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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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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...