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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL FNUS21 KWNS 090826 DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0326 AM CDT TUE SEP 09 2008 VALID 091200Z - 101200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...SYNOPSIS... A STRONG AND PROGRESSIVE UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO NEW ENGLAND BRINGING STORMY WEATHER ALONG A COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL EXTEND SWWD INTO THE APPALACHIANS...THEN WWD INTO THE SRN PLAINS WITH NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG IT. BEHIND THE FRONT...A LARGE AREA OF DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL COVER MUCH OF THE MIDWEST AND CNTRL PLAINS. A WARMER AND DRIER AIR MASS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE W...WHERE AN UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE FRONT WILL RESULT IN A MARGINAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT FROM NRN NV INTO SRN ID AND SERN OR WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH. MEANWHILE...SCATTERED AFTERNOON STORMS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE ERN GREAT BASIN AND FOUR CORNERS AREA. ...ERN WA AND NERN OR...NRN ID... AN UPPER TROUGH WILL SWING THROUGH THE AREA LATE IN THE DAY WITH INCREASING WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL INCREASE MAINLY LATE IN THE DAY WITH SPEEDS OF 15-20 MPH EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS. TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S WILL PRODUCE MIN RH INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER 20S. LOCALIZED AREAS ALONG THE E SLOPES OF THE CASCADES MAY EXPERIENCE LOCALIZED STRONG WINDS AND CRITICAL CONDITIONS...BUT THE THREAT WILL BE MARGINAL FOR MUCH OF THE AREA AS FAR AS SUSTAINED WINDS. ...NERN CA...NRN NV...SERN OR...SRN ID... AN UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL DIVE SEWD ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW LATE IN THE DAY. AT THE SURFACE...A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ERN OR INTO SRN ID...CAUSING WINDS TO SHIFT FROM SWLY TO NWLY. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MARGINAL FOR A CRITICAL AREA...GENERALLY LESS THAN 20 MPH BUT HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL OCCUR WITH MIN RH OF 10-15 AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S F. WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET. ..JEWELL.. 09/09/2008 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL FNUS22 KWNS 090841 DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0341 AM CDT TUE SEP 09 2008 VALID 101200Z - 111200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY ACROSS THE WRN STATES...WITH A SURFACE COLD FRONT FROM SERN ID INTO NV. WINDS BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL RESULT IN A MARGINAL FIRE THREAT FOR OR/ID/NV WHERE RH WILL REMAIN LOW. DOWNSTREAM OF THIS TROUGH...LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER THE NRN HIGH PLAINS...WITH STRONG SLY WINDS BUT MODERATE RH. ...SERN OR...SRN ID...NRN NV... NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST WED AFTERNOON DUE TO GUSTY NWLY WINDS AND LOW RH. NWLY WINDS OF 15-25 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DESPITE RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S...MIN RH WILL STILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE TEENS FOR A MODERATE FIRE THREAT. THE GUSTY NWLY WINDS WILL EXTEND S INTO CNTRL NV...WHERE WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN LOWER RH NEAR 10 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE WEAKER THERE. ..JEWELL.. 09/09/2008 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...