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FNUS21 KWNS 080916
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0316 AM CST SAT NOV 08 2008
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE GREAT LAKES
REGION...WITH ANOTHER VIGOROUS UPPER TROUGH DROPPING RAPIDLY FROM
THE PAC NW TO THE GREAT BASIN DURING THE PERIOD. AT THE SURFACE A
DRY COLD FRONT REACHES THE EASTERN SEABOARD BY THIS EVENING...
BRINGING A COOLER BUT VERY DRY AIRMASS TO THE SOUTHEAST. SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WEAKENS AND SHIFTS EWD
TODAY...BUT LOW RH CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FROM SRN CA TO WRN TX.
...FL PANHANDLE/SRN MS/SRN AL...
IN THE WAKE OF A DRY SURFACE COLD FRONT...COOL AND VERY DRY AIR WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TODAY. RH WILL BE AT OR BELOW 35 PERCENT
FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MINIMUM VALUES BETWEEN 25 TO
30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER...BUT MAXIMUMS WILL STILL
CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 70S. WLY WINDS MAY APPROACH CRITICAL
THRESHOLDS DURING THE MID AFTERNOON...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED
15 MPH.
...SOUTHWESTERN STATES...
DESPITE THE TERMINATION OF THE RECENT SANTA ANA EVENT...A DRY
AIRMASS PERSISTS FROM SRN CA TO WRN TX. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
FROM THE UPPER 70S OVER SRN CA TO THE MID 60S IN ERN NM. MINIMUM RH
WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS AND SHIFTS TWD THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES.
..BRIGHT.. 11/08/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 080918
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0318 AM CST SAT NOV 08 2008
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA...
...SYNOPSIS...
AS THE WRN U.S. TROUGH DIGS INTO THE SOUTHWEST SUNDAY...THE FLOW
OVER THE NATION SPLITS WITH A STRONG ZONAL BRANCH EXTENDING FROM SRN
CA TO THE GULF COAST...AND A NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LOW OVER THE
GREAT LAKES. BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL
SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED OVER NRN AZ WITH A MOSTLY DRY SURFACE COLD
FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TO CNTRL BAJA. THIS
WILL RESULT IN DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS PARTICULARLY OVER SRN AZ.
FARTHER EAST...WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED FROM THE UPPER
MIDWEST THROUGH FL...MAINTAINING THE DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE
SOUTHEAST.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN AZ...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LOW RH AND WINDY
AS A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE APPROACHES NWRN AZ SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WLY
FLOW INCREASES ALOFT. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL APPROACH AND
LIKELY EXCEED CRITICAL CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON AS SWLY/WLY
SURFACE WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A DRY
SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL PASS DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT DEEP
BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING WILL INHIBIT A SIGNIFICANT WIND SHIFT. MINIMUM
RH IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT...WITH AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES REACHING THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.
...GULF COAST/FLORIDA...
LIGHT NWLY/NLY WINDS AT OR BELOW 10 MPH WILL MAINTAIN VERY DRY
CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST AND THE FL PENINSULA.
MINIMUM RH WILL FALL TO 30 TO 35 PERCENT OVER THE INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST...AND AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 PERCENT NEAR THE GULF COAST TO
CNTRL FL. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S OVER THE FL
PENINSULA TO THE LOWER 60S FROM CNTRL AL TO WRN SC.
..BRIGHT.. 11/08/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...