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FNUS21 KWNS 130936
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0336 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008
VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SERN NM/WRN TX AND OK/SWRN KS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LONGWAVE TROUGH DIGS SWD THROUGH THE WRN STATES TODAY...AND ARCTIC
AIR BEGINS SURGING SWD INTO THE NRN PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE A LEE
CYCLONE WILL DEEPEN OVER ERN WY...RESULTING IN STRONG SWLY/SLY FLOW
FROM THE SRN ROCKIES THROUGH THE SRN/CNTRL PLAINS. THE SLY FLOW WILL
DRAW A MILD AND RELATIVELY MOIST AIRMASS NWD FROM THE TX GULF COAST
INTO ERN KS...WHILE FARTHER TO THE WEST A WLY COMPONENT TO THE LOW
LEVEL FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR LOWER RH AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP.
ELSEWHERE AROUND THE NATION COLD...WET...AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE WEST...AND SCATTERED SHOWERS SHOULD
DEVELOP FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY TO THE GREAT LAKES DURING THE
SECOND HALF OF THE PERIOD. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST
WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF RELATIVELY LOW RH /30 TO 40 PERCENT/ AND
LIGHT NLY/NELY WINDS FROM NRN FL TO THE CAROLINAS DURING THE
AFTERNOON.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SERN NM/WRN TX AND OK/SWRN KS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS...LOW RH
AS THE AFOREMENTIONED LEE CYCLONE DEEPENS OVER THE HIGH
PLAINS...SWLY SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH FROM FAR WRN TX THROUGH ERN NM/NWRN TX INTO
THE PANHANDLES OF OK/TX AND EXTREME SWRN KS. MINIMUM RH WILL BE
MARGINAL AND GENERALLY AOA 10 TO 15 PERCENT...BUT WITH SURFACE WINDS
GUSTING BETWEEN 40 TO 50 MPH AND TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE
LOWER/MID 60S...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY DURING
THE AFTERNOON. DECREASING WINDS...FALLING TEMPERATURES...AND RISING
RH SHOULD BRING RAPID IMPROVEMENT NEAR OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.
..BRIGHT.. 12/13/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 130937
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0337 AM CST SAT DEC 13 2008
VALID 141200Z - 151200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR WRN TX/SERN NM...
...SYNOPSIS...
A DEEP LONGWAVE TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE WEST SUNDAY WITH EMBEDDED
SHORTWAVES MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...AND FROM THE CNTRL
ROCKIES TO THE UPPER MIDWEST. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SWD
INTO THE SRN PLAINS BY LATE IN THE DAY...WITH STRONG SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE AND ARCTIC AIR EXTENDING FROM THE NRN ROCKIES TO THE CNTRL
PLAINS. THE WRN U.S. WILL AGAIN BE COLD WITH SCATTERED SNOW AND RAIN
SHOWERS OVER MUCH OF THE WEST...WHILE RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM
THE LOWER MS VALLEY TO THE GREAT LAKES.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - WRN TX/SERN NM...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: WINDY...LOW RH
IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY EXISTS FOR CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP OVER SERN NM AND PORTIONS OF WRN
TX SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE PREFRONTAL AIRMASS WEST OF THE
DRYLINE...MINIMUM RH WILL FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT WHILE SWLY/WLY
SURFACE WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH.
MAXIMUM PREFRONTAL TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH THE MID/UPPER
60S...LEADING TO A PERIOD OF POTENTIALLY CRITICAL CONDITIONS. THE
ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SURGE RAPIDLY SWD...BRINGING AN
ABRUPT END TO THE CRITICAL CONDITIONS BY EARLY EVENING.
..BRIGHT.. 12/13/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...