Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 160832
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0232 AM CST SUN NOV 16 2008
VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN AMPLIFIED UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN WILL PERSIST WITH A TROUGH IN THE
EAST AND RIDGE IN THE WEST. EXPANSIVE SURFACE RIDGING WILL REMAIN
ANCHORED FROM THE NRN INTERMOUNTAIN W TO THE WRN GULF COAST.
...FOOTHILLS AND CANYONS/PASSES OF THE SRN CA COASTAL MTNS...
LOW-LEVEL PRESSURE/THERMAL GRADIENTS AND CONSEQUENTLY OFFSHORE WINDS
HAVE GRADUALLY WEAKENED COMPARED TO 24 HOURS AGO...WITH THIS TREND
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TODAY. ALTHOUGH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS HAVE
LARGELY FALLEN BELOW 20 MPH...POCKETS OF GUSTS AOA 30 MPH SHOULD
PERSIST THROUGH LATE MORNING SUPPORTING LOCALIZED CRITICAL
CONDITIONS GIVEN VERY POOR RH RECOVERY /VALUES AOB 15 PERCENT/.
DESPITE WANING OFFSHORE FLOW...RECORD WARMTH WILL LEND TO WIDESPREAD
MIN RH FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT.
...FL...
SUBSTANTIAL DRYING HAS OCCURRED ACROSS NRN/CNTRL FL AND WILL SPREAD
SWD THROUGH THE REST OF THE PENINSULA AS A COLD FRONT PROGRESSES
OFFSHORE. ALTHOUGH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY ONLY BE IN
THE 60S...CRITICALLY LOW RH FROM 25 TO 35 PERCENT APPEARS LIKELY.
MODEST LOW-LEVEL FLOW SHOULD RESULT IN MARGINAL SURFACE WINDS /FROM
10 TO 15 MPH/...PRECLUDING A CRITICAL AREA ISSUANCE.
..GRAMS.. 11/16/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 160835
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0235 AM CST SUN NOV 16 2008
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN WILL REMAIN SIMILAR TO DAY 1 WITH A TROUGH EAST
AND A RIDGE WEST. THE WRN RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EWD AS AN
EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE TRACKS SEWD FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST TO THE LOWER
MID-ATLANTIC. THIS WILL HELP DRIVE A REINFORCING SURFACE COLD FRONT
INTO THE SOUTHEAST BY EARLY TUE...WITH A LARGE ANTICYCLONE BUILDING
DOWN THE PLAINS.
...FOOTHILLS AND CANYONS/PASSES OF THE SRN CA COASTAL MTNS...
OFFSHORE FLOW SHOULD BE WEAK OWING TO A MODEST SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT AND UPPER RIDGE AXIS PROGRESSING E OF THE REGION.
UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN LEAD TO LONG DURATIONS OF
RH VALUES FROM 8 TO 15 PERCENT...ALTHOUGH OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL
IMPROVE COMPARED TO THE PAST FEW NIGHTS.
...NRN/CNTRL FL...
LOW RH SEEMS APT TO DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON MON WITH VALUES FROM
30 TO 35 PERCENT. WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT /AOB 10 MPH/ AND DETER ANY
POTENTIAL FOR A CRITICAL THREAT.
..GRAMS.. 11/16/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...