Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 130621
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0121 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD IN THE WEST...WITH HOT AND DRY
CONDITIONS PERSISTING AT THE SURFACE. WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN
LIGHT. MEANWHILE...AN UPPER LOW OBSERVED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY
APPROXIMATELY 600 MI WEST OF THE OR COAST WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT
SEWD TOWARDS CA.
UPPER TROUGHING WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE NRN AND CNTRL PLAINS INTO
THE GREAT LAKES REGION...WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IN
ASSOCIATION WITH HURRICANE IKE AND A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY.
MEANWHILE IN MUCH OF ERN MT...NERN WY...AND WRN ND/SD...NWLY WINDS
NEAR 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 TO 50 MPH WILL AFFECT THE AREA
AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND.
ALTHOUGH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ENHANCE FIRE DANGER...COOLER
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S ARE EXPECTED TO LIMIT
CRITICALLY LOW RHS.
...SERN WY/NERN CO/WRN NEB...
A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL SHIFT WLY WINDS TO NWLY BY LATE
AFTERNOON...WITH SPEEDS NEAR 20 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MARGINAL...WITH VALUES IN THE
LOWER TO UPPER 20S. HOWEVER...THE WIND SHIFT AND GUSTY WINDS MAY
BRIEFLY ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER.
..HURLBUT.. 09/13/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 130717
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0217 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
VALID 141200Z - 151200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY ACROSS THE WRN STATES...WITH
DRY CONDITIONS AT THE SURFACE AND TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES WARMER
THAN DY1. WINDS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT.
MEANWHILE...THE UPPER LOW LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 600 MI WEST OF THE
OR COAST TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SEWD...AND WILL BE JUST
OFFSHORE OF CNTRL CA BY THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...MOISTURE APPEARS TO
BE LIMITED...AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN OFFSHORE DURING THE D2 PERIOD.
MEANWHILE...STRONG NWLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE
NRN PLAINS AND THE WRN GREAT LAKES REGION AS AN UPPER TROUGH AND
COLD FRONT PASS...ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED AS THIS SYSTEM PROGRESSES EWD...AND AS REMNANTS OF
HURRICANE IKE QUICKLY MOVE NEWD TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES.
..HURLBUT.. 09/13/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...