Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 160831
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0331 AM CDT THU OCT 16 2008
VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM THE NRN ROCKIES
EWD INTO THE NERN STATES WITH GENERALLY COOL WEATHER DUE TO HIGH
PRESSURE. A COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE NEW ENGLAND COASTAL AREA
SWWD INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
IT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT A WARM AND DRY AIR MASS WILL EXIST OVER THE
SERN STATES WITH LOW RH BUT WEAK WINDS.
OUT W...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD ALONG THE W COAST. A VERY WARM AND
EXTREMELY DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN AT THE SURFACE...BUT THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT OVER SRN CA AND THUS WIND SPEEDS WILL BE DIMINISHED
COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS.
...SRN CA...
LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ONGOING THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS ALONG
THE COASTAL RANGE BUT OVERALL SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL NOT BE
STRONG. SPEEDS OF 10-20 MPH ARE LIKELY IN GENERAL. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE DUE TO VERY DRY CONDITIONS WITH RH IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL NOT BE STRONG...THE LONG DURATION OF LOW RH WILL
POSE A LOCALIZED THREAT NEAR ONGOING FIRES.
...CAROLINAS/GA/N FL...
A WEAKENING AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SERN STATES
TODAY WITH A FLATTENING UPPER RIDGE ALOFT. THIS WILL RESULT IN WARM
TEMPERATURES NEAR 90 F ALONG WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF LOW RH MAINLY IN
THE 25-30 PERCENT RANGE. WINDS WILL BE WEAK AND WILL TEND TO
MITIGATE THE OVERALL FIRE THREAT.
..JEWELL.. 10/16/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 160832
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0332 AM CDT THU OCT 16 2008
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE WRN STATES WITH A
WIDESPREAD AREA OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY FROM CA INTO THE GREAT BASIN.
VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER SRN CA WITH LOCALIZED AREAS OF
GUSTY WINDS...BUT THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG. MEANWHILE...A
LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY ACROSS THE ERN U.S. WITH HIGH
PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE PRODUCING COOL BUT MOSTLY DRY WEATHER.
...SRN CA...
A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS SRN CA WITH HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN...WITH LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS THROUGH
PASSES AND CANYONS EARLY FRI MORNING. THIS GRADIENT WILL DISSIPATE
BY AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN ONLY WEAK WIND BUT VERY WARM AND DRY
WEATHER. MIN RH WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND WILL COMBINE
WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES TO CREATE AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT
FAVORABLE FOR PLUME GROWTH.
..JEWELL.. 10/16/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...