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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL FNUS21 KWNS 130939 DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0339 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 VALID 131200Z - 141200Z ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF SRN CA... ...SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN ALONG THE W COAST WITH A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT BASIN. THIS WILL MAINTAIN GUSTY OFFSHORE FLOW/SANTA ANA WINDS FOR SRN CA WHERE RH WILL BE LOW. TO THE E...ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE FROM THE SRN PLAINS INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY WITH VERY DRY WEATHER AND NWLY WINDS. A LEE TROUGH WILL DEEPEN FROM SD INTO ERN CO AND NM BY AFTERNOON BENEATH A NWLY FLOW REGIME ALOFT. GUSTY SWLY WINDS AND VERY LOW RH WILL OCCUR OVER WRN KS/OK AND THE TX PANHANDLE DESPITE RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES. ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF SRN CA... PRIMARY CONDITIONS: CONTINUED STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND LOW RH A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FROM NV INTO SRN CA WITH GUSTY SANTA ANA WINDS ONGOING THIS MORNING. RH WILL FURTHER INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS INTO THE 80S F. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST WITH LOCAL GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO WED MORNING WITH POOR RH RECOVERY. ...TX/OK PANHANDLES AND NW TX/WRN OK... A LEE PRESSURE TROUGH WILL DEEPEN LATER TODAY FROM ERN CO INTO ERN NM. A VERY COOL AND DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE...BUT HIGHS WILL EVENTUALLY REACH THE MID 50S F WITH MIN RH IN THE TEENS. SWLY WINDS OF 15-20 MPH WILL DEVELOP AS WELL. THE COOL TEMPERATURES AND SHALLOW INVERSION HEIGHTS WILL HELP KEEP THE OVERALL FIRE THREAT AT BAY...ALTHOUGH SOME THREAT WILL EXIST FOR A COUPLE HOURS NEAR PEAK HEATING. RH WILL RECOVER RAPIDLY NEAR SUNSET AS WINDS DIMINISH. ...SRN AND SERN TX... HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE INTO ERN TX LATER TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT...WITH COOL BUT VERY DRY CONDITIONS. MIN RH WILL DIP INTO THE TEENS OVER CNTRL TX...WITH TWENTIES ALONG THE TX COAST. NWLY WINDS NEAR 15 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. THE COOL TEMPERATURES AND MARGINAL SUSTAINED WINDS WILL MITIGATE THE FIRE THREAT TO SUB CRITICAL LEVELS...ALTHOUGH STILL ELEVATED DUE TO DROUGHT. ...GULF COAST/SERN STATES... HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE E INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY WITH A RESIDUAL HIGH FARTHER E OVER GA AND THE CAROLINAS. POCKETS OF LOW RH WILL EXIST MAINLY FROM THE WRN FL PANHANDLE/SRN AL WWD. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE COOL. RECENT RAINS OVER NRN FL WILL FURTHER MITIGATE ANY MINOR FIRE THREAT FOR TODAY. ..JEWELL.. 01/13/2009 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL FNUS22 KWNS 131002 DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0402 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009 VALID 141200Z - 151200Z ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF SRN CA... ...SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN SITUATED ALONG THE W COAST WITH A LARGE UPPER TROUGH GENERALLY E OF THE ROCKIES. DRY OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER SRN CA DUE TO HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN. DRY WEATHER WILL ALSO CONTINUE FROM THE SRN PLAINS EWD ACROSS THE GULF COAST REGION WITH ANOTHER HIGH. ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF SRN CA... PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RH A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS SRN CA WITH DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS AGAIN WED. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINED WINDS MAY BE A BIT WEAKER ON WED THAN ON THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS...BUT THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STILL SUPPORT STRONG WIND GUSTS AND RH WILL DIP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15-25 MPH APPEAR LIKELY WITH LOCAL GUSTS OF 30-40 MPH THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS. RH RECOVERY WILL BE LOCALLY POOR OVERNIGHT AS GUSTS CONTINUE. ...FL... NEAR CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE FL PENINSULA ON WED AS VERY DRY AIR FILTERS S IN A POST FRONTAL AIR MASS. MIN RH SHOULD DIP INTO THE 20 PERCENT RANGE ESPECIALLY NRN FL...WITH VALUES IN TO THE 30 PERCENT RANGE OVER SRN FL. NWLY WINDS OF 10-15 MPH DURING THE MORNING SHOULD WEAKEN DURING THE DAY. GIVEN HIGH KBDI VALUES DUE TO DROUGHT...PORTIONS OF FL COULD BE UPGRADED IN THE NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK ESPECIALLY IF WINDS ARE STRONGER THAN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED. ...CNTRL TX... SWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10-15 MPH AHEAD OF A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH AND ON THE WRN PERIPHERY OF THE GULF COAST HIGH. RH LEVELS WILL DIP INTO THE TEENS WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING OUT OF THE 50S F. GIVEN THE MARGINAL SUSTAINED WINDS AND COOL TEMPERATURES...LARGE SCALE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. ..JEWELL.. 01/13/2009 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...