Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 230707
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0207 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008
VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE WRN STATES AS A STRONG UPPER
TROUGH LIFTS NEWD ACROSS CNTRL CANADA. GENERALLY HOT AND DRY WEATHER
WILL OCCUR UNDER THIS RIDGE WITH WEAK WINDS. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES
MAY OCCUR OVER NRN NV WITH ISOLATED DRY STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
TO THE E...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NERN
STATES INTO THE MID ATLANTIC WITH RELATIVELY DRY CONDITIONS...WITH
STRONG ELY WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SE DUE TO FAY.
...CNTRL AND NRN NV...
A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO FORM OVER NRN NV THIS
AFTERNOON...IN PART DUE TO A WEAK UPPER SHORTWAVE OVER NRN CA/NWRN
NV. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AT PEAK HEATING FOR PERHAPS AN
ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORM. DUE TO LOW RH OF 10-15 PERCENT...ANY
STRIKES WILL HAVE A RELATIVELY HIGH IGNITION EFFICIENCY. IN
ADDITION...SLY WINDS OF 10-15 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH A FEW HIGHER
GUSTS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 08/23/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 230707
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0207 AM CDT SAT AUG 23 2008
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WRN STATES WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY WITH
THE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDING NWD INTO ALBERTA. AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF HOT
AND DRY WEATHER WILL THUS EXTEND FROM THE DESERT SW NWD INTO CANADA.
THE WRN EDGE OF THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN OVER WA/OREGON
LATE IN THE DAY AS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH SURGES ASHORE. A COLD FRONT
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING WIND AND RAIN TO WRN WA AND
OREGON.
ELSEWHERE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SWD ACROSS THE UPPER/MID MS
VALLEYS AND MIDWEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL EXTEND FROM NY
INTO N TX. GENERALLY MOIST CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ALONG AND AHEAD
OF THIS FRONT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE GULF COAST FROM THE EFFECTS OF
FAY.
..JEWELL.. 08/23/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...