Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 060904
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0404 AM CDT FRI JUN 06 2008
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF THE GREAT BASIN/NW
PLATEAU OF AZ...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A PORTION OF THE SRN HIGH
PLAINS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL REDEVELOP OVER THE WRN CONUS TODAY. AS
THIS OCCURS...SFC WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER PORTIONS OF THE SRN GREAT
BASIN/NWRN AZ PLATEAU REGION AS WELL AS THE SRN HIGH PLAINS. BOTH OF
THESE AREAS WILL SEE LOW RH READINGS ACCOMPANYING THESE WINDS TO
SUPPORT A CRITICAL A FIRE WEATHER THREAT. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE
NATION...BROAD UPPER RIDGING WILL MAINTAIN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
ACROSS MUCH OF THE ERN SEABOARD. HOWEVER...RELATIVELY HIGH RH
READINGS WILL PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHE POTENTIAL.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - FOR PORTIONS OF THE GREAT BASIN/NW
PLATEAU OF AZ...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 30 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT
AHEAD OF A BROAD UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE WEST
COAST...INCREASING MID LEVEL WINDS COUPLED WITH TIGHTENING SFC
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SUPPORT INCREASED SWLY SFC WINDS.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB BACK TO NEAR NORMAL VALUES
PRODUCING MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF
VERY LOW DEWPTS /SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS/. THIS WILL LEAD TO A
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...BUT RH RECOVERY SHOULD REMAIN
POOR.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF NERN NM...NRN TX
PANHANDLE...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 30 MPH...MIN RH READINGS AROUND 15 PERCENT
AS AN UPPER TROUGH EJECTS RAPIDLY AWAY FROM THE PLAINS TODAY...ZONAL
FLOW WILL DEVELOP AND SUPPORT A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER
ERN CO. COMBINED WITH MODERATE MID LEVEL WINDS...SUSTAINED SFC WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH FOR A 3-4 HR PERIOD THIS
AFTERNOON. DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL FAVOR LOWERING DEWPTS AND MIN RH
READINGS ARE THUS EXPECTED TO FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON SUPPORTING A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..CROSBIE.. 06/06/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 060907
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0407 AM CDT FRI JUN 06 2008
VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE
SOUTHWEST...
...SYNOPSIS...
AS AN UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO DIG SEWD INTO THE GREAT BASIN
TOMORROW...A WIDE AREA OF MODERATE SWLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AT THE
SFC FROM PORTIONS OF NRN AZ AND NRN/CENTRAL NM. ALONG WITH LOW RH
READINGS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
THIS REGION. DOWNSTREAM OF THIS SYSTEM...UPPER RIDGING WILL REMAIN
IN CONTROL OVER THE ERN STATES PROVIDING FOR WELL ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. RELATIVELY HIGH RH READINGS WILL PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MUCH OF NRN AZ...NRN/CENTRAL NM...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT
AHEAD OF AN UPPER TROUGH AND SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT OVER SRN UT/WRN
CO...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW AS
MODERATE MID LEVEL WINDS MIX TO THE SFC AND COMBINE WITH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH READINGS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED OVER THE NERN PLATEAU OF AZ AND OVER THE NERN PLAINS OF NM
WHERE TERRAIN ENHANCEMENT OCCURS. ALTHOUGH RH RECOVERY IS EXPECTED
TO BE GOOD OVER NERN/ECENTRAL NM OVERNIGHT /DUE TO RETREATING
DRYLINE/...THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA SHOULD SEE POOR RH RECOVERY.
...TX PANHANDLE...
FORECAST POSITION OF THE DRYLINE /ALONG THE NM/TX BORDER/ SHOULD
KEEP MIN RH READINGS ABOVE 15 PERCENT TOMORROW ACROSS THE AREA. IF
LATER FORECASTS INDICATE A FURTHER EAST POSITION OF THE
DRYLINE...AREA WOULD NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN LATER OUTLOOK GIVEN
EXPECTED MODERATE SFC WINDS AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
...SRN NM/SRN AZ...
SOUTH OF THE CRITICAL AREA...SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
AVERAGE FROM 15-20 MPH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS. HOWEVER...ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND CONSEQUENT LOW RH READINGS IN THE 5-10
PERCENT RANGE WILL SUPPORT HIGH FIRE DANGER.
...SERN CO/WRN OK PANHANDLE AND FAR SWRN KS...
ALTHOUGH THE NERN EXTENT OF MODERATE SWLY WINDS/LOW RH READINGS WILL
EXIST OVER SERN CO/WRN OK PANHANDLE AND SWRN KS TOMORROW /TO THE
WEST OF A DRYLINE/...RECENT MODERATE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY
PRECLUDE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..CROSBIE.. 06/06/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...