Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 190916
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0416 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2008
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH OFF THE CA COAST WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN
TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH...INCREASING SWLY WINDS AND SEASONABLY
LOW DEWPTS WILL SUPPORT NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER
PORTIONS OF THE WRN GREAT BASIN. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED DRY TSTMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE NRN GREAT BASIN WITH SCT MAINLY WET TSTMS
OVER MUCH OF THE SRN/CENTRAL ROCKIES. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE
NATION...BROAD SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE ERN
STATES LEADING TO LIGHT WINDS AND NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
...SRN/CENTRAL NV...ECENTRAL CA...
AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH NRN CA/ORE DURING THE
PERIOD...INCREASING MID LVL WINDS FIELDS AND STRENGTHENING SFC LOW
PRESSURE OVER NRN NV WILL AID IN INCREASING SWLY WINDS OVER
SRN/CENTRAL NV AND ECENTRAL CA. SUSTAINED WINDS AVERAGING FROM 15-20
MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
COMBINED WITH SEASONABLY LOW RH READINGS...CONDITIONS WILL APPROACH
CRITICAL LEVELS.
..CROSBIE.. 09/19/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 190917
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0417 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2008
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND INTO THE
ROCKIES TOMORROW. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE
OVER THE ERN GREAT BASIN LEADING TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...ISOLATED DRY TSTMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE NRN ROCKIES. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE
NATION...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER
EAST OF THE ROCKIES WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS AND LOW RH READINGS.
...SRN NV...WRN UT...
AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN...MODEST
SWLY WINDS AT THE MID LEVELS AND STEEP LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES
WILL SUPPORT SWLY WINDS FROM 15-25 MPH. SEASONABLY LOW RH READINGS
FROM 15-20 PERCENT AND MARGINAL WIND SPEEDS WILL PRECLUDE A CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...CENTRAL/ERN MT...
AHEAD OF THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER SYSTEM...TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER WRN MT/ERN ID DURING THE AFTERNOON. AS THESE TSTMS MOVE
NEWD...THEY WILL ENCOUNTER AN INCREASINGLY DRY BOUNDARY LAYER OVER
CENTRAL MT...SUPPORTING THE THREAT FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED DRY TSTMS.
FURTHER EAST...A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER ERN MT /OWING TO A
DEEPENING LEE TROUGH OVER WRN/CENTRAL MT WILL SUPPORT ESE WINDS FROM
15-20 MPH. IN ADDITION...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FROM 85-90 DEG F
WILL PRODUCE MIN RH READINGS AROUND 15 PERCENT.
..CROSBIE.. 09/19/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...