Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 080851
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0351 AM CDT TUE APR 08 2008
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SERN CA...FAR SRN NV...WRN AZ...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG SEWD ACROSS THE WRN U.S...INDUCING A
SURFACE LOW TO DEVELOP OVER SRN NV. STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY
WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS OVER SRN NV...SERN CA AND
WRN AZ. MODERATE WLY WINDS AND LOW RH WILL EXTEND EWD ACROSS AZ AND
NM AS WELL AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH AND IN WAKE OF ANOTHER TROUGH THAT
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS INTO THE GREAT
LAKES BY WED MORNING. COOLER AIR WILL SPREAD SWD ACROSS THE CNTRL
PLAINS BEHIND A COLD FRONT. TO THE E...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE ACROSS THE DEEP S AND MID ATLANTIC...WITH MILD AND MODERATELY
DRY CONDITIONS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SERN CA...FAR SRN NV...WRN AZ...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: INCREASING WINDS AND VERY LOW RH
LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN THIS AFTERNOON OVER SRN NV AND WILL HELP TO
INCREASE WIND SPEEDS TO 20-25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS AHEAD OF UPPER
TROUGH. MIXING LAYERS WILL BE DEEP WITHIN A VERY DRY AIR MASS...WITH
RH IN THE SINGLE DIGITS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE EXTREMELY DRY AIR
MASS ALONG WITH INCREASED WINDS SHOULD RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE
CONDITIONS.
...MUCH OF AZ INTO NM...
MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON WHEN
SWLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND RH FALLS
INTO THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS. GUSTY WINDS WILL
PERSIST OVERNIGHT...AS UPPER TROUGH NEARS.
..JEWELL.. 04/08/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 080853
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0353 AM CDT TUE APR 08 2008
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR FAR SRN NM AND FAR W
TX...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SERN AZ...CNTRL AND SRN NM...SWRN
TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS STATES ON
WED AND WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE GREAT BASIN AS WELL AS
NRN AZ AND NM. IT WILL REMAIN WARM AND VERY DRY OVER SRN AZ...NM AND
SWRN TX...WHERE VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH MAY RESULT IN EXTREME
FIRE CONDITIONS. ELSEWHERE...A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SW TX
AND WILL MOVE NEWD INTO THU MORNING...PRODUCING AN OUTBREAK OF
SEVERE WEATHER FOR TX AND OK.
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - FAR SRN NM AND FAR W TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH
VERY STRONG WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES
THROUGH. SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS OF 25-40 MPH APPEAR LIKELY WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM INTO THE 70S AZ/NM TO THE 80S OVER
SWRN TX...WITH RH IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. VERY STEEP LAPSE
RATES ALONG WITH THE EXTREME WINDS AND LOW RH MAY RESULT IN EXTREME
WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SERN AZ...CNTRL AND SRN NM...SWRN
TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH
SURROUNDING THE EXTREME AREA...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH WILL ALSO
RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS FROM SERN AZ ACROSS ALL OF SRN NM
AND SW TX. SUSTAINED WLY WINDS OF 20-30 MPH ARE LIKELY ALONG WITH
MIN RH NEAR 15 PERCENT.
..JEWELL.. 04/08/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...