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FNUS21 KWNS 210923
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0323 AM CST WED JAN 21 2009
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPPER AIR PATTERN /WITH A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE
EASTERN CONUS AND RIDGE OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST/...WILL BEGIN TO
BREAK DOWN DURING THE D1 PERIOD AS THE EASTERN TROUGH MOVES OUT INTO
THE ATLANTIC AND ANOTHER TROUGH APPROACHES THE WEST COAST. A COLD
POST FRONTAL AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO RESIDE OVER MUCH OF THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE NATION...WITH A DRY CONTINENTAL AIRMASS
LINGERING OVER THE SOUTHEAST. FARTHER WEST...RELATIVELY MILD
CONDITIONS WILL EXIST OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN STATES.
...FLORIDA...
ALTHOUGH DRY AIR /RH VALUES FALLING INTO THE 20S IN AREAS/ WILL
RESIDE AGAIN OVER FL DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...GENERALLY LIGHT
WINDS /BELOW 15 MPH/ WILL TEND TO TEMPER AN OTHERWISE GREATER FIRE
WEATHER THREAT.
..GARNER/SMITH.. 01/21/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 210925
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0325 AM CST WED JAN 21 2009
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A ZONAL UPR LVL FLOW REGIME WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONUS AS
A RIDGE OVER THE WEST CONTINUES TO BREAK DOWN DUE TO A TROUGH
ENTERING THE WEST COAST. A LARGE AREA OF SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE EASTERN STATES AS A SURFACE ANTICYCLONE MIGRATES INTO THE
ATLANTIC...WHILE A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE BECOMES POSITIONED FROM
THE GREAT LAKES REGION SOUTHWEST INTO TX. COOL AND SHOWERY
CONDITIONS WILL ACCOMPANY THE APPROACHING TROUGH OVER CA INTO THE
DESERT SW...WHILE GENERALLY MODERATING TEMPERATURES AND DRY
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EAST OF THE ROCKIES.
...PORTIONS OF CNTRL/WRN TX AND SWRN OK...
AN AXIS OF UPR 70S TEMPERATURES AND RH VALUES FALLING INTO THE TEENS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WITHIN A PREFRONTAL SURFACE TROUGH...WHICH
WILL BECOME POSITIONED OVER PORTIONS OF WRN/CNTRL TX DURING THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. THE ONE MISSING INGREDIENT PRECLUDING A CRITICAL AREA AT
THIS TIME WILL BE MARGINAL FORECAST WINDS. CURRENT MODEL GUIDANCE
INDICATES A LOW PROBABILITY OF 20+ MPH SURFACE WINDS...THOUGH A WELL
MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER WILL FAVOR GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH FOR A FEW HOURS
DURING THE AFTERNOON.
...FLORIDA...
SIMILAR TO WEDNESDAY...RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 20S
DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
LIGHT...PRECLUDING A CRITICAL AREA.
..GARNER/SMITH.. 01/21/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...