Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 110659
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1259 AM CST THU DEC 11 2008
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A RELATIVELY TRANQUIL FIRE DAY IS EXPECTED FOR TODAY. IN THE GREAT
LAKES REGION AN UPPER LOW WILL VERY SLOWLY MOVE EWD THROUGH THE DAY.
FARTHER S...AN UPPER LOW WILL QUICKLY MOVE EWD THROUGH THE GULF
COAST REGION THEN NEWD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC. THESE SYSTEMS WILL
INFLUENCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SERN STATES
AND MID ATLANTIC...WHILE WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT MUCH OF
THE NORTHEAST. ADDITIONALLY...WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY FOLLOW THE
GULF LOW IN PORTIONS OF LA/MS AS VERY COLD AIR WRAPS AROUND THE
BACKSIDE. COOL AND DRY NLY/NWLY WINDS WILL AFFECT SRN TX IN
JUXTAPOSITION WITH DRY AIR...ALTHOUGH SPEEDS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER
THAN YESTERDAY.
FARTHER W...A MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE WILL BE UNDERWAY. THE UPPER RIDGE
WILL SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE DAY AS A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES
APPROACH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. A LEAD SHORT WAVE WILL QUICKLY MOVE
THROUGH...WHILE A MUCH STRONGER SHORT WAVE WILL JUST BEGIN TO NOSE
INTO THE AREA BY LATE IN THE PERIOD. IN SRN CA...ONE MORE DAY OF LOW
RH WILL CONTINUE...ALTHOUGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT.
..HURLBUT.. 12/11/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 110721
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0121 AM CST THU DEC 11 2008
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE WILL BE UNDERWAY AS A VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE
IMPACTS THE NORTHWEST. THE TROUGH WILL THEN QUICKLY DIG SEWD...WITH
THE JET CORE OVERSPREADING MUCH OF THE WEST BY THE END OF THE
PERIOD. HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST BY EARLY MORNING.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS...THE GREAT LAKES/EAST COAST TROUGHS THAT HAVE
BEEN DOMINANT WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO SHIFT EWD WITH HIGH PRESSURE
QUICKLY BUILDING IN BEHIND.
ALTHOUGH NO AREAS ARE EXPECTED...A DRY NWLY FLOW IN NRN FL COULD
ALLOW FOR RHS TO BRIEFLY DROP TO NEAR CRITICAL VALUES. ATTM...IT
APPEARS THAT THIS WILL BE A MARGINAL SCENARIO AT BEST...AND RECENT
RAINFALL SHOULD MITIGATE THE THREAT.
..HURLBUT.. 12/11/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...