Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 240852
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0352 AM CDT WED SEP 24 2008
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE NERN PACIFIC WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EWD
AND BECOME CENTERED ALONG THE PACIFIC NW COAST BY EARLY THU.
ASSOCIATED BELT OF STRONG MID-LEVEL SWLYS /AOA 50 MPH AT 500 MB/
WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE PACIFIC NW AND NRN INTERMOUNTAIN WEST.
IN THE SOUTHEAST...CUTOFF LOW OFF THE CAROLINA COAST SHOULD SLOWLY
MEANDER WWD.
...FAR NERN CA/NWRN NV...
ON THE SRN FRINGE OF STRENGTHENING MID-LEVEL SWLYS...LOCALIZED
CRITICAL CONDITIONS APPEAR PROBABLE N OF THE SIERRA MTNS. SUSTAINED
SURFACE WINDS WILL LIKELY AVERAGE NEAR 20 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
AS STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES PROMOTE VERTICAL MIXING. INSOLATION
SHOULD REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE 70S TO
LOWER 80S. THIS WOULD RESULT IN RH VALUES AROUND 10 PERCENT.
...FL PANHANDLE...
LOCALIZED/MARGINAL-DURATION CRITICAL CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP
DURING THE EARLY TO MID-AFTERNOON. MODERATE LOW-LEVEL NELYS /AROUND
20-25 MPH AT 850 MB/ SHOULD LEAD TO SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS NEAR 15
MPH. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S...RH
VALUES SHOULD DROP TO AROUND 30 PERCENT.
...CNTRL GA/FAR WRN SC...
LOW-LEVEL N/NELYS WILL BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER COMPARED TO THE FL
PANHANDLE REGION...LENDING TO SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS OF 15 TO 20
MPH. WITH SOME COMPONENT OF DOWNSLOPE FLOW OFF THE SRN
APPALACHIANS...RH VALUES WILL LIKELY FALL TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30
PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES REACH THE LOWER 80S. THIS MAY RESULT IN AN
ENHANCED FIRE WEATHER THREAT GIVEN A RECENT LACK OF RAINFALL.
..GRAMS.. 09/24/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 240956
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0456 AM CDT WED SEP 24 2008
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A MID/UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH...INITIALLY CENTERED ALONG THE
PACIFIC NW COAST...SHOULD PROGRESS E/NEWD TOWARDS THE NRN ROCKIES
AND CANADIAN PRAIRIES THROUGH EARLY FRI. CUTOFF LOW OFF THE CAROLINA
COAST SHOULD RETROGRADE WWD INTO THE CAROLINAS...WITH SURFACE
CYCLONE APPROACHING THE PIEDMONT BY 26/12Z.
...CNTRL KY/MIDDLE TN/FAR NRN AL...
A NEAR-CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD DEVELOP AS LOW-LEVEL
N/NELYS INTENSIFY COMPARED TO DAY 1...AND A WARM/DRY AIR MASS IS
MAINTAINED. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COASTAL
CAROLINA CYCLONE SHOULD REMAIN ALONG AND E OF THE APPALACHIANS. MORE
MODERATE WINDS /SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS AROUND 15 MPH/ ARE EXPECTED
FARTHER W FROM THE OH TO TN VALLEY. AS TEMPERATURES WARM BACK INTO
THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S...RH VALUES SHOULD AGAIN PLUMMET TO BETWEEN
20 TO 25 PERCENT.
...CNTRL NV...
A GLANCING INFLUENCE OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH SHIFTING ACROSS THE
NRN INTERMOUNTAIN WEST SHOULD RESULT IN MODERATE DEEP-LAYER SWLY
FLOW. SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO LARGELY REMAIN BELOW
20 MPH AS RH VALUES DROP TO NEAR 10 PERCENT.
..GRAMS.. 09/24/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...