Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 270655
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0155 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER LOW INVOF THE GULF OF ALASKA WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN
NEARLY STATIONARY...ALTHOUGH ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH ROTATING
AROUND THE MAIN LOW WILL HELP TO REINFORCE THE TROUGH AXIS ALONG THE
PACIFIC NW COAST. SWLY FLOW WILL REMAIN STRONGEST ACROSS NRN
CA...WA/OR...NWRN NV...AND WRN ID. STRONGER SUSTAINED SPEEDS WILL
REMAIN CONFINED TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHILE LOWER VALLEYS WILL NOT
REACH CRITICAL THRESHOLDS...ALTHOUGH GUSTS NEAR 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
MEANWHILE...THE OVERALL PATTERN WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY
UNCHANGED...WITH THE UPPER RIDGE HOLDING STEADY FROM THE SRN PLAINS
WWD. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF
THE WRN STATES. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
AND THE ERN GREAT BASIN...WHERE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DOLLY WILL
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE MOISTURE FOR WET THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM
IN THE AFTERNOON.
...NRN CA/NWRN NV...
AREAS ACROSS NRN CA/NWRN NV WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN VERY DRY TODAY
AS INDICATED BY 00Z SOUNDING DATA...CURRENT OBSERVATIONS...AND DRY
SLOT ON WV IMAGERY. HOT CONDITIONS BY AFTERNOON IN COMBINATION WITH
ANTECEDENT DRY CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO DROP
INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS AS TEMPERATURES REACH INTO THE
UPPER 80S AND 90S. DEEP MIXING WILL ALLOW FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO
NEAR 30 MPH. ALTHOUGH SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
SOMEWHAT MARGINAL OVER MOST AREAS...STRONGER SPEEDS WILL BE LIKELY
AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
...SRN CA...
UPPER LOW OBSERVED ON WV IMAGERY OFFSHORE OF SRN CA WILL LIKELY
INDUCE THUNDERSTORMS IN UPSLOPE REGIONS OF SRN CA ONCE AGAIN. GIVEN
LACK OF GREATER MID LEVEL MOISTURE OBSERVED ON WV IMAGERY...EXPECT
THUNDERSTORMS TO BE MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE.
..HURLBUT.. 07/27/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 270725
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0225 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008
VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
SIMILAR TO DAY 1...THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY NEAR THE GULF OF ALASKA...WITH SEVERAL SHORT WAVES
REINFORCING THE TROUGH AXIS ALONG THE PACIFIC NW COAST. SWLY WINDS
WILL REMAIN STRONGEST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PACIFIC NW...WITH THE
DRIEST CONDITIONS OVER NRN CA/NWRN NV. GUSTY WINDS NEAR 20 TO 30 MPH
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH IN GENERAL STRONGER
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
UPPER RIDGING WILL ALLOW FOR HOT CONDITIONS IN THE SWRN
STATES...WHILE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE DOLLY AND MONSOONAL MOISTURE
LEAD TO WET THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND THE ERN
GREAT BASIN BY AFTERNOON. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT THE WEAK
UPPER LOW OFFSHORE OF SRN CA WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY...WHICH MAY BE SUPPORTIVE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT IN UPSLOPE REGIONS OF SRN CA AGAIN.
..HURLBUT.. 07/27/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...