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FNUS21 KWNS 060823
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0323 AM CDT SUN APR 06 2008
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS THE NRN AND CNTRL PLAINS
WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING SWD OUT OF MN INTO NRN MO. GUSTY
NWLY WINDS WILL OCCUR IN A POST FRONTAL REGIME OVER NEB AND KS. THE
SRN END OF THE COLD FRONT WILL WEAKEN SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS NWRN
TX...WITH VERY DRY AND WARM WEATHER CONTINUING S OF THIS OLD
BOUNDARY. GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN OVER THE SWRN STATES AND SRN
PLAINS WITH AN ELEVATED FIRE THREAT.
...AZ/NM/W TX...
A ZONAL FLOW REGIME WILL BE IN PLACE ALONG WITH A VERY DRY AIR MASS.
MIN RH VALUES WILL LARGELY BE IN THE TEENS FROM AZ INTO W TX WHILE
TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE 70S AND 80S. STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES
AND MIXING WILL HELP INCREASE WINDS INTO THE 10-20 MPH RANGE...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH A VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL
SUPPORT FIRES...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS DO NOT MEET CRITICAL CRITERIA
ON THE LARGE SCALE.
...WRN NEB/NWRN KS/NERN CO...
A SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE NEWD INTO MN BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH HIGH
PRESSURE OVER SD AND NEB. GUSTY NWLY WINDS WILL RESULT...AVERAGING
NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE 50S
OVER WRN NEB TO THE 60S IN WRN KS...WITH MIN RH IN THE 15-20 PERCENT
RANGE. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE THREAT THIS AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 04/06/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 060826
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0326 AM CDT SUN APR 06 2008
VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF CNTRL AND ERN NM...WRN
TX...NERN AZ...
...SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER THE TX PANHANDLE MON AFTERNOON IN
RESPONSE TO A LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE CNTRL
ROCKIES/PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE...A WARM FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SERN
CO INTO THE NERN TX PANHANDLE AND CNTRL OK. S OF THIS BOUNDARY...A
VERY WARM AND DRY AIR MASS WILL EXIST. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS
THIS AREA AND WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS FOR ERN AZ ACROSS
NM INTO W TX.
ELSEWHERE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING COOL CONDITIONS TO THE MID
ATLANTIC STATES AND MILD AND DRY CONDITIONS TO THE DEEP
SOUTH...EXCEPT OVER FL WHERE RAIN MAY OCCUR.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MUCH OF CNTRL AND ERN NM...WRN
TX...NERN AZ...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS...LOW RH
THE APPROACHING TROUGH WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG
HEATING...MIXING...AND A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO CREATE
STRONG WLY WINDS FROM AZ INTO W TX. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 20-30 MPH
APPEAR LIKELY WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RH WILL BE LOW AREA-WIDE...RANGING
FROM THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS OVER W TX AND NM TO THE LOWER TEENS IN
AZ. OVERNIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHIFTING WINDS TO NERN NM
AND WRN TX...BUT RH WILL BE ON THE RISE AS TEMPERATURES COOL.
..JEWELL.. 04/06/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...