Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 060755
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0155 AM CST THU NOV 06 2008
VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR ...COASTAL AREAS OF SRN CA......
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO AMPLIFY...AND TEMPERATURES AT THE
SURFACE WILL BE WARMER THAN YESTERDAY IN RESPONSE TO DRIER AIR AND
SUBSIDENCE ALOFT. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SEWD ACROSS THE
ERN GREAT BASIN AND INTO THE ROCKIES. IN SRN CA...OFFSHORE FLOW HAS
RETURNED...AND WILL CREATE DRY AND LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ON THE
WRN SLOPES OF THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS AND THROUGH FAVORED CANYONS AND
PASSES.
FARTHER E...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE EWD ACROSS THE HIGH
PLAINS TOWARDS THE WRN GREAT LAKES REGION. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD
FRONT WILL EXTEND SWD FROM A SURFACE LOW CENTERED INVOF CNTRL MN
THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND WSWWD THROUGH ERN TX...WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS A WIDESPREAD AREA.
STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE CNTRL AND NRN PLAINS AROUND THE
BACKSIDE OF THE LOW...WITH HEAVY SNOW IN THE NRN PLAINS AND COOL AND
DRY CONDITIONS IN PORTIONS OF THE CNTRL PLAINS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ...COASTAL AREAS OF SRN CA......
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS...LOW RH
...COASTAL AREAS OF SRN CA...
OFFSHORE FLOW HAS RETURNED TO SRN CA AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
CONTINUES TO BUILD SEWD ACROSS THE ERN GREAT BASIN AND INTO THE
ROCKIES. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL AMPLIFY OVER THE WRN COASTAL
STATES. ALTHOUGH THE UPPER WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT MARGINAL...THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT IN LOWER LEVELS SHOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO SUSTAINED
WINDS NEAR 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS ALONG THE WRN
SLOPES OF THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS AND THROUGH FAVORED CANYONS AND
PASSES IN SRN CA. GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED
OFFSHORE AROUND MIDNIGHT PST. ALTHOUGH FUELS MAY BE MARGINAL IN SOME
AREAS...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE LOCALIZED
AREAS OF ENHANCED FIRE THREAT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO
BE IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS AS ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
COMMENCE IN THE DOWNSLOPING FLOW. LITTLE RH RECOVERY CAN BE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT...AND WINDS WILL GENERALLY INCREASE INTO FRI MORNING.
...SWRN NEB/ERN CO/WRN KS/OK AND TX PANHANDLES...
LOCALIZED AREAS OF ENHANCED FIRE THREAT MAY EXIST THIS AFTERNOON.
STRONG NWLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE LOW IN THE WRN GREAT LAKES
REGION DEEPENS SLIGHTLY AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE ERN GREAT
BASIN AND INTO THE ROCKIES. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 25 TO 35 MPH WILL
AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE
COOL SIDE IN THE UPPER 40S TO UPPER 50S FOLLOWING YESTERDAYS COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE. HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES WARM...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 20S AND LOWER 30S...WHILE STRONG GUSTS
NEAR 50 TO 60 MPH WILL BE ABLE TO MIX TO THE SURFACE. COOLER
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL DIMINISH THE FIRE THREAT...ALTHOUGH
STRONG WINDS AT THE SURFACE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE NEAR THE NEB/KS/CO
BORDERS.
..HURLBUT.. 11/06/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 060824
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0224 AM CST THU NOV 06 2008
VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR COASTAL AREAS OF SRN CA...
...SYNOPSIS...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE ROCKIES AS HIGH PRESSURE
ALOFT AMPLIFIES OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. OFFSHORE FLOW WILL
CONTINUE IN SRN CA...WHERE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT
COASTAL AREAS FRI MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX
BY AFTERNOON...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE.
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...ANOTHER STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL
APPROACH THE COAST...DRIVING A COLD FRONT EWD INTO THE COASTAL
RANGES BY EARLY MORNING.
FARTHER E...AN UPPER LOW CENTERED ROUGHLY NEAR THE MN/IA BORDER
EARLY IN THE PERIOD WILL DRIFT ENEWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION.
AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND SWD TO THE GULF
COAST...REMAINING JUST W OF THE APPALACHIANS BY DAY...AND MOVING EWD
TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC COAST BY EARLY MORNING. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THESE AREAS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
SYSTEM.
MEANWHILE WINDS ACROSS THE CNTRL AND HIGH PLAINS WILL GENERALLY
RELAX COMPARED TO D1 AS THE AFOREMENTIONED SYSTEM MOVES EWD AND
WEAKENS. COOL NWLY FLOW WILL LIMIT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FROM REACHING
CRITICAL THRESHOLDS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - COASTAL AREAS OF SRN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS...LOW RH
OFFSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SRN CA. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
ON FRI MORNING WILL BE LIKELY ON THE WRN SLOPES OF THE COASTAL
RANGES AND THROUGH FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS. THESE WINDS WILL BE
JUXTAPOSED WITH SINGLE DIGIT RHS AND DRY FUELS. SINGLE DIGIT RHS AND
WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY IN A DOWNSLOPING
REGIME...BEFORE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES LATE IN THE DAY.
ALTHOUGH WINDS FRI AFTERNOON AND SAT MORNING WILL GENERALLY BE
LIGHTER THAN D1...AN EXTENDED DURATION OF DRY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD
TO DRIER FUELS...ENHANCING THE OVERALL THREAT.
..HURLBUT.. 11/06/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...