Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 100557
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1257 AM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER LOW BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO SWRN BRITISH COLUMBIA WILL
SLOWLY PROGRESS NEWD TODAY. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE WRN STATES AS UPPER RIDGING SLOWLY BUILDS IN
BEHIND. GIVEN TRAJECTORY OF THE UPPER LOW...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
REMAIN CLOSE TO THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER...WHERE ABOVE NORMAL
MOISTURE AND MARGINAL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL EXIST. FARTHER
W...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS...ALTHOUGH
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS.
HOWEVER...LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF ERN
ID/NRN UT/SWRN MT AND FAR WRN WY IN A POST COLD FRONTAL REGIME.
MEANWHILE AT THE SURFACE...THE COLD FRONTAL PROGRESSION WILL BE
SOMEWHAT SLOW...ALTHOUGH A WIND SHIFT WILL OCCUR IN WRN MT/WY...WITH
GUSTY WINDS FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
IN THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND ERN GREAT BASIN...WET THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT A WIDESPREAD AREA IN THE AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...PORTIONS OF SRN CA/NV...SWRN UT...AND FAR WRN AZ WILL
EXPERIENCE DRIER CONDITIONS IN COMPARISON TO RECENT DAILY ACTIVITY.
...ERN ID/NRN UT/SWRN MT/FAR WRN WY...
WV IMAGERY/GPS PWAT DATA REFLECT MUCH DRIER AIR MOVING NEWD AHEAD OF
THE UPPER TROUGH AND FOLLOWING THE SURFACE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. 00Z
UPSTREAM SOUNDING DATA AT REV/LKN/BOI REFLECT THIS TREND WITH
APPROXIMATELY .40 DROP IN PWAT COMPARED TO 12Z YESTERDAY. DESPITE
COOLER TEMPERATURES FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES...ALREADY IN THE TEENS ACROSS MANY LOWER VALLEYS AT 06Z
THIS MORNING...WILL REMAIN LOW IN THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS MAY
APPROACH 20 MPH...AND MIXING AT PEAK HEATING WILL ALLOW STRONGER
GUSTS TO REACH THE SURFACE. HOWEVER...RECENT RAINFALL WILL TEND TO
HINDER OVERALL FIRE THREAT. FURTHERMORE...INTO NERN UT/WRN WY/WRN
MT...SOME DEGREE OF MOISTURE/INSTABILITY MAY BE SUPPORTIVE OF A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS...INITIALLY WET...BUT DRYING WILL GRADUALLY CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
..HURLBUT.. 08/10/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 100638
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0138 AM CDT SUN AUG 10 2008
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
IN THE WEST...THE UPPER LOW NOW MOVING INTO SWRN BRITISH COLUMBIA
WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS EWD ACROSS ALBERTA INTO SASKATCHEWAN. STRONGER
WINDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED CLOSER
TO THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER...WHERE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE
SOMEWHAT MARGINAL. UPPER RIDGING WILL SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE WEST
FOLLOWING THIS SYSTEM...WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA. IN THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...AREAS WEST WILL
GRADUALLY TRANSITION INTO A DRIER REGIME...AND AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO SRN AZ NEWD THROUGH THE
ROCKIES.
MEANWHILE IN THE EAST...AN UPPER/SFC LOW WILL GRADUALLY MOVE
OFFSHORE...AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS
INLAND AREAS IN THE MID ATLANTIC. HOWEVER...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS...AND WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHT.
...PORTIONS OF ID/WRN WY/WRN MT...
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SOMEWHAT WARMER COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS
DAY...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ONCE AGAIN DROP INTO THE TEENS BY
THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE LOWER VALLEYS. ALTHOUGH SUSTAINED
WINDS APPEAR TO BE MARGINAL...GUSTY WINDS NEAR 25 TO 30 MPH MAY BE
POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. FIRE THREAT WILL ALSO DEPEND ON HOW MUCH
DRYING CAN OCCUR ON DY1 GIVEN RECENT RAINFALL...THEREFORE CRITICAL
AREAS WILL NOT BE OUTLINED AT THIS TIME.
..HURLBUT.. 08/10/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...