILL BE QUITE LOW...WITH UPPER SINGLE DIGITS TO
TEENS AREAWIDE. THE MOST POTENT COMBINATION OF HIGH WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITY AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX WILL BE OVER NERN NM INTO THE OK
AND TX PANHANDLES...WHERE NEAR EXTREME CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL.
..JEWELL.. 04/05/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 050817
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0317 AM CDT SAT APR 05 2008
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS SUN AFTERNOON
WITH SURFACE FRONT FROM MN INTO OK/NWRN TX BY AFTERNOON. VERY WARM
AND DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE SRN PLAINS INTO THE SW WITH GUSTY
BUT SUB-CRITICAL WIND SPEEDS MOST AREAS.
...NM AND W TX...
WIND SPEEDS WILL BE MUCH LESS THAN PREVIOUS DAY DUE TO A WEAKER
PRESSURE GRADIENT AS UPPER TROUGH LIFTS TO THE NE. A VERY WARM AND
DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO THE
80S OVER SRN NM AND WRN/SWRN TX AND MIN RH VALUES IN THE UPPER
SINGLE DIGITS INTO THE TEENS. MIXING LAYERS WILL ALSO BE VERY
DEEP...RESULTING IN A HIGH HAINES INDEX.
MODEST WLY FLOW ALOFT...COMBINED WITH TURBULENT MIXING WILL RESULT
IN GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN GENERAL...SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS SHOULD AVERAGE 10-15 MPH. HOWEVER...GUSTS OF 15-20 MPH
ARE LIKELY. GIVEN THE EXTREME DRYNESS...A SLIGHT INCREASE IN
EXPECTED WINDS WOULD WARRANT AN UPGRADE TO CRITICAL IN LATER
OUTLOOKS.
..JEWELL.. 04/05/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...