Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 280850
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0250 AM CST WED JAN 28 2009
VALID 281200Z - 291200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
LARGE-SCALE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS THE ERN
TWO-THIRDS OF THE CONUS AS A POTENT SHORT WAVE TROUGH FROM THE GREAT
LAKES TO THE OZARK PLATEAU QUICKLY EJECTS NEWD TOWARDS NEW
ENGLAND...WHILE UPSTREAM IMPULSES DIG INTO THE CNTRL STATES. IN THE
WAKE OF THESE LATTER DISTURBANCES...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL
RESTRENGTHEN EARLY THU ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN.
...E-CNTRL NM...
LOCALLY GUSTY NWLY WINDS BETWEEN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND SACRAMENTO
MTNS SHOULD MIX EWD TOWARDS THE PECOS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON.
SUSTAINED WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE FROM 15 TO 20 MPH. DESPITE COLD
TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING...DOWNSLOPE WARMING WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
AFTERNOON HIGHS REACHING THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 50S. WITH PW VALUES
AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH...RH VALUES SHOULD BRIEFLY DROP TO AROUND
10 TO 15 PERCENT.
..GRAMS.. 01/28/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 280928
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0328 AM CST WED JAN 28 2009
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN WILL FEATURE A LARGE-SCALE
TROUGH GRADUALLY SHIFTING EWD ACROSS THE CNTRL/ERN CONUS...WHILE A
RIDGE REMAINS ANCHORED ALONG THE PACIFIC NW/NRN CA COAST. EXPANSIVE
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FROM THE GREAT BASIN TO THE SRN
PLAINS.
...SRN CA COASTAL AREA...
OFFSHORE FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN THU MORNING AS A TIGHT SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS WITH AN ANTICYCLONE INTENSIFYING OVER THE
GREAT BASIN. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH APPEAR LIKELY BELOW
PASSES AND CANYONS. DOWNSLOPE WARMING/DRYING WILL RESULT IN
ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT BY
LATE AFTERNOON WITH POOR RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. NEVERTHELESS...THE
OVERALL THREAT SHOULD BE CURTAILED BY RECENT RAINFALL AND INCREASING
LIVE FUEL MOISTURE.
..GRAMS.. 01/28/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...