Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 050734
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0234 AM CDT TUE AUG 05 2008
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE WRN STATES...AND WILL EXTEND EWD
ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO THE SE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES. MONSOONAL
MOISTURE WILL SPREAD NWD INTO THE GREAT BASIN...WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS STATES. TO THE E...AN
UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE SEWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WITH
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A COLD FRONT. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL FORM
ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC...WITH VERY WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND
LOW HUMIDITY.
...N CNTRL CA...
A FEW MODELS INDICATE SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MAKE ITS WAY NWD
TO NEAR THE BAY AREA INTO THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. ENOUGH INSTABILITY
MAY BE PRESENT BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON FOR AN ISOLATED DRY
THUNDERSTORM...WITH THE HIGHEST THREAT BEING OVER THE SRN SIERRA. IT
WILL REMAIN VERY HOT AND DRY IN THE LOW LEVELS...THUS IF ISOLATED
STRIKES DO OCCUR...THEY COULD EASILY START A FIRE.
HOWEVER...COVERAGE OF ANY LIGHTNING SHOULD REMAIN QUITE LOW.
..JEWELL.. 08/05/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 050735
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0235 AM CDT TUE AUG 05 2008
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NRN CA...SRN OREGON...NWRN NV...
...SYNOPSIS...
MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NWD BENEATH THE UPPER
RIDGE OVER THE WRN STATES...WITH HOT WEATHER EXTENDING EWD ACROSS
THE PLAINS AND DEEP SOUTH. A WEAK DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL HELP TOUCH
OFF A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS OVER NRN CA AND SRN
OREGON...WHICH COULD RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS. TO THE E...WNWLY
FLOW ALOFT WILL HELP PUSH COOLER AND DRIER AIR ACROSS THE MID WEST
AND OH VALLEY REGION. THE NWLY FLOW WILL RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS FOR
THE MID ATLANTIC...ALONG WITH AREAS OF LOW HUMIDITY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - NRN CA...SRN OREGON...NWRN NV...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES...SOME DRY...AFTER A
HOT AND DRY PERIOD
SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
NV...NRN CA...AND SRN OREGON WED AFTERNOON AS MONSOONAL MOISTURE
SPREADS NWD AROUND THE W EDGE OF THE RIDGE...AND A WEAK UPPER
DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH MOISTURE
LEVELS WILL FAVOR RAIN WITH THESE STORMS...ESPECIALLY OVER NRN CA
AND OREGON...NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AFTER AN EXTENDED HOT AND
DRY PERIOD MAY RESULT IN NEW FIRE STARTS.
...SERN VA INTO NRN NC...
RELATIVELY LITTLE PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
WEEKS...ALONG WITH WARM TEMPERATURES. ON WED...A WNWLY FLOW WILL
BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER...BUT ALSO DRY AIR OFF THE APPALACHIANS BEHIND
A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR...BUT SPEEDS
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED 15 MPH. NONETHELESS...AREAS OF DRY FUELS
COUPLED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH MAY YIELD AN
ELEVATED FIRE THREAT WED AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 08/05/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...