Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 290728
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0228 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NRN CA...
...SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE COVERS A LARGE
PORTION OF THE U.S. WITH ZONAL WEST TO EAST FLOW IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST BEING REPLACED BY A DEVELOPING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE.
THIS WILL AID IN THE OFFSHORE WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
GRADUALLY BEING REPLACED WITH WEAK ONSHORE WINDS AND SLOWLY
INCREASING HUMIDITY. A LARGE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BUILD
INTO THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN U.S. BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - NRN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY LOW HUMIDITY...HOT TEMPERATURES...VERY DRY
FUELS
ONE MORE HOT AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED FRIDAY ALONG WITH A CONTINUATION
OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY ACROSS THE AREA OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT IS
IN AN ONGOING DROUGHT. ALTHOUGH NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AND EVENTUALLY BECOME ONSHORE/WESTERLY...THE
HOT AND EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS DURING MOST OF THE DAY WILL
CONTINUE THE FIRE THREAT UNTIL CONDITIONS SLOWLY MODERATE BY FRIDAY
NIGHT. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL AGAIN REACH ABOVE 100 WITH HUMIDITY IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS. FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD SEE A
SLOW IMPROVEMENT IN HUMIDITY AS ONSHORE FLOW PROGRESSES INLAND.
..BOTHWELL.. 08/29/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 290825
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0325 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008
VALID 301200Z - 311200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NERN CA...NRN NV...SRN ID...NWRN
UT...WRN WY AND EXTRM SWRN MT...
...SYNOPSIS...
FOR SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY...A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL
MOVE INTO THE WESTERN U.S. BRINGING WITH IT COOLER AND MORE HUMID
CONDITIONS TO THE NORTHWEST. IN THE EASTERN U.S. THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA WHILE AT THE
SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL COVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN U.S. A COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM CENTRAL MONTANA
INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG AND DRY
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - NERN CA...NRN NV...SRN ID...NWRN
UT...WRN WY AND EXTRM SWRN MT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH STRONG AND
GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS.
ACROSS THIS AREA...IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT FROM MONTANA TO
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS COUPLED WITH VERY WARM AND DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS
AND HUMIDITY IN THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY. WIDELY SCATTERED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEVADA AND UTAH ARE LIKELY TO BE A MIX
OF WET AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH OF THE DEEPER
MOISTURE FROM ARIZONA IS TRANSPORTED NORTHWARD.
..BOTHWELL.. 08/29/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...