Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 220823
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0323 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
VIGOROUS UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER SRN SASKATCHEWAN/ERN MT
WILL PROGRESS E THEN NEWD TOWARDS NWRN ONTARIO THROUGH EARLY SAT. A
COLD FRONT WILL PUSH E/SEWD FROM THE NRN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER MS
RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE CNTRL PLAINS. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS THE
NRN HIGH PLAINS...ALBEIT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY COLDER TEMPERATURES AND
MODERATE RH. LOW RH WILL BE PREVALENT ACROSS THE CNTRL/SRN GREAT
BASIN...FOUR CORNERS...AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST. HOWEVER...PRESENCE OF
MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL HELP MINIMIZE WIND SPEEDS IN THESE AREAS.
..GRAMS.. 08/22/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 220924
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0424 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008
VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING WILL BUILD ACROSS THE NWRN CONUS/SWRN CANADA AS
AN UPSTREAM TROUGH AMPLIFIES OVER THE NERN PACIFIC. A WEAK
UPPER-LEVEL IMPULSE OFF THE CA COAST SHOULD UNDERCUT RIDGE AXIS AS
IT ENCROACHES UPON THE WRN GREAT BASIN.
...NRN/CNTRL NV AND NRN UT...
WEAK ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL IMPULSE MAY
ENHANCE CU/POSSIBLE CB DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE ERN SLOPES OF THE
SIERRAS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CNTRL GREAT BASIN SAT
AFTERNOON. NAMKF/GFS FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST RELATIVELY WARM
MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL LIMIT EFFECTIVE CAPE TO AOB 200
J/KG...AND POTENTIAL FOR CHARGE SEPARATION. NEVERTHELESS...IF A TSTM
CAN DEVELOP...DEEPLY-MIXED INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WOULD
BE FAVORABLE FOR DRY LIGHTNING. EVEN SO...OVERALL TSTM PROBABILITIES
APPEAR TOO LOW /AOB 10 PERCENT/ TO WARRANT CONSIDERATION OF A
CRITICAL AREA ATTM.
..GRAMS.. 08/22/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...