Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 280820
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0320 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008
VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AS A LONGWAVE TROUGH CONTINUES TO PIVOT OFF THE COAST OF BRITISH
COLUMBIA...MODEST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN PREVALENT
ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN STATES DOWNSTREAM OF AN UPPER LOW
GRADUALLY SPREADING EASTWARD TOWARD THE NORTHERN CA COAST. HOT/DRY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN STATES...WITH
MAINLY TERRAIN/LOCALLY-DRIVEN WIND REGIMES DOMINANT.
ELSEWHERE...GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WESTERN OK/NORTH TX THIS AFTERNOON...WHERE AROUND 100-DEGREE
TEMPERATURES AND THE GUSTY WINDS/LACK OF RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO A
SOMEWHAT HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER.
...NORTHEAST CA AND FAR WESTERN/NORTHWEST NV...
DEEP MIXING AND A MODERATE BELT OF WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL
SUPPORT GUSTY WINDS ON THE BROAD SCALE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST CA/FAR WESTERN NV. ALONG WITH THE FAVORABLE
MIXING AND GUSTY WIND POTENTIAL...HOT TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW
SINGLE-DIGIT AFTERNOON RH VALUES MAY SUPPORT NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE
CONDITIONS.
..GUYER.. 07/28/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 280857
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0357 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE BROADER LONGWAVE TROUGH CENTERED OFF THE
COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA...A LEADING SHORTWAVE TROUGH/MID LEVEL JET
AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO SPREAD EAST-NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION ON
TUESDAY. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST NEAR-CRITICAL
FIRE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN WEST/NORTHERN
GREAT BASIN. OTHERWISE...VERY HOT AROUND 100-DEGREE TEMPERATURES AND
GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A HEIGHTENED FIRE
DANGER ACROSS PORTIONS OK/NORTH TX.
...NORTHEAST CA/EASTERN ORE AND MUCH OF NV INTO ID AND THE WESTERN
PORTIONS OF MT/WY/UT...
OWING TO THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND STRENGTHENING
SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT...A BROAD CORRIDOR OF POTENTIALLY/MARGINALLY
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE GREAT
BASIN/NORTHERN INTERMOUNTAIN REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. ALONG
WITH VERY WARM TEMPERATURES/LOW RH...BROAD SCALE GUSTY WINDS OF
15-30 MPH WILL FAVOR A HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER. IN
ADDITION...ISOLATED MAINLY DRY TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON/EVENING FROM PORTIONS OF EASTERN NV/UT TO THE NORTHERN
GREAT DIVIDE REGION OF EASTERN ID/WESTERN MT/WESTERN WY...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS AND GUSTY DOWNDRAFT WINDS.
..GUYER.. 07/28/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...