Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 170845
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0245 AM CST MON NOV 17 2008
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER FAR WRN ONTARIO WILL TRACK SEWD TO THE
CNTRL APPALACHIANS BY EARLY TUE...EFFECTIVELY MAINTAINING A
LARGER-SCALE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE ERN CONUS. A COLD FRONT
WILL DIVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST...WITH AN EXPANSIVE ANTICYCLONE
BUILDING DOWN THE PLAINS. IN THE WEST...UPPER RIDGE AXIS WILL SHIFT
EWD.
...FOOTHILLS AND CANYONS/PASSES OF THE SRN CA COASTAL MTNS...
OFFSHORE FLOW WAS WEAK IN ALL BUT A FEW MESONET OBSERVATIONS EARLY
THIS MORNING. WITH AN UPPER RIDGE AXIS PROGRESSING E OF THE REGION
AND A CONTINUED RELAXING OF THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT...THE
TREND FOR DIMINISHING WINDS WILL PERSIST. UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES SHOULD AGAIN LEAD TO LONG DURATIONS OF RH VALUES FROM 8
TO 15 PERCENT.
..GRAMS.. 11/17/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 170847
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0247 AM CST MON NOV 17 2008
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MOST OF THE FL PENINSULA...
...SYNOPSIS...
AMPLIFIED UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE ERN CONUS WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE.
PERSISTENT WRN CONUS RIDGE AXIS WILL FLATTEN AS SHORT WAVE TROUGH
OVER THE NERN PACIFIC REACHES THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES BY EARLY WED.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MOST OF THE FL PENINSULA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: MODERATE WINDS / LOW RH / HIGH TO VERY HIGH KBDI
IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT PASSAGE EARLY TUE...LOW-LEVEL N/NWLYS
WILL STRENGTHEN AND REINFORCE A COOL/DRY CONTINENTAL AIR MASS OVER
MUCH OF FL. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS AROUND 15 MPH APPEAR LIKELY FROM
LATE MORNING INTO MID-AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE
WELL-BELOW NORMAL /IN THE 60S/...RH VALUES SHOULD PLUMMET TO BETWEEN
25 AND 35 PERCENT.
..GRAMS.. 11/17/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...