Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 290655
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0155 AM CDT MON SEP 29 2008
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN OREGON...NRN CA...FAR NW NV...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE WRN STATES
TODAY...PRODUCING WARM AND MAINLY DRY WEATHER. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WRN GREAT BASIN WHICH MAY BE
PARTIALLY WET. DRIER STORMS ARE EXPECTED ON THE NW FRINGE OF THE MID
LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN FROM NRN CA/NWRN NV INTO SRN OREGON.
ELSEWHERE...HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN DRY BUT
COOL CONDITIONS FOR THE PLAINS STATES...WITH MODIFYING HIGH PRESSURE
OVER THE DEEP SOUTH RESULTING IN DRY BUT CALM CONDITIONS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN OREGON...NRN CA...FAR NW NV...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG LOW LEVEL
INSTABILITY...LOW RH
A GENERALLY WARM AND DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN THE LOW LEVELS OF
THE ATMOSPHERE TODAY BENEATH AN UPPER RIDGE. HOWEVER...A WEAK UPPER
TROUGH WILL SKIRT THE AREA AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE FROM
THE SE. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
SIERRA AS WELL AS NV...BECOMING MORE ISOLATED INTO SRN OREGON. GIVEN
MANY DAYS OF HOT DRY WEATHER...ANY LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY START NEW
FIRES. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE 80S OVER CNTRL OREGON TO THE
90S F SW OREGON INTO THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY. MIN RH WILL LARGELY BE
IN THE TEENS WITH LOCALLY GUSTY SLY WINDS OF 5-15 MPH.
..JEWELL.. 09/29/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 290657
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0157 AM CDT MON SEP 29 2008
VALID 301200Z - 011200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CNTRL AND NERN OR...CNTRL ID...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE WRN
STATES...WITH WIDESPREAD WARM AND DRY WEATHER. MID LEVEL MOISTURE
WILL TRAVEL NWD INTO THE PACIFIC NW...WHERE DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL
OCCUR. A LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND OH
VALLEY REGION...PUSHING A COOL AND DRY AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SWD OUT
OF THE PLAINS AND INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY/GULF COAST REGION. LOW
HUMIDITY AND LOCALLY GUSTY NWLY WINDS WILL RESULT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CNTRL AND NERN OR...CNTRL ID...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS...LOW RH
MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE NWD OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN ON
TUE...PRODUCING CONVECTIVE INSTABILITY ATOP AN ALREADY DRY SUB CLOUD
LAYER. DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT...FAVORING DEVELOPMENT OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. WHILE COVERAGE OF STORMS MAY ONLY BE
ISOLATED...LIGHTNING IGNITION EFFICIENCIES WILL BE HIGH GIVEN DRY
FUELS AND MIN RH IN THE TEENS.
...LOWER MS/TN VALLEYS...GULF COAST STATES...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE DRIVEN IN BY THE STRONG UPPER TROUGH TO THE
N...AND WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH. SUSTAINED NW
WINDS NEAR 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER SERN MO/NERN AR AND WRN KY/TN
WHERE DROUGHT PERSISTS. FARTHER SE...WEAKER WINDS NEAR 10 MPH WILL
OCCUR OVER THE GULF COAST STATES. AREAWIDE...MIN RH SHOULD DIP WELL
INTO THE 30 PERCENT RANGE. A MARGINALLY CRITICAL THREAT WILL THUS
EXIST IN THE DRIEST AREAS SUCH AS WRN KY/TN AND FAR SERN MO/NERN AR.
..JEWELL.. 09/29/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...