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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 100905
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0405 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN GREAT BASIN TO PORTIONS OF THE
CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CNTRL VALLEYS OF CA...
...SYNOPSIS...
POTENT UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE PACIFIC NW WILL SHIFT
EWD ACROSS THE NRN/CNTRL ROCKIES THROUGH EARLY WED. INTENSE BELT OF
MID-LEVEL WLYS WILL SPREAD SWD REACHING NRN CA TO CNTRL NV/NRN UT BY
LATE AFTERNOON. AT THE SURFACE...LEE LOW WILL BECOME CENTERED OVER
THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS WITH A COLD FRONT STRETCHING W/SWWD THROUGH
CNTRL UT INTO SRN NV BY 11/00Z. A DRY LINE WILL BE DRAPED SWD FROM
THE LEE CYCLONE...ACROSS THE CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN GREAT BASIN TO PORTIONS OF THE
CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / LONG-TERM DRYNESS
A SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER AFTERNOON IS ANTICIPATED WITH A
WIDESPREAD CRITICAL THREAT...AND LOCALLY EXTREME CONDITIONS IN NRN
AZ/SRN UT. LOW/MID-LEVEL W/SWLYS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY IN
ADVANCE OF APPROACHING SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...TO THE
WEST OF A HIGH PLAINS DRY LINE. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS FROM 20 TO
30 MPH WILL BE COMMON BY PEAK HEATING WITH LOCALIZED SPEEDS
APPROACHING 40 MPH...MOST LIKELY ACROSS SRN UT/NRN AZ. AS
TEMPERATURES WARM WITHIN A DRY AIR MASS /CHARACTERIZED BY GPS PW
VALUES AROUND 0.25 IN/...RH VALUES WILL PLUMMET TO AROUND 5 TO 12
PERCENT.
THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT DURING THE EVENING/OVERNIGHT WILL
BRING SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ACROSS UT/CO. GUSTY NLYS
WILL CONTINUE FARTHER W ACROSS SRN NV/SERN CA WITH RATHER POOR RH
RECOVERY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CNTRL VALLEYS OF CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / MODERATE DROUGHT
RECENT VAD PROFILERS DEPICT 20-25 KT NLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW IN THE WAKE
OF A COLD FRONT PASSAGE ACROSS THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. THIS SHOULD
GRADUALLY INCREASE AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH TODAY OWING TO A TIGHT
PRESSURE GRADIENT. A LONG DURATION OF SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS OF 20
TO 25 MPH APPEARS LIKELY. THIS WILL BECOME COUPLED WITH RH VALUES
FALLING TO AROUND 8 TO 15 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 80S
TO LOWER 90S.
..GRAMS.. 06/10/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 101005
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0505 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN ROCKIES TO PORTIONS OF THE
CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS...
...SYNOPSIS...
DEEP UPPER-LEVEL LOW INITIALLY CENTERED OVER THE NRN ROCKIES WILL
TRANSLATE SLOWLY EWD ACROSS THE NRN HIGH PLAINS. BELT OF STRONG
MID-LEVEL W/SWLYS /AOA 60 MPH AT 500 MB/ WILL BECOME CENTERED FROM
THE FOUR CORNERS NEWD ACROSS THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS WED AFTERNOON. LEE
CYCLONE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER SERN CO WITH ATTENDANT DRYLINE DRAPED
SWD ACROSS WRN TX.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN ROCKIES TO PORTIONS OF THE
CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / LONG-TERM DRYNESS
A SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER DAY IS EXPECTED ON WED AFTERNOON WITH
WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS/LOW RH ON SRN PERIPHERY OF INTENSE MID-LEVEL
WLYS AND WEST OF HIGH PLAINS DRYLINE. RH VALUES WILL LIKELY FALL TO
BETWEEN 5 TO 12 PERCENT. DEEPLY MIXED THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WILL
SUPPORT SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER SPEEDS POSSIBLE IN NERN NM AND WRN TX/OK PANHANDLES. THIS
REGION WILL BE MONITORED FOR A POTENTIAL UPGRADE TO EXTREME IN THE
NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK.
...SACRAMENTO VALLEY AREA OF N-CNTRL CA...
LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS APPEAR PROBABLE...BUT UNCERTAINTIES
WITH DURATION OF STRONG SURFACE WINDS PRECLUDE A CRITICAL THREAT
ATTM. AT LEAST MODERATE NLY FLOW SHOULD PERSIST ACROSS THE
SACRAMENTO VALLEY WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT...ALBEIT WEAKER
THAN DAY 1. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH APPEAR LIKELY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AS RH VALUES FALL TO BETWEEN 10 TO 15 PERCENT.
..GRAMS.. 06/10/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...