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FNUS21 KWNS 010613
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0113 AM CDT WED OCT 01 2008
VALID 011200Z - 021200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY MOVE ONSHORE...OVERSPREADING STRONGER
SLY WINDS ACROSS COASTAL AREAS OF NRN CA/SWRN OR AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT. MEANWHILE...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY EWD AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM...WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUING BENEATH
STRONG SUBSIDENCE. NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...DRY THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE.
FARTHER E...DRY NWLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SERN STATES WITH
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NW AND WITH A STRONG UPPER TROUGH
JUST TO THE N. ALTHOUGH NWLY WINDS NEAR 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL BE LIKELY...COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MARGINAL...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PORTIONS OF
INLAND NORTH FL.
...NRN CA/SWRN OR...
THE UPPER TROUGH IS MOVING CLOSER TO THE PAC NW COAST THIS
MORNING...AND STRONGER SLY WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION AHEAD OF
A COLD FRONT. ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONFINED OFFSHORE
AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS NEAR 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MAY BE POSSIBLE AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. DESPITE
STRONGER WINDS...INCREASING MOISTURE WILL LIMIT MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FROM REACHING CRITICAL THRESHOLDS WHERE THE STRONGER
WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED.
...NRN NM/SWRN CO/UT...
LINGERING MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND A SUBTLE SHORT WAVE WILL HELP TO
TRIGGER AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN. LIMITED MOISTURE AND A
RELATIVELY DRY SUBCLOUD LAYER WILL LEAD TO PREDOMINANT DRY
THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH LIGHTNING STRIKES MAY TRIGGER NEW STARTS IN
DRIER LOWER VALLEYS...OVERALL FUELS ARE SLOWLY MOISTENING...AND
COOL OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL LIMIT DURATION OF SMALLER FIRES.
...SERN STATES...
ANOTHER DAY OF DRY NWLY FLOW WILL PERSIST...WITH WINDS OF 10 TO 15
MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL BE SOMEWHAT MARGINAL...DROPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S
TO LOWER 30S AREA WIDE. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE
FL PANHANDLE AND POSSIBLY THE SUWANNEE VALLEY...ALTHOUGH DURATION OF
CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL BE MARGINAL.
..HURLBUT.. 10/01/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 010640
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0140 AM CDT WED OCT 01 2008
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN DOMINANT ACROSS THE ERN STATES...AS LOW
PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED IN SRN QUEBEC. COOL AND DRY NWLY FLOW WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE SERN STATES...WHERE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
DROP INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS A WIDESPREAD AREA.
MEANWHILE...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WILL SHIFT
SLIGHTLY EWD AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN. ISOLD THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL BE
POSSIBLE NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...BUT THE THREAT IS EXPECTED
TO BE MINIMAL AT THIS TIME.
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO MOVE
ONSHORE. ALTHOUGH STRONGER SLY TO SWLY WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE
REGION...WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT COASTAL AREAS AND THEN
MOVE INLAND.
...SERN STATES...
ALTHOUGH THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GENERALLY RELAX LEADING TO
LIGHTER WINDS THAN D1...OVERALL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH LOWER VALUES. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE
MID 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS A WIDESPREAD AREA...WITH THE LOWEST
VALUES POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SRN GA/AL AND THE FL PANHANDLE.
GIVEN CONTINUOUS DRY CONDITIONS...A HEIGHTENED FIRE THREAT WILL
EXIST.
..HURLBUT.. 10/01/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...