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FNUS21 KWNS 180842
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0342 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2008
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CNTRL AND ERN WA/OR...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD...BRINGING CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH DRY THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL TO PORTIONS OF
WASHINGTON AND OREGON. ELSEWHERE IN THE CONUS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO NORTHWEST
TEXAS...WITH RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FROM NEW MEXICO INTO
THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS. IN NEW ENGLAND...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL ALSO BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO THAT REGION...AND AS IN PREVIOUS
DAYS...A STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL HELP PROVIDE A
TRIGGER FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THERE. FINALLY...TROPICAL STORM
FAY WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF FLORIDA WITH HEAVY RAINS BEGINNING
TO IMPACT THE AREA.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CNTRL AND ERN WA/OR...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS
A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION AND
PROVIDE AMPLE LIFT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ON MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CASCADES.
LATEST 00Z NAM FORECASTS A 50 TO 60 KT JET TO MOVE OVER OREGON AND
INTO WASHINGTON BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND THE VERTICAL MOTION
ASSOCIATED WITH THE JET COUPLED WITH AN AMPLE SOUTHWESTERLY MOISTURE
FETCH INTO THE LOW AND MID-LEVELS WILL HELP TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT
FOR THUNDERSTORMS. GIVEN THE HIGH SURFACE TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT
SPREADS /LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 5 TO 15 PERCENT/...SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL AND THEREFORE DRY
THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST...WITH LIGHTNING-IGNITED FIRES POSSIBLE.
SOME STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS.
..LEVIT.. 08/18/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 180855
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0355 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2008
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CNTRL AND SRN ID...NRN NV...SE
OR...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE CONUS WILL CHANGE LITTLE FROM MONDAY
TO TUESDAY...WITH A TROUGH IMPACTING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND
ANOTHER IMPACTING NEW ENGLAND. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
THE FORM OF SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF
IDAHO...NEVADA...AND OREGON. IN THE SOUTH...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL
CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH RAINFALL AND
THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVES EASTWARD OVER OKLAHOMA THROUGH THE
FORECAST PERIOD. OVER FLORIDA...HEAVY RAIN IS FORECAST FROM THE
IMPACTS OF TROPICAL STORM FAY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CNTRL AND SRN ID...NRN NV...SE OR...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS
SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST OVER PORTIONS OF
IDAHO...NEVADA...AND OREGON ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN
WEST...A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL ROTATE AROUND THE BASIN
AND INTO THE REGION PROVIDING ADEQUATE VERTICAL MOTION FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SURFACE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HOT
AND FAIRLY DRY...AND AS IN THE DAY 1 FORECAST...TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT
SPREADS ARE FORECAST TO BE HIGH...PROVIDING CONDITIONS FOR SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL.
..LEVIT.. 08/18/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...