Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 240816
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0316 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SWRN U.S. WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AND
SLIDE EWD AS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH BEGINS MOVING INTO B.C CANADA/PAC
NW. MEANWHILE...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE NRN
PLAINS/UPPER MIDWEST REGION. IN THE SERN U.S...A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL
SHIFT SEWD ACROSS GA/SC/NRN FL WITH RELATIVELY LOW RH BEHIND IT.
...SERN AZ...
A PLUME OF HIGHER MOISTURE ALREADY PRESENT ACROSS NRN MEXICO WILL
PROBABLY REMAIN QUASI-STATIONARY THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...IT
APPEARS THAT SOME OF THIS MOISTURE MAY BE IN THE VICINITY OF SERN AZ
TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. 00Z/24 TUS RAOB AND LATEST MODEL
SOUNDINGS DENOTE INVERTED-V PROFILES...SUGGESTING SOME POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED DRY T-STORM COVERAGE. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE ANTICIPATED
ISOLATED NATURE OF THE THREAT /WITHOUT A STRONGER MOISTURE SURGE/ IT
SEEMS A CRITICAL DESIGNATION IS NOT WARRANTED ATTM.
...PARTS OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES/ERN GRT BASIN...
ISOLATED DRY T-STORM POTENTIAL ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRAILING SWRN
FRINGE OF THE NRN PLAINS SYSTEM WILL SHIFT EWD OVER THE ROCKIES.
MORNING WV IMAGERY SUGGESTS A POSSIBLE WEAK UPPER WAVE MOVING ACROSS
SRN CA. THIS FEATURE WILL LIKELY MOVE EWD TOWARDS THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION POSSIBLY AIDING IN DRY T-STORM POTENTIAL. RELATIVELY
ISOLATED NATURE/WEAK FOCUS LEADS TOWARDS A DIMINISHED THREAT AND
PRECLUDING A CRITICAL ISSUANCE.
...CA/WRN GREAT BASIN...
ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS/LOW RH /AOB 15 PERCENT/ ACROSS A LARGE PART OF
THE GRT BASIN/CA WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS AOB 15 MPH /TERRAIN
ASSOCIATED GUSTS HIGHER/ SHOULD LIMIT THE OVERALL THREAT. DESPITE
WEAK FLOW OVER SRN CA...LOCALIZED PERIODIC MODERATE TO STRONG
TERRAIN-DRIVEN NLY WINDS ACROSS FAVORED TERRAIN AREAS MAY ENHANCE AN
OTHERWISE RELATIVELY LIMITED FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
...GA/NRN FL...
A BOUNDARY SHOULD SAG SEWD ACROSS THE REGION WITH GENERALLY LIGHT
NLY WINDS USHERING IN LOW RH READINGS /25-30 PERCENT/.
..SMITH.. 06/24/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 240931
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0431 AM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A FLAT ZONAL UPPER LEVEL RIDGE REGIME SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOSTLY
INFLUENCE THE LOWER 48 WEATHER PATTERN FOR DAY 2. A SERIES OF LOW
AMPLITUDE UPPER IMPULSES WILL TRAVERSE THE NRN STATES WITH A
STRONGER UPPER WAVE BEGINNING TO INFLUENCE THE PACIFIC NW REGION.
...SERN AZ/SWRN NM/S-CENTRAL ROCKIES REGION/...
ISOLATED DRY T-STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE REGION ACCORDING
TO THE LATEST SREF GUIDANCE. THERE IS SOME DIFFERENCE ON THE
MAGNITUDE OF MID-LEVEL MOISTENING /INFERRED ASCENT/ DEPICTED AMONGST
THE DETERMINISTIC MODELS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SERN AZ/SWRN NM.
DESPITE THIS DISPARITY...IT APPEARS THAT ISOLATED DRY T-STORMS WILL
PROBABLY OCCUR. HOT TEMPS/LOW RH SHOULD BE TEMPERED BY WEAK
WINDS...EXCEPT AROUND T-STORMS WHERE ENHANCED ERRATIC WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE. UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WHERE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF DRY
T-STORMS WILL OCCUR...AND POTENTIAL AREA/S WILL BE REFERRED TO LATER
UPDATES.
...NRN CA/NRN GREAT BASIN...
DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE PROGS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE PAC
NW REGION FOR WEDNESDAY. LATEST SREF GUIDANCE CURRENTLY SUGGESTS
ISOLATED T-STORM COVERAGE IN ADVANCE OF THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED
UPPER FEATURE. SOME FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW AN INVERTED-V SOUNDING
STRUCTURE...SUGGESTING SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY/MID-LEVEL MOISTURE MAY
EXIST ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. AMBIENT DRY LOW LEVEL
ENVIRONMENT /HOT TEMPS-LOW BOUNDARY LAYER RH/...MAY POTENTIALLY LEAD
TO A CRITICAL DRY T-STORM AREA WHEN COMBINED WITH CONVECTIVE
POTENTIAL. ATTM...IT APPEARS THE GREATEST THREAT AREA MAY BE IN
PARTS OF NERN CA.
..SMITH.. 06/24/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...