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FNUS21 KWNS 260814
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0214 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2008
VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EWD ACROSS THE ROCKIES
INTO THE HIGH PLAINS TODAY WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM CNTRL
NEB INTO NRN NM BY LATE AFTERNOON. STRONG SWLY WINDS WILL OCCUR
AHEAD OF THIS FRONT OVER ERN NM...W TX...OK AND KS BUT RH WILL ONLY
BE MODERATELY LOW. ELSEWHERE...RH WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ACROSS THE
SERN STATES WITH SLY FLOW OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO.
...SERN NM...W TX...WRN OK...SW KS...
IT WILL BE VERY WINDY TODAY WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30-35 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE
MILD...RANGING FROM THE 60S F KS TO THE MID TO UPPER 70S F OVER
CNTRL/SW TX...MIN RH LEVELS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO BOTTOM IN THE 20
PERCENT RANGE...WITH THE LOWEST VALUES OVER FAR SW TX. EVEN WITH
MARGINAL RH...RECENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS ALONG WITH VERY STRONG WINDS
COULD POSE A PROBLEM WITH ANY FIRES THAT MAY OCCUR.
..JEWELL.. 12/26/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 260814
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0214 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2008
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF CNTRL TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE FROM THE SRN HIGH PLAINS SAT MORNING
TO THE UPPER MS VALLEY BY SUN MORNING. AT THE SURFACE...STRONG WLY
WINDS BEHIND A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RH TO
PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF CNTRL TX. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE COLD FRONT FROM MO
INTO ERN TX.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MUCH OF CNTRL TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WLY WINDS...LOW RH...DROUGHT
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EWD ACROSS TX AND BY MIDDAY WLY WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 25-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RH LEVELS WILL BE MUCH
LOWER THAN ON THE PREVIOUS TWO DAYS...WITH 10-20 PERCENT EXPECTED
OVER CNTRL TX AND VALUES OF 20-30 PERCENT ACROSS S CNTRL TX. GIVEN
ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS...THE VERY STRONG WINDS AS WELL AS LOW RH
COULD RESULT IN A POTENTIALLY ACTIVE FIRE WEATHER DAY...DESPITE
RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES.
THE ERN EXTENT OF THE CRITICAL AREA WILL BE MITIGATED BY WHERE
THUNDERSTORMS ERUPT ALONG THE COLD FRONT. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS
COULD REACH AS FAR E AS THE METROPLEX IF THOSE AREAS AVOID THE RAIN.
..JEWELL.. 12/26/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...