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FNUS21 KWNS 080802
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0302 AM CDT FRI AUG 08 2008
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CNTRL AND ERN OR...WRN AND SWRN
ID...NERN NV...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE CNTRL AND WRN STATES WITH AMPLE
MONSOONAL MOISTURE BENEATH IT FOR AFTERNOON STORMS OVER THE ROCKIES.
AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NW WILL BREAK DOWN THE RIDGE WITH A
MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS FOR OR AND ID. SWLY WINDS WITH THIS
TROUGH WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE FIRE THREAT OVER NRN CA...SRN OR AND
NWRN NV WHERE NUMEROUS LIGHTING STRIKES OCCURRED RECENTLY.
ELSEWHERE...A LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE ERN
STATES...WITH DRY HIGH PRESSURE SPREADING SEWD ACROSS THE MIDWEST
INTO THE MID ATLANTIC. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND A DRY AIR MASS WILL
PREVAIL OVER VA AND NC WHERE IT HAS BEEN DRY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CNTRL AND ERN OR...WRN AND SWRN
ID...NERN NV...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SCATTERED LIGHTNING STRIKES AND DRY
FUELS...INCREASED WINDS
ISOLATED STORMS MAY BE ONGOING ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING
WITH AMPLE MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND AN UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING. SWLY
WINDS WILL SHUNT MOISTURE NEWD THIS AFTERNOON...WITH STORMS LIKELY
ALONG AND E OF A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM NERN OREGON INTO ID AND
WRN MT. WHILE MANY STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...DRY STORMS WILL
ALSO BE LIKELY ESPECIALLY ERN OR INTO SWRN ID WHERE THE HOTTEST AIR
WILL RESIDE.
...NRN CA...NWRN NV...SRN OREGON...
AN UPPER JET ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OVERHEAD
TODAY...AND WILL CREATE LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS.SUSTAINED SWLY
WINDS NEAR 20 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SPEEDS IN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE A BIT MARGINAL...FROM
15-20 PERCENT IN GENERAL. ALTHOUGH A MARGINAL WIND/RH COMBO...THE
DRYING AND INCREASED WINDS MAY YIELD NEW FIRES IN AREAS THAT
RECEIVED LIGHTNING RECENTLY.
...SERN VA...NERN NC...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA BEHIND A WEAK LOW PRESSURE
TROUGH. NWLY WINDS OF 10-15 MPH WILL RESULT IN RH DROPPING INTO THE
20 AND 30 PERCENT RANGE WITH TEMPERATURES OF 85-90 F. PORTIONS OF
SERN VA AND NERN NC HAVE RECEIVED LITTLE PRECIPITATION OVER THE LAST
FEW WEEKS...THUS...A MARGINAL FIRE THREAT MAY EXIST THIS AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 08/08/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 080806
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0306 AM CDT FRI AUG 08 2008
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES WILL WEAKEN A BIT WITH A STRONG
UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NW AND A LONGWAVE TROUGH CENTERED OVER
THE GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND. PERSISTENT SWLY FLOW WILL PUSH
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL FARTHER E INTO WRN MT AND ERN ID...WHERE
MOSTLY WET STORMS ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH WILL
OCCUR OVER SERN OR...ID...CA AND NV. ELSEWHERE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL
EXTEND FROM THE MS RIVER EWD TO THE MID ATLANTIC...WITH GENERALLY
DRY CONDITIONS THERE.
...CA...SERN OR...SRN ID...NV...
A LARGE AREA OF MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED AS
RH LOWERS TO 10-15 PERCENT WITH THE UPPER TROUGH LIFTING TO THE N.
SWLY WINDS NEAR 15 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SPEEDS WILL BE COMMON
ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON WHEN MIXING IS MAXIMIZED. A
GENERALLY MDT HAINES INDEX...COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY WINDS MAY
ENHANCE FIRE GROWTH.
..JEWELL.. 08/08/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...