Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 270817
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0217 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CNTRL TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
A VIGOROUS...AND UNSEASONABLY STRONG...UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH CENTERED
EAST OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL MOVE RAPIDLY EASTWARD THROUGH
THE MIDWEST DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD. AHEAD OF THE STORM
SYSTEM...SEVERE STORMS AND WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ALONG A
COLD FRONT FROM THE GREAT LAKES SOUTHWARD INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. BEHIND THE FRONT IN CENTRAL TX...DRY AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER RISK.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CNTRL TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW RH VALUES...DROUGHT
A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON SATURDAY
MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL EXIST. ADDITIONALLY...VERY DRY AIR WILL ADVECT
INTO THE AREA...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING INTO THE
TEENS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE
CONDITIONS...COUPLED WITH DRY VEGETATION FROM LACK OF RECENT
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL...WILL CREATE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER RISK.
..LEVIT.. 12/27/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 270849
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0249 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER-LEVEL FLOW PATTERN WILL BECOME MORE ZONAL ON SUNDAY AS A
STRONG TROUGH MOVES FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION NORTHEASTWARD TO NEW
ENGLAND...WITH A PRECIPITATION ALONG A TRAILING COLD FRONT THAT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN U.S. IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...A SHORTWAVE
TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THAT REGION BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND
SNOW. THEREFORE...A RELATIVELY BENIGN FIRE WEATHER PATTERN WILL
EXIST GIVEN THE LACK OF SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF DRY...WINDY...AND WARM
SURFACE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CONUS.
..LEVIT.. 12/27/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...