Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 020607
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0107 AM CDT THU OCT 02 2008
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN DOMINANT ACROSS THE ERN STATES...AS LOW
PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED NEAR THE ONTARIO/QUEBEC BORDERS. COOL AND
DRY NWLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SERN STATES...WHERE RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S FOR SEVERAL HOURS
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 COLORADO/NEW MEXICO BORDERS...ALTHOUGH COOLER
TEMPERATURES...LIGHT WINDS...AND UNFAVORABLE FUEL CONDITIONS WILL
SOMEWHAT MITIGATE THE THREAT OF FIRE STARTS.
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...
FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY/S COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. ALTHOUGH THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL GENERALLY RELAX LEADING TO LIGHTER WINDS THAN
WEDNESDAY...OVERALL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH LOWER
VALUES AS COOL AND DRY NWLY FLOW CONTINUES. 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 INLAND N FL. GIVEN CONTINUOUS DRY CONDITIONS...A
HEIGHTENED FIRE THREAT WILL EXIST.
..HURLBUT.. 10/02/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 020717
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0217 AM CDT THU OCT 02 2008
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
IN THE WEST...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM THE GULF
OF ALASKA WILL BRING A DRASTIC CHANGE TO THE WEATHER PATTERN.
REMNANTS FROM AN ASIAN TYPHOON THAT HAVE BEEN ABSORBED INTO THE
SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE COPIOUS MOISTURE FOR SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AT
LOWER ELEVATIONS AND SNOWFALL MAINLY ABOVE 7000 FT FROM FRIDAY TO
SATURDAY. GUSTY SLY TO SWLY WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WITH GREATER SPEEDS AT
HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST ON FRIDAY.
MEANWHILE...WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN
STATES...WHILE MOISTURE WILL BE SOMEWHAT SLOWER TO ADVECT INTO THE
REGION. SUSTAINED SPEEDS NEAR 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING HIGHER MAY BE
POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF AZ/SRN NV/SRN CA. AT THE MOMENT...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE MARGINAL...ALTHOUGH GIVEN GUSTY WINDS
A HEIGHTENED FIRE THREAT WILL EXIST.
IN THE SRN PLAINS...LOW PRESSURE/CONVERGENCE ALONG THE LEE OF THE
ROCKIES IN RESPONSE TO THE WESTERN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL INDUCE
GUSTY SLY WINDS...ALIGNING WITH MARGINAL RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR
THE TX/NM/OK BORDERS.
IN THE SERN STATES...ANOTHER DAY OF LIGHT WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL PERSIST. ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED
TO BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN D1...PORTIONS OF NRN FL MAY EXPERIENCE
SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY.
..HURLBUT.. 10/02/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...