Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 300928
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0328 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008
VALID 301200Z - 311200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY IN THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL
MOVE EASTWARD TO NEW ENGLAND DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...PRODUCING
SNOW FROM MINNESOTA THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES...TO MOST OF NEW
ENGLAND. AS THE LOW MOVES EAST...A RELATIVELY DRY COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE MIDWEST AND SOUTHEAST STATES...EVENTUALLY
REACHING THE GULF COAST BY 12Z WED...WITH SOME STRONG AND GUSTY
WINDS OCCURRING AHEAD OF AND BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE WESTERN GREAT
PLAINS WITH FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS APPROACHING CRITICAL.
...W TX/OK AND TX PANHANDLES/SW KS...
WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY AS A DRY COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH
THE AREA DURING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WESTERLY
WINDS WILL BE AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES
REACHING AROUND 70F. THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD ONLY LAST FOR A FEW
HOURS IN THE MID-AFTERNOON BEFORE THE FRONT PASSES...AND BEHIND THE
FRONT...WINDS WILL GUST HIGHER TO AROUND 40 MPH ESPECIALLY IN SW
KANSAS. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE RELATIVELY
COOL /MID TO UPPER 50S F/.
..LEVIT.. 12/30/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 300947
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0347 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2008
VALID 311200Z - 011200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE EASTERN
TWO THIRDS OF THE CONUS FOLLOWING A COLD FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP
THROUGH THE AREA ON DAY 1...WHILE A ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM AND COLD
FRONT MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND RAPIDLY EJECTS INTO THE
UPPER MIDWEST BY THURSDAY MORNING. A LARGE SWATH OF SNOW CAN AGAIN
BE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER
STATES. ELSEWHERE...A LEE CYCLONE AND TROUGH WILL DEVELOP INTO THE
GREAT PLAINS OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BE CRITICAL IN ANY REGION ACROSS THE CONUS.
..LEVIT.. 12/30/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...