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FNUS21 KWNS 290833
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0333 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2008
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NERN AZ...SERN UT...MUCH OF
CO...WRN AND NRN NM...FAR SWRN KS AND WRN OK/TX PANHANDLES...
...SYNOPSIS...
A VERY WARM AND DRY AIR MASS WILL RESIDE OVER THE SRN PLAINS AND SRN
ROCKIES AS A LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER TROUGH BREAKS DOWN THE RIDGE.
STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT FROM AZ NEWD INTO CO/KS...ALONG WITH LOW
HUMIDITY. TO THE E...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER NEW ENGLAND IN
ASSOCIATION WITH A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH. THE WIND AND LOW RH MAY
RESULT IN MARGINAL FIRE CONDITIONS THERE.
ELSEWHERE...IT WILL REMAIN MODERATELY DRY OVER FL...WITH WARM
TEMPERATURES AND EAST WINDS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - NERN AZ...SERN UT...MUCH OF CO...WRN
AND NRN NM...FAR SWRN KS AND WRN OK/TX PANHANDLES...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH A
SURFACE LOW DEEPENING OVER ERN CO/WRN KS. STRONG WINDS WILL BE
WIDESPREAD AS A RESULT. GIVEN A VERY WARM AND DRY AIR MASS ALREADY
IN PLACE...MIN RH LEVELS FROM THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS
WILL RESULT...ESPECIALLY OVER AZ AND NM. HIGHER VALUES INTO THE
15-20 PERCENT RANGE ARE LIKELY OVER WRN KS AND THE OK/TX
PANHANDLES...BUT WINDS WILL BE HIGHEST THERE...FROM 30-40 MPH.
SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUST ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR
OVER AZ/UT/WRN CO/WRN NM. PORTIONS OF ERN NM...AS WELL AS E CNTRL
CO...HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CRITICAL AREA DUE TO RECENT HEAVY
PRECIPITATION TRACKS INDICATED BY RADAR.
...ERN NY INTO NEW ENGLAND...
NEAR CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL EXIST TODAY DUE TO LOW RH AND
STRONG WINDS...BUT FUEL CONDITIONS/GREENUP SUGGEST THE THREAT WILL
BE LIMITED. WLY WINDS OF 15-20 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH HIGHER GUSTS AS
A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH. MIN RH WILL DIP INTO THE 20
PERCENT RANGE...AND THIS WILL ENHANCE THE THREAT OF FIRE STARTS
WHERE FUELS ARE DRIEST.
...SRN PLAINS...
WINDS WILL INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO LOWER PRESSURE TO THE N.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH
OF KS...WRN OK...AND NWRN TX. HOWEVER...RH LEVELS SHOULD REMAIN
ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS...AND MAINLY IN THE 25-35 PERCENT RANGE.
NONETHELESS...ANY FIRES THAT MAY START COULD GET OUT OF CONTROL DUE
TO STRONG WINDS.
...FL...
IT WILL AGAIN BE WARM AND RELATIVELY DRY TODAY WITH ELY WINDS OUT OF
THE WRN ATLANTIC HIGH. A FEW HOURS OF MIN RH NEAR 35 PERCENT WILL BE
LIKELY INLAND CNTRL AND NRN FL.
..JEWELL.. 05/29/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 290844
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0344 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2008
VALID 301200Z - 311200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE UPPER MS VALLEY INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY LATE FRI...WITH A COLD
FRONT TRAILING SWWD ACROSS MO AND NRN OK...CONNECTING WITH A
SECONDARY LOW CENTER OVER NW TX. A FLAT UPPER RIDGE WILL BE IN PLACE
FROM AZ/NM EWD INTO THE GULF COAST AREA...WITH VERY WARM CONDITIONS.
EXTREMELY LOW RH VALUES WILL OCCUR OVER AZ AND NM...AS WELL AS W
TX...WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. WARM AND MODERATELY DRY WEATHER WILL
PERSIST FOR THE SERN STATES WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE.
...NM INTO W TX...
A FLAT UPPER RIDGE WILL BE IN PLACE FRI WITH MODERATE ZONAL FLOW
ALOFT. A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA AND BY
AFTERNOON MIN RH IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS ARE LIKELY.
WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS PREVIOUS DAY...AVERAGING ONLY 15-20
MPH. HOWEVER...A HIGH HAINES INDEX WILL BE IN PLACE...AND CONDITIONS
WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRE GROWTH SHOULD ANY EXIST.
...NERN STATES...
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN PREVIOUS DAY IN A POST FRONTAL AIR
MASS. POCKETS OF MIN RH NEAR 30 PERCENT ARE LIKELY AS TEMPERATURES
STRUGGLE OUT OF THE UPPER 60S. SLY WINDS MAY REACH 10 MPH.
..JEWELL.. 05/29/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...