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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 120900
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0400 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR N-CNTRL NM...FAR S-CNTRL CO...
...SYNOPSIS...
DEEP UPPER-LEVEL LOW EMBEDDED WITHIN LARGER-SCALE TROUGH WILL
PROGRESS SLOWLY NEWD FROM THE FAR NRN HIGH PLAINS INTO SRN MANITOBA
THROUGH EARLY FRI. BELT OF STRONGER MID-LEVEL WLYS WILL STRETCH
AROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AXIS FROM THE FOUR CORNERS THROUGH THE
UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. WEAK LEE SURFACE LOW WILL
REMAIN CENTERED ACROSS THE SRN HIGH PLAINS WITH A QUASI-STATIONARY
FRONT DRAPED NEWD TOWARDS THE LOWER MO RIVER VALLEY. FARTHER
WEST...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE NRN/ERN GREAT
BASIN.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - N-CNTRL NM...FAR S-CNTRL CO...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / LONG-TERM DRYNESS
ALTHOUGH LOW-LEVEL MASS FIELDS WILL NOT BE AS CONDUCIVE FOR
WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE WINDS AS OCCURRED ON WED...PERSISTENCE OF 500
MB WLYS AOA 60 MPH SHOULD RESULT IN STRONG WINDS AT PEAK HEATING.
STEEPENING LAPSE RATES WILL RESULT IN SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS FROM
20 TO 25 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER COMPARED TO WED /GENERALLY
IN THE 70S TO MIDDLE 80S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS/. HOWEVER...RH VALUES
WILL STILL BECOME CRITICALLY LOW FALLING TO BETWEEN 6 AND 12
PERCENT.
...NRN CA INVOF SACRAMENTO VALLEY...
RECENT MESONET OBSERVATIONS INDICATE AREAS OF GUSTY WINDS AND POOR
RH RECOVERY PERSISTING ALONG THE ERN SLOPES OF THE COASTAL RANGES
AND WRN SLOPES OF THE NRN SIERRAS THIS MORNING. OVERALL KINEMATIC
SUPPORT WILL CONTINUE TO WANE AS MID-LEVEL JET AXIS SHIFTS EWD...AND
AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN AND THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS. AS A RESULT...SUSTAINED WINDS AOA 20 MPH
SHOULD BECOME INCREASINGLY LOCALIZED AND OF SHORTER DURATION THAN IN
PREVIOUS DAYS. RH VALUES WILL NEVERTHELESS REMAIN LOW WITH LONG
DURATIONS AOB 15 PERCENT AND POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.
..GRAMS.. 06/12/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 120933
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0433 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2008
VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
DEEP UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER SRN MANITOBA WILL CONTINUE A SLOW NEWD
PROGRESSION INTO NWRN ONTARIO THROUGH EARLY SAT...AS AN UPSTREAM
SHORT WAVE TROUGH DIGS ACROSS SWRN CANADA. MID-LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL
BEGIN TO SLOWLY RISE OVER THE SWRN CONUS RESULTING IN WARMER SURFACE
TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH VALUES. MODEST KINEMATIC FIELDS SHOULD
MITIGATE ANY CRITICAL THREAT IN THIS REGION.
..GRAMS.. 06/12/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...