Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 170913
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0313 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A QUIET FIRE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE AS A BROAD BELT OF UPPER
SWLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONUS WITH AN UPPER LOW
MOVING SWD ALONG THE CA COAST. NO AREAS OF LOW RH CONCURRENT WITH
STRONG WINDS APPEAR PROBABLE AT THIS TIME...PRECLUDING CRITICAL
THREAT AREAS.
..SMITH.. 12/17/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 170914
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0314 AM CST WED DEC 17 2008
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE EWD FROM THE SWRN STATES INTO
THE SRN HIGH PLAINS DURING THE PERIOD. A SURFACE LOW WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLORADO HIGH PLAINS WITH AN
ATTENDANT EWD SWEEPING COLD FRONT. INCREASING FLOW FIELDS THROUGH
THE PROFILE ACROSS PARTS OF SERN NM AND PARTS OF W TX IN COMBINATION
WITH MARGINAL SURFACE RH VALUES WILL ENHANCE THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT
ACROSS THIS REGION.
...PARTS OF SERN NM/W TX...
SEEMINGLY FAVORABLE FIRE WEATHER SETUP ACROSS THE AREA WILL PROBABLY
BE TEMPERED SOMEWHAT BY MARGINAL RH. LATEST SREF GUIDANCE DEPICTS
AN AXIS OF LOWER RH FROM THE PECOS RIVER IN SWRN TX NWD ALONG THE
TX/NM BORDER REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH RH PROBABLY
HOVERING IN THE MID-UPPER 20S IN AREAS. DESPITE A WELL MIXED
SURFACE TO 700MB LAYER PER FORECAST SOUNDINGS...DEEPER MIXING AND
SUBSEQUENT LOWER RH /BELOW 20-25 PERCENT/ SEEMS UNLIKELY ATTM.
ADDITIONAL COMPLICATING FACTOR INVOLVES ANY MID AND HIGH LEVEL
CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EJECTING SHORTWAVE TROUGH. THIS MAY
ACT TO RETARD HIGH TEMPERATURES WITH FURTHER N EXTENT AND THEREBY
STUNT THE MAGNITUDE OF LOWER RH ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION.
REGARDLESS...STRONG SWLY TO WLY SUSTAINED WINDS /25-30 MPH/ WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WILL ACT TO ENHANCE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
..SMITH.. 12/17/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...