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Day 1 and Day 2 Fire Weather Outlooks

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   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 250907
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK CORR 1
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0407 AM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008
   
   VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
   
   CORRECTED GRAPHIC
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   CLOSED UPPER-LEVEL LOW OVER THE WRN GREAT LAKES WILL EVOLVE INTO AN
   OPEN WAVE AS AN UPSTREAM TROUGH AMPLIFIES FROM THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES
   INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. A MID-LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE ANCHORED OVER THE
   DESERT SW.
   
   ...SRN CA...
   VERY LOW RH AND AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S WILL
   PERSIST ACROSS INLAND AREAS BENEATH STRONG RIDGING ALOFT. A QUITE
   WEAK KINEMATIC PROFILE WILL PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL THREAT. 
   
   ...SWRN ND...
   STRONG NWLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL LEAD TO SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS OF
   25 TO 30 MPH. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL /50S/ AND RH
   VALUES WILL REMAIN MODERATE /ONLY BRIEFLY DROPPING TO NEAR 30
   PERCENT/.
   
   ..GRAMS.. 10/25/2008
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic

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   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 250820
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0320 AM CDT SAT OCT 25 2008
   
   VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   LARGE-SCALE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY AND BECOME CENTERED FROM
   SERN CANADA...TO THE GREAT LAKES AND MID-MS RIVER VALLEY BY EARLY
   MON. IN ITS WAKE...MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL SLOWLY BUILD OVER THE
   WRN CONUS.
   
   ...NRN FL...
   MODEST NLY LOWER-LEVEL FLOW WILL LEND TO THE GRADUAL ADVECTION OF A
   DRIER CONTINENTAL AIR MASS TOWARDS THE FL PENINSULA /CHARACTERIZED
   BY PW VALUES OF A THIRD TO HALF-INCH/. AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE
   70S...RH VALUES SHOULD DROP TO AROUND 30 PERCENT DURING THE
   EARLY/MID-AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS SHOULD BE
   RATHER MARGINAL /AOB 10 MPH/.
   
   ...SRN CA...
   THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF RIDGING ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN SINGLE-DIGIT
   RH VALUES AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES /MIDDLE 80S TO MIDDLE 90S/ AWAY
   FROM THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREA. WINDS WILL REMAIN VERY WEAK AND
   TERRAIN-DRIVEN.
   
   ..GRAMS.. 10/25/2008
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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