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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 100710
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0110 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR S CNTRL TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE SCALE UPPER TROUGH WILL VERY SLOWLY MOVE EWD FROM THE CNTRL
US AND WILL EXTEND FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION SWD THROUGH THE MS
VALLEY BY LATE IN THE PERIOD. MEANWHILE A SECOND UPPER LOW WILL
DEVELOP OVER ERN TX...MOVING EWD INTO LA/MS LATE IN THE PERIOD.
WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT THE EAST COAST AND THE GULF
REGION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE SYSTEMS.
IN S CNTRL TX...STRONG AND GUSTY NLY/NWLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT THE AREA AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE WRN GULF LOW AND IN A
POST COLD FRONTAL REGIME.
IN SRN CA...DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...ALTHOUGH
IN GENERAL WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER THAN YESTERDAY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - S CNTRL TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WIND... LOW RH...SEVERE DROUGHT
STRONG NLY/NWLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS S CNTRL TX FOLLOWING THIS
MORNINGS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AND AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF A SECOND
UPPER LOW THAT WILL INTENSIFY OVER ERN TX BEFORE QUICKLY MOVING EWD.
ALTHOUGH FAR SRN TX HAS REMAINED COOL AND DRY...AREAS JUST TO THE N
HAVE RECEIVED RAINFALL TONIGHT...AND THE CRITICAL AREA HAS BEEN
REDUCED TO REFLECT THIS. S OF THIS RAINFALL LINE...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S DESPITE COOLER
TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND LOWER 60S. WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND
GUSTY FOLLOWING THE FRONT...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS NEAR 25 MPH. GIVEN
SEVERE DROUGHT AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED ON THE PREVIOUS
DAY...A HEIGHTENED FIRE THREAT WILL EXIST.
...SRN CA...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS NOW CENTERED INVOF NERN NV THIS
MORNING...AND WILL SHIFT EWD AND WEAKEN THROUGH THE DAY. THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SRN CA HAS WEAKENED THIS MORNING AS
WELL...AND NO APPRECIABLE GUSTS ARE BEING OBSERVED ATTM ON MESOWEST
OR METAR DATA. EXPECT THAT WINDS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER TODAY COMPARED
TO YESTERDAY...ALTHOUGH FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES MAY STILL
EXPERIENCE SOME DEGREE OF GUSTING GIVEN FAVORABLE NELY WIND
ORIENTATION...ESPECIALLY BY EARLY MORNING. LITTLE RH RECOVERY IS
OCCURRING TONIGHT. TEEN AND SINGLE DIGIT RHS CAN BE EXPECTED BY
AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN...HEIGHTENING THE FIRE THREAT DESPITE OVERALL
WEAKENING OF WINDS.
..HURLBUT.. 12/10/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 100743
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0143 AM CST WED DEC 10 2008
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A RELATIVELY TRANQUIL FIRE DAY IS EXPECTED FOR THE DAY 2 FORECAST.
IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION AN UPPER TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE EWD
THROUGH THE DAY. FARTHER S...AN UPPER LOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE EWD
THROUGH THE GULF COAST REGION...THEN NEWD TO THE MID ATLANTIC LATE
IN THE PERIOD. THIS WILL INFLUENCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THESE AREAS. AS THIS OCCURS...WINDS WILL
GENERALLY RELAX ACROSS SRN TX...ALTHOUGH ANOTHER DAY OF LOW RH WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN A DRY NLY FLOW.
FARTHER W...A MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE WILL BE UNDERWAY. THE UPPER RIDGE
WILL SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE DAY AS A STRONG SHORT WAVE
TROUGH APPROACHES THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...JUST NOSING INTO THE AREA
LATE IN THE PERIOD. IN SRN CA...ONE MORE DAY OF LOW RH WILL
CONTINUE...ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT.
..HURLBUT.. 12/10/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...