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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 230854
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0254 AM CST FRI JAN 23 2009
VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
LARGE SCALE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED ON
FRIDAY. COLD HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO SURGE SOUTH ACROSS THE
GREAT PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY...WHILE A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW REGIME
PERSISTS ACROSS THE SWRN CONUS. OVER THE SRN PLAINS...SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE WILL MATERIALIZE OVER TX. WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY WEAK SOUTH
OF THE SURFACE LOW...WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO THE NORTH OVER OK.
REGARDLESS...RH VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE...NEGATING A CRITICAL
OUTLOOK. FARTHER EAST OVER FL...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED
OVER THE PANHANDLE...WITH DRY CONDITIONS PERSISTING.
...FLORIDA...
LOW RH VALUES /POSSIBLY FALLING INTO THE 20S/ ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
DURING THE LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. DUE TO A WEAK
PRESSURE GRADIENT /CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE/...SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...PRECLUDING A
CRITICAL OUTLOOK.
...SWRN OK AND NWRN TX...
AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE BECOMES SITUATED OVER NORTHERN TX...AND HIGH
PRESSURE SURGES SOUTH INTO THE REGION...SUSTAINED NORTHERLY WINDS
NEAR 20 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
THESE WINDS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME COLLOCATED WITH RH VALUES DROPPING TO
20 PERCENT. HOWEVER...THE DURATION OF THESE CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED
TO BE TOO BRIEF TO WARRANT A CRITICAL AREA.
..GARNER/SMITH.. 01/23/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 230859
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0259 AM CST FRI JAN 23 2009
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS
MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE NATION ON SATURDAY...WITH A COLD
FRONT MOVING OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC...TRAILING SOUTHWESTWARD INTO THE
GULF OF MEXICO BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOUTH OF THE FRONT OVER FL...AN
AXIS OF WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BISECT THE PANHANDLE...WITH
MODERATELY LOW AFTERNOON RH VALUES REMAINING IN PLACE.
ELSEWHERE...LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES...AHEAD OF AN UPR LVL TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE
PACIFIC...WITH A COOL/MOIST WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED OVER THE WRN
HALF OF THE CONUS.
..GARNER/SMITH.. 01/23/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...