Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 010856
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0356 AM CDT MON SEP 01 2008
VALID 011200Z - 021200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF NRN CA...
...SYNOPSIS...
A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EWD THROUGH THE ROCKIES
DURING THE PERIOD. IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...SFC HIGH PRESSURE
WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD EWD THROUGH THE NRN GREAT BASIN. AS A RESULT
OF THIS BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE...OFFSHORE WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER
PORTIONS OF NRN CA EARLY THIS MORNING. COMBINED WITH LOW RH
READINGS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TODAY.
FURTHER EAST...MODEST SWLY WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL/SRN ROCKIES AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...MIN RH READINGS
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE
NATION...NO OTHER ADDITIONAL CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL
OCCUR.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF NRN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: OFFSHORE WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40
MPH...MIN RH READINGS LESS THAN 15 PERCENT
ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING SFC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NRN GREAT
BASIN...A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY
OVER NRN CA. AS A RESULT...NELY WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
/ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN/. FLOW FROM DRIER CONTINENTAL
AIR OVER THE NRN GREAT BASIN WILL SUPPORT LOW DEWPTS /10S AND 20S/.
ALONG WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S/90S...MIN RH
READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT WILL BE WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN DURING THE
AFTERNOON...BUT INCREASE AGAIN OVERNIGHT OWING TO INCREASING
THERMAL/PRESSURE GRADIENTS SUPPORTING POOR RH RECOVERY AND A
CONTINUATION OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
..CROSBIE.. 09/01/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 010857
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0357 AM CDT MON SEP 01 2008
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF NRN CA...
...SYNOPSIS...
OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY IN THE PERIOD ACROSS NRN
CA...SUPPORTING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE OFFSHORE
PRESSURE GRADIENT AND ASSOCIATED SFC WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT SUPPORTING A RENEWED POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NRN CA. ELSEWHERE
ACROSS THE NATION...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP SWD THROUGH THE
PLAINS WITH A PROGRESSIVE UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE NRN
PLAINS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - COASTAL RANGES OF NRN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED NELY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 35 MPH...MIN RH READINGS LESS THAN 15 PERCENT
ALTHOUGH SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER THE GREAT
BASIN TOMORROW...A SUFFICIENTLY STRONG OFFSHORE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN
BETWEEN THIS HIGH PRESSURE AREA AND A SFC LOW PRESSURE TROUGH
SITUATED ALONG THE CA COAST. AS A RESULT...OFFSHORE WINDS WILL
REMAIN MODERATE /SUSTAINED NELY FROM 20-25 MPH/ EARLY IN THE PERIOD
/PRIOR TO 18Z/ MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE COASTAL
RANGES OF NRN CA. ALTHOUGH SURFACE WINDS WILL WEAKEN DURING THE
AFTERNOON...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO RESTRENGTHEN
OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT...SFC WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH CRITICAL
LEVELS AFTER 06Z.
..CROSBIE.. 09/01/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...