Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 090658
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0158 AM CDT MON JUN 09 2008
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LEVEL FLOW REGIME WILL REMAIN QUITE ACTIVE WITH AN UPPER
DISTURBANCE MOVING NEWD OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WITH ANOTHER
DISTURBANCE MOVING SEWD TOWARDS THE PACIFIC NW. MEANWHILE AN UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE WILL WEAKEN BUT IT WILL STILL INFLUENCE THE WEATHER OVER
THE SE/E COAST OF THE U.S. IT APPEARS THAT NO LARGE AREAS OF
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST.
...PARTS OF NRN FL / GA / SC / NC...
WITH TEMPS WARMING INTO THE 90S/LOW 100S...BRIEF SPELLS OF NEAR
CRITICAL RH MAY OCCUR IN LOCALIZED AREAS DURING PEAK HEATING AND
AWAY FROM THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...WINDS SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN
LIGHT AWAY FROM ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP...PRECLUDING A CRITICAL
AREA.
..SMITH.. 06/09/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 090848
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0348 AM CDT MON JUN 09 2008
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR LARGE PART OF THE SWRN U.S....
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CENTRAL VALLEYS OF CA...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE SEWD INTO THE NWRN CONUS
REGION DURING THE DAY 2 PERIOD. WEAK UPPER RIDGING WILL OCCUR
DOWNSTREAM OF THIS FEATURE...AND AN UPPER TROUGH WILL EXIT OVER THE
NERN QUARTER OF THE U.S. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE SWD OVER THE WEST WITH A SURFACE LOW AND SUBSEQUENT
STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - LARGE PART OF THE SWRN U.S....
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / DROUGHT
LATEST DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE SUGGESTS STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP IN
RESPONSE TO A STRENGTHENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED
WITH SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS AND STRENGTHENING FLOW FIELDS ALOFT.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW STEEP LAPSE RATES...WHICH WILL ENABLE DEEP
MIXING AND PROMOTE RH TO LIKELY FALL INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS. ATTM...MODEL CONSENSUS/ENSEMBLES DENOTE RH MEETING CRITICAL
THRESHOLDS AND PROBABLE SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS IN THE 20-25 MPH RANGE
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. REFINEMENTS WHERE CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE
FORECAST TO OCCUR MAY BE NEEDED IN LATER OUTLOOKS...ESPECIALLY IN
THE HIGH PLAINS IF IT BECOMES MORE APPARENT A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
THREAT EXISTS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CENTRAL VALLEYS OF CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / DROUGHT
LATEST THINKING IS CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE PROBABLE ACROSS PARTS OF
THE CENTRAL CA VALLEY REGION. DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE DEPICTS
MODESTLY STRONG NWLY BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEVELOPING. WARM
AFTERNOON TEMPS WILL STEEPEN LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES FURTHER...LIKELY
ENHANCING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG SURFACE WINDS. PER FORECAST
SOUNDINGS...IT APPEARS N-NWLY WINDS MAY BE SUSTAINED 20-25 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS...ESPECIALLY IN FAVORED AREAS. VERY WARM AFTERNOON
TEMPS /WELL INTO THE 80S AND PERHAPS 90S IN SOME LOCATIONS/ WILL
FAVOR MIN RH VALUES TO BE IN THE LOWER TEENS AND UPPER SINGLE DIGITS
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST MODEL ENSEMBLE OUTPUT.
..SMITH.. 06/09/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...