Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 240837
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0337 AM CDT FRI OCT 24 2008
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL COVER THE WEST COAST
PRODUCING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS. SURFACE AND UPPER LOW OVER THE
MIDWEST WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO LIFT OUT TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES
REGION. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE
SOUTHEAST AND EASTERN U.S. AS THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
SHIFTS OFF THE EAST COAST.
...PTNS CNTRL AND MOST OF SRN CA...
WARM AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
AND MOST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...WITH ONLY COASTAL SECTIONS SEEING
A GRADUAL INCREASE IN MOISTURE. THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND AREAS AWAY
FROM THE COAST WILL CONTINUE EXTREMELY DRY WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY.
FUELS ARE EXTREMELY DRY WITH A VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER AND
THE AREA IS IN MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT. WEAK OFFSHORE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EXCEPT FOR WEAK ONSHORE FLOW NEAR THE COAST.
ALTHOUGH THE LARGE SCALE WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHTER THAN PAST DAYS AND
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE MUCH OF A PROBLEM...THE CONTINUATION OF THE
WARM AND VERY DRY AIR WILL BE THE MAIN PROBLEM FOR FIRE WEATHER.
HUMIDITY WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS DURING THE DAY WITH
VERY LITTLE HUMIDITY RECOVERY DURING THE NIGHT.
..BOTHWELL.. 10/24/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 240901
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0401 AM CDT FRI OCT 24 2008
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD OVER THE
WEST WITH A CONTINUATION OF WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS. WITH THE
EXITING UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES...THE UPPER FLOW WILL
TRANSITION TO A LARGER SCALE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN
U.S. RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE EAST WITH A
LARGE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE MIDWEST.
...PTNS OF CNTRL AND MOST OF SRN CA...
THE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY INTO EARLY
SUNDAY ACROSS MOST OF CALIFORNIA. VERY LOW HUMIDITY BOTH DURING THE
DAY AND AT NIGHT IN AREAS AWAY FROM THE COAST ARE EXPECTED. THE
VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE...HOWEVER THE LARGE
SCALE WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE A PROBLEM. FOR ANY FIRES THAT DO
DEVELOP...LOCAL...SMALLER SCALE WIND PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
LOCAL TERRAIN WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED.
..BOTHWELL.. 10/24/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...