Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 020848
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0348 AM CDT WED JUL 02 2008
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL BUILD ACROSS THE WRN STATES WITH WARM AND
MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILING. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE FROM MT SWD
INTO NM WHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR. NUMEROUS STORMS
WITH WETTING RAINS WILL ALSO OCCUR ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL
EXTEND FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES SWWD INTO KS AND INTO ERN CO.
MEANWHILE...A VERY WARM AND DRY AIR MASS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH
PRESSURE WILL INCREASE THE FIRE THREAT FROM GA INTO THE MID
ATLANTIC.
...GA/SC/NC...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY BUT WILL MODIFY...RESULTING
IN WARM AND EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS. CRITICALLY LOW RH VALUES IN
THE 20 PERCENT RANGE WILL BE COMMON WITH SOME LOCATIONS REACHING THE
UPPER TEENS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT DUE TO HIGH PRESSURE CENTER
OVERHEAD WHICH WILL HELP REDUCE THE OVERALL THREAT.
HOWEVER...EXTREME DRYNESS...ALONG WITH ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS
WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE THREAT ESPECIALLY LATE IN THE DAY
WHEN LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE GREATEST.
...ERN UT...WRN CO...NERN AZ...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON UNDER
AN UPPER HIGH. THE BEST CHANCE OF DRY STORMS WILL BE OVER ERN
UT...NERN AZ AND WRN CO WHERE SUB CLOUD RH WILL BE LOW ENOUGH TO
PREVENT SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION. OVERALL COVERAGE OF LIGHTNING
WILL BE LESS THAN YESTERDAY AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE GREAT ENOUGH
TO WARRANT A CRITICAL AREA.
..JEWELL.. 07/02/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 020922
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0422 AM CDT WED JUL 02 2008
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL EXTEND FROM WRN MT SWD INTO THE GREAT
BASIN AND FOUR CORNERS STATES WITH VERY WARM CONDITIONS BENEATH. AN
UPPER TROUGH WILL SLOWLY IMPINGE UPON THE WRN EDGE OF THE UPPER
RIDGE...WITH INCREASING FLOW ALOFT SPREADING OVER NRN CA..WRN NV AND
INTO THE PACIFIC NW...RESULTING IN LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. TO THE E...A
SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SERN CO/NERN NM EWD ACROSS KS/MO
AND INTO THE OH VALLEY WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. JUST SE OF THIS
FRONT...A WARM AND DRY AIR MASS WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE SERN STATES
FROM GA INTO VA.
...WRN STATES...
A THERMAL RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM THE CO RIVER NWD ACROSS NV AND INTO
ERN OR/WRN ID WITH VERY HOT AND DRY WEATHER PREVAILING. IN ADDITION
TO A HIGH HAINES INDEX...SWLY WINDS OF 15-20 MPH WILL BE LIKELY OVER
MUCH OF NV...WRN UT AND NWRN AZ. GIVEN VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS
IN PLACE...THESE WINDS WILL ENHANCE FIRE DANGER DURING THE PEAK
HEATING HOURS.
...GA/SC/NC/VA...
A DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE HIGH WILL
WEAKEN AS WEAK SURFACE TROUGH APPROACHES. THIS TROUGH WILL INCREASE
SWLY WINDS TO 10-15 MPH ESPECIALLY FROM NC INTO VA. THE COMBINATION
OF INCREASED WINDS...DROUGHT...AND VERY LOW RH WILL RESULT IN NEAR
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS.
..JEWELL.. 07/02/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...