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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...
   
      
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic

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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...
   
      

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