Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 150756
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0256 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008
VALID 151200Z - 161200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
SEASONABLY STRONG WLY FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NRN STATES
WITH A SERIES OF LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGHS AFFECTING THE NRN
HIGH PLAINS AND PACIFIC NW. AT THE LOWER LEVELS...IT APPEARS THAT A
SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE EWD OVER THE PACIFIC NW. A STRENGTHENING
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE COLUMBIA BASIN WILL LEAD TO
BREEZY CONDITIONS. IT SEEMS THAT LOW RH WILL PROBABLY OCCUR
TOO...SUPPORTING A LIMITED FIRE WEATHER THREAT TUESDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING OVER PARTS OF ERN OREGON/WASHINGTON. FURTHER
S...MONSOONAL MOISTURE OVER THE SWRN U.S. SHOULD PROVIDE CONTINUED
CHANCES FOR AN ISOLATED INITIALLY DRY TSTM OR TWO ALONG THE NRN
MOISTURE PERIPHERY...BUT IT APPEARS A DECREASING TREND IN COVERAGE
MAY OCCUR RESULTING IN A SUBDUED THREAT AND NO FURTHER MENTION OF
THIS AREA FOR THE TIME BEING.
...ERN WASHINGTON/NERN OREGON...
MORNING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED AN UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE
PAC NW/SRN BC. STRONGER FLOW FIELDS ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
DISTURBANCE WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA. A STRENGTHENING SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN SURFACE WINDS INCREASING ON
TUESDAY. LATEST 00Z MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS WLY SURFACE WINDS MAY
APPROACH 20 MPH /HIGHER GUSTS/...ESPECIALLY AFTER PASSAGE OF A
SURFACE TROUGH. SEASONABLY WARM TEMPS AND LOW RH /NEAR 15 PERCENT
PER MODEL SOUNDINGS/ FOR SEVERAL HOURS...MAY RESULT IN AN ENHANCED
FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...SNAKE RIVER VALLEY...
LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES MODESTLY STRONG SUSTAINED SWLY
SURFACE WINDS /15-20 MPH/ MAY OCCUR AHEAD OF THE SURFACE PRESSURE
TROUGH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE SWITCHING TO WLY IN THE
EVENING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND
MODEL CONSENSUS SUGGESTS MIN RH MAY REACH 15-20 PERCENT. EXPECTING
ATTM A LIMITED FIRE WEATHER THREAT /LOW PROBABILITY OF LOWER MIN RH
AND STRONGER WINDS/...PRECLUDING A CRITICAL ISSUANCE.
..SMITH.. 07/15/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 150854
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0354 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2008
VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER IMPULSES WILL LIKELY
TRAVERSE THE PACIFIC NW/NRN ROCKIES REGION WEDNESDAY. AS A
RESULT...SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE
OVERSPREADING THE AFOREMENTIONED REGION. A FLAT SUB-TROPICAL UPPER
RIDGE SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS PARTS OF THE SRN/SWRN U.S. AT THE
SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SEWD OVER THE NRN
ROCKIES-NRN HIGH PLAINS REGION. SOME GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH MAY
OCCUR IN PARTS OF THE NRN ROCKIES/PACIFIC NW --UPPER SNAKE RIVER
PLAIN /MIN RH NEAR 15 PERCENT/-- AS SUGGESTED BY MODEL GUIDANCE. A
CHANCE FOR TSTMS WILL EXIST OVER THE SIERRAS BUT 03Z/15 SREF
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS ONLY ISOLATED COVERAGE. IN SUMMARY...IT APPEARS
ATTM THAT NO LARGE AREAS OF POTENTIALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL EXIST WEDNESDAY.
..SMITH.. 07/15/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...