Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 010718
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0218 AM CDT SAT NOV 01 2008
VALID 011200Z - 021200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
EARLY MORNING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A POTENT SYSTEM OFF THE
PACIFIC NW COAST. THIS FEATURE WILL EXERT INFLUENCE OVER PARTS OF
THE WRN CONUS TODAY. MEANWHILE AN UPPER RIDGE WILL AMPLIFY OVER
PARTS OF THE ERN ROCKIES/HIGH PLAINS REGIONS AHEAD OF THE ERN
PACIFIC SYSTEM. AREAS IN THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS MAY EXPERIENCE
LOWER RH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A LOW LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE
DEVELOPS FROM S TO N. HOWEVER...THE LIKELIHOOD OF A WEAK LEE
SURFACE TROUGH AND SUBSEQUENT WEAK SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
RETARD THE PROBABILITY OF STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS...THEREBY LIMITING
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. FURTHER E...AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE
FROM PARTS OF THE LOWER MS VALLEY REGION INTO THE NERN GOMEX.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO RESIDE IN PARTS OF THE SERN
U.S.
...SERN STATES...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA WITH MAINLY LIGHT WINDS AND
LOW RH IN THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE DURING PEAK HEATING BEFORE EVENING
RH RECOVERY. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA OF LOW RH WILL MAY EXTEND
FROM PARTS OF UPSTATE SC/NERN GA SWWD TO THE FL PANHANDLE. MODEL
GUIDANCE APPEARS CONSISTENT...INDICATING WEAK WINDS OVER THE
AFOREMENTIONED AREA. SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS OF 10-15 MPH WILL
OCCUR OVER THE FL PENINSULA...BUT SURFACE RH VALUES SHOULD REMAIN
ABOVE 35 PERCENT.
..SMITH.. 11/01/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 010850
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0350 AM CDT SAT NOV 01 2008
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE EWD OVER THE GREAT
BASIN/ROCKIES REGIONS WITH UPPER RIDGING OCCURRING DOWNSTREAM OVER
PARTS OF THE NRN PLAINS AND PRAIRIE PROVINCES. AN UPPER DISTURBANCE
OVER THE NERN GOMEX WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN DURING THE PERIOD AS IT
MEANDERS SLOWLY EWD OVER PARTS OF THE SERN U.S. AT THE
SURFACE...LEE SURFACE TROUGHING WILL OCCUR OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER SHORTWAVE MOVING TOWARDS THE REGION.
A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL EXTEND SWD ALONG THE E COAST INTO
PARTS OF THE SERN STATES.
...PARTS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...
A STRENGTHENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT MAY LEAD TO SUSTAINED
SLY-SWLY WINDS 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS NEARING 25 MPH IN LOCALIZED
AREAS. HOWEVER...SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS REGARDING THE MAGNITUDE OF
SURFACE WINDS. AS TEMPS WARM TO THE 70S AND NEAR 80F DEG UNDER
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES...LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND SUFFICIENT BOUNDARY
LAYER MIXING WILL PROBABLY YIELD MIN RH VALUES IN THE LOWER 20S AND
PERHAPS UPPER TEENS. WILL INTRODUCE SEE TEXT HIGHLIGHT DUE TO
MODEST POTENTIAL FOR LOW MIN RH AND GUSTY WINDS.
..SMITH.. 11/01/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...