Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 030909
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0309 AM CST SAT JAN 03 2009
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR TX SOUTH PLAINS EXTENDING NEWD
INTO W-CENTRAL OK...
...SYNOPSIS...
EARLY MORNING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE
ERN GREAT BASIN/CENTRAL ROCKIES AND THIS FEATURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE
NEWD TO THE NRN PLAINS BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. AT THE
SURFACE...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MODIFY AS IT SWEEPS SWD ACROSS
THE PLAINS. AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SEWD FROM KS
TO CENTRAL OK BY 00Z WITH AN ATTENDANT DRYLINE EXTENDING SWD TO DEEP
SOUTH TX. AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND BEHIND THE DRYLINE /ACROSS PARTS
OF THE SRN PLAINS/ LOW HUMIDITY AND SEASONABLY WARM AND DRY
CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE SWLY TO WLY SUSTAINED SURFACE
WINDS RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - TX SOUTH PLAINS EXTENDING NEWD INTO
W-CENTRAL OK...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LOW RH / MODERATELY STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS
FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE SUFFICIENT BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING WILL
LIKELY OCCUR AS STRONG SURFACE HEATING OCCURS DURING THE LATE
MORNING/AFTERNOON HOURS AS TEMPS WARM WELL INTO THE 60S/70S. THE
LONGEST DURATION/MOST PROBABLE AREA FOR LOW RH/MODERATELY STRONG
WINDS APPEARS TO BE IN A ZONE FROM THE TX SOUTH PLAINS EWD ALONG THE
RED RIVER VALLEY REGION. WITHIN THIS REGION...STRONGER BELT OF
PROGGED 850-700MB WINDS AND DEEPER MIXING PER FORECAST SOUNDINGS
WILL RESULT IN SUSTAINED WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH MIN RH 10 TO 20
PERCENT. ELSEWHERE...PERIPHERAL AREAS AROUND THE HIGHLIGHTED REGION
MAY EXPERIENCE WEAKER SUSTAINED WINDS /15-20 MPH/ RESULTING IN A
MORE TEMPERED OVERALL THREAT. RH RECOVERY WILL OCCUR AS THE COLD
FRONT PASSES /WINDS WLY TO NLY/ OR DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS
WHEN THE NEAR SURFACE LAYER DECOUPLES.
..SMITH.. 01/03/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 030910
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0310 AM CST SAT JAN 03 2009
VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER FLOW PATTERN SUNDAY IS CHARACTERIZED AS SWLY FROM THE SWRN
U.S. TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION AHEAD OF A DIGGING UPPER TROUGH OVER
THE BAJA REGION AND A DEPARTING SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE UPPER
MIDWEST. A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SWD OVER PARTS
OF TX EARLY IN THE PERIOD USHERING IN COOLER TEMPS OVER MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL U.S. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE IT/S RETURN OVER PARTS OF THE
SERN U.S. AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OFF THE SERN
U.S. COAST AND A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE DEEP SOUTH--EFFECTIVELY
NEGATING ANY POTENTIAL LOW RH AREAS. AS A RESULT...NO LARGE SCALE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ON SUNDAY.
..SMITH.. 01/03/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...