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FNUS21 KWNS 070707
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0107 AM CST FRI NOV 07 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 THIS MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX BY LATE AFTERNOON...HOT AND DRY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH POOR RH RECOVERY EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
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 AT
THE START OF 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 SAT 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 YESTERDAY AS THE AFOREMENTIONED SYSTEM MOVES EWD
AND WEAKENS. COOL NWLY FLOW WILL LIMIT RH 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 TODAY. STRONG AND GUSTY
NELY WINDS WILL BE LIKELY THIS MORNING 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 LATE FRI AFTERNOON AND SAT MORNING WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHTER...AN EXTENDED DURATION OF DRY CONDITIONS AND
POOR RH RECOVERY OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO DRIER FUELS...ENHANCING THE
OVERALL THREAT.
..HURLBUT.. 11/07/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 070822
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0222 AM CST FRI NOV 07 2008
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
ANOTHER STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DIVE SEWD INTO THE PACIFIC
NW WITH A COLD FRONT DRIVING SWD AND EWD THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEST.
WINDS WILL INCREASE BOTH AS THE FRONT APPROACHES AND PASSES...AND A
WIND SHIFT WILL OCCUR...BECOMING NWLY FOLLOWING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST IN SRN CA/NV/AZ/NM.
MEANWHILE FARTHER E...WEAK CYCLOGENESIS WILL OCCUR INVOF SERN
CO...AND GUSTY SLY WINDS MAY OCCUR ACROSS ERN NM/WRN TX...ALTHOUGH
RHS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN MARGINAL AT THIS TIME.
IN THE SOUTHEAST...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SEWD THROUGH
FLORIDA...EVENTUALLY MOVING S OF FL BY SUNDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...A
COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL FOLLOW AND CRITICALLY LOW RHS WILL BE
LIKELY ACROSS THE FL PANHANDLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
...SWRN STATES...
A COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY SWEEP SWD AND EWD THROUGH THE
WEST...EVENTUALLY REACHING THE ID/WY BORDER AND EXTENDING SWWD
THROUGH FAR SRN CA BY SUN MORNING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...GUSTY SLY TO
SWLY WINDS WILL AFFECT SRN NV/CA AND WRN AZ WHERE LOWER RHS WILL
EXIST. AS THE FRONT PROGRESSES SWD IT WILL GENERALLY REMAIN DRY IN
THESE AREAS. A WIND SHIFT TO WLY WILL OCCUR AS THE FRONT APPROACHES
THEN NWLY FOLLOWING THE FRONT...POSSIBLY EXASPERATING ANY ONGOING
FIRES. WINDS WILL THEN GUST TO THE N AND NW BY SAT NIGHT/SUN
MORNING...CONTINUING INTO D3.
...FL PANHANDLE...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SWD AND EWD THROUGH NRN FL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING. FOLLOWING THIS...A COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL
MOVE INTO THE AREA. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...RHS MAY
DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S FOR EXTENDED DURATIONS ACROSS
THE FL PANHANDLE.
..HURLBUT.. 11/07/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...