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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...
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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...