Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 180817
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0317 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER RIDGE IN THE WEST WILL FLATTEN SOMEWHAT BUT REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY OVER THE NRN GREAT BASIN...CONTINUING VERY WARM AND DRY
WEATHER ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF CA EWD INTO THE GREAT BASIN AND
THE FOUR CORNERS STATES.
IN THE EAST...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN...ALTHOUGH A DRY NWLY FLOW
BEHIND A COLD FRONT AND BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE TO THE WEST WILL LEAD
TO MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SERN STATES.
...INLAND NC/SC/GA/AL/FL PANHANDLE...
MUCH DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOLLOWING A COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE AND IN A PREDOMINANT NWLY/WLY FLOW. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
IN THE 80S AND LOWER 90S WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DROP INTO
THE 20S INLAND...AND LOWER 30S IN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST.
ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...A LARGE PORTION OF THE SEE TEXT AREA
REMAINS DRY WITH RECENT LACK OF RAINFALL...WHICH WILL HEIGHTEN THE
FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...CA/NV/UT/AZ/WRN CO/NM...
VERY HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE...WITH A
HIGH HAINES INDEX DURING THE AFTERNOON. MIN RH IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
TO LOWER TEENS WILL BE COMMON. DUE TO STRONG INSTABILITY...LOCALLY
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT SUSTAINED
WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. STILL...THE HOT AND DRY
WEATHER WILL FAVOR AFTERNOON FIRE GROWTH WITH ANY ONGOING FIRES.
..HURLBUT.. 06/18/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 180641
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0141 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE OVERALL PATTERN WILL REMAIN MOSTLY UNCHANGED. AN UPPER TROUGH
WILL DOMINATE THE EAST WHILE DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN THE SERN
STATES IN A PREDOMINANT NWLY/WLY FLOW.
A FLATTENED RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE NRN GREAT BASIN...WHILE HOT
AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF CA EWD INTO THE GREAT
BASIN AND THE FOUR CORNERS STATES.
MEANWHILE...A LOW SEEN ON SATELLITE OFFSHORE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO DEEPEN AND SAG SOUTHWARD...SETTING UP FOR A
BREAKDOWN OF THE RIDGE IN THE PACIFIC NW.
...INLAND NC/SC/SRN GA/AL/INLAND FL PANHANDLE...
DRIER AIR WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA IN A PREDOMINANT NWLY/WLY FLOW.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND LOWER 90S WILL ALLOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES TO DROP INTO THE 20S INLAND...AND LOWER 30S IN AREAS
CLOSER TO THE COAST. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...A LARGE PORTION
OF THE SEE TEXT AREA REMAINS DRY WITH RECENT LACK OF
RAINFALL...WHICH WILL HEIGHTEN THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...CA/NV/UT/AZ/WRN CO/NM...
VERY HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST UNDER THE UPPER RIDGE...WITH A
HIGH HAINES INDEX DURING THE AFTERNOON. MIN RH IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
TO LOWER TEENS WILL BE COMMON ONCE AGAIN. DUE TO STRONG
INSTABILITY...LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE LIKELY DURING THE
AFTERNOON...BUT SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL
THRESHOLDS. STILL...THE HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL FAVOR AFTERNOON
FIRE GROWTH WITH ANY ONGOING FIRES.
..HURLBUT.. 06/18/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...