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FNUS21 KWNS 190623
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0123 AM CDT THU JUN 19 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
AND FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN
THE 80S AND LOWER 90S WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DROP INTO
THE UPPER TEENS AND 20S INLAND...AND LOWER 30S IN AREAS CLOSER TO
THE COAST AWAY FROM SEA BREEZE INFLUENCE. 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. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL HAVE
LITTLE RECOVERY OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CA/AZ/NM AND SRN NV/UT.
..HURLBUT.. 06/19/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 190646
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0146 AM CDT THU JUN 19 2008
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
IN THE EAST...THE UPPER TROUGH WILL DOMINATE WHILE THE SERN STATES
WILL EXPERIENCE ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICALLY LOW RHS IN A PREDOMINANT
NWLY/WLY FLOW.
IN THE WEST...THE LOW SITUATED OFFSHORE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL
BEGIN TO DEEPEN AND MOVE ONSHORE AS A JET AXIS DIGS INTO THE
BACKSIDE OF THE TROUGH. THIS WILL BEGIN A BREAKDOWN OF THE RIDGE
OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...AND ALLOW FOR SWLY WINDS TO OVERSPREAD
NRN CA/NV AND OR/WA/ID.
...INLAND NC/SC/GA/AL/NRN FL...
PREDOMINANT NWLY/WLY FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR THE DRIER AIR MASS TO
PERSIST FOR ONE MORE DAY. TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND LOWER 90S WILL
ALLOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER
20S...WHILE CLOSER TO THE COAST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR 30 TO 35
WILL BE LIKELY. DESPITE LIGHT WINDS...LACK OF RECENT RAINFALL AND
DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST WILL
ENHANCE THE FIRE THREAT.
...PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...
THE LOW OFFSHORE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO SHIFT
ONSHORE...OVERSPREADING SWLY WINDS ACROSS A LARGE AREA. ALTHOUGH
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT MARGINAL...STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE
RATES AND DEEP MIXING WILL PROMOTE GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ON THE
ERN SLOPES OF THE CASCADES. TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S TO 90S WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS WILL BE COMMON.
...SWRN STATES...
HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNDER AN UPPER RIDGE. STRONG
HEATING AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 115 F
WILL ENHANCE FIRE THREAT IN RAIN PARCHED AREAS DESPITE LIGHT WINDS.
..HURLBUT.. 06/19/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...