Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 300856
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0256 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008
VALID 301200Z - 011200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
EARLY MORNING UPPER AIR DIAGNOSIS SHOWS AN EXPANSIVE LONG WAVE UPPER
TROUGH OVER THE ERN HALF OF THE CONUS WITH SEVERAL UPPER
DISTURBANCES ROTATING AROUND ITS PERIPHERY. AN UPPER RIDGE IS
LOCATED OVER THE WRN CONUS. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
SEWD OVER PARTS OF THE SERN STATES WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR
ACCOMPANYING BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THE FRONT. A SECOND COLD
FRONT WILL SWEEP SWD ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL CONUS. MODERATELY
STRONG NWLY SURFACE WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT ACROSS PARTS
OF THE SRN HIGH PLAINS AND SWD INTO PARTS OF TX. FURTHER W OVER
CA/GREAT BASIN...A MODEST PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LIKELY WANE AND
LEAD TO WEAKER OFFSHORE FLOW OVER PARTS OF SRN CA.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PARTS OF CENTRAL TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / LONG TERM DRYNESS
DESPITE ONLY MODEST HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND SOME CLOUD
COVER...A FAVORABLE ZONE OF STRONG NWLY WINDS AND LOW RH APPEAR TO
BE JUXTAPOSED OVER A LOCALIZED AREA OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL TX.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL LIKELY OCCUR
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AS TEMPERATURES WARM...LOW LEVEL LAPSE
RATES WILL STEEPEN AND ENABLE SUFFICIENT BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING TO
OCCUR WITH RH VALUES FALLING INTO THE 20S DURING PEAK HEATING.
...PARTS OF THE TX HILL COUNTRY/S-CENTRAL TX...
ADJACENT AREAS TO THE FURTHER S AND SW OF THE HIGHLIGHTED CRITICAL
AREA WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE WARMER HIGH TEMPERATURES AND LOWER RH
VALUES /20S INTO THE UPPER TEENS/. HOWEVER...WEAKER SUSTAINED WINDS
/15-20 MPH/ OWING TO A MORE RELAXED PRESSURE GRADIENT MAY ACT TO
TEMPER AN OTHERWISE GREATER FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..SMITH.. 11/30/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 300900
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0300 AM CST SUN NOV 30 2008
VALID 011200Z - 021200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE SCALE UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EWD OVER THE ERN CONUS.
FURTHER W...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE EWD OVER THE PACIFIC NW AS
AN UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN. AT THE SURFACE A DRIER...COOLER AIRMASS
WILL MOVE OVER PARTS OF THE SERN U.S. LOWER RH MAY OCCUR OVER PARTS
OF FL AND SRN GA BUT UNCERTAINTY DUE TO SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL
FORECAST DURING THE D1 PERIOD PRECLUDES FURTHER MENTION OF THIS AREA
FOR THE TIME BEING. THEREFORE NO LARGE AREAS OF CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORESEEN FOR THE D2 PERIOD ATTM.
..SMITH.. 11/30/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...