Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 300918
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0318 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2009
VALID 301200Z - 311200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
COOL AND DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE WRN STATES UNDER
AN UPPER RIDGE AND WITH HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE. A MODERATE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY GUSTY OFFSHORE FLOW FOR SRN
CA WITH LOW RH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND EWD INTO THE SRN PLAINS
AND INTO THE GULF COAST STATES WITH LOW HUMIDITY. LOCALLY GUSTY NWLY
WINDS WILL RESULT IN A MARGINAL FIRE THREAT FROM WRN OK INTO CNTRL
TX...AND ALSO ACROSS NRN FL. ELSEWHERE...VERY COOL CONDITIONS WILL
EXIST FROM MID AND UPPER MS VALLEY EWD UNDER A LARGE UPPER TROUGH.
...NRN FL...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION AS A COLD FRONT CLEARS THE
FL PENINSULA. NWLY WINDS NEAR 15 MPH ALONG WITH LOW RH FROM 20-35
PERCENT ARE LIKELY OVER NRN FL WHERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSIST.
HOWEVER..RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND LOWER 60S...AS
WELL AS MORNING SHOWERS WILL HELP TEMPER THE DEGREE OF FIRE THREAT.
...SWRN KS...WRN OK...NWRN INTO CNTRL TX...
A WEAK LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL EXIST ACROSS THE LOWER MO VALLEY ON
THE ERN FRINGE OF THE SRN PLAINS HIGH AND BENEATH NWLY FLOW ALOFT.
THIS WILL RESULT IN NWLY SURFACE WINDS OF 15-25 MPH AND MILD
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S F. MIN RH WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS AND
TWENTIES...SUPPORTING A MARGINAL FIRE THREAT THIS AFTERNOON.
...SRN CA...
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ONGOING THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY THROUGH PASSES
AND CANYONS AND WILL PERSIST MOST OF THE DAY. RH WILL LOWER INTO THE
TEENS WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S F. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL NOT BE AS
STRONG OVERNIGHT INTO SAT. OVERALL FIRE THREAT WILL REMAIN TEMPERED
DUE TO LESS THAN FAVORABLE FUEL CONDITIONS.
..JEWELL.. 01/30/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 300921
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0321 AM CST FRI JAN 30 2009
VALID 311200Z - 011200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CNTRL AND NWRN TX...WRN OK...ERN
NM...FAR S CNTRL KS...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CNTRL AND SRN FL...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OFF THE E COAST SAT MORNING WITH HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE SERN STATES. LOW RH AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL CREATE LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS FOR FL.
TO THE W...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM SERN CO NEWD INTO
THE UPPER MS VALLEY...JUST AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING UPPER TROUGH OVER
THE NRN HIGH PLAINS. VERY DRY AND WINDY WEATHER WILL RESULT ACROSS
THE SRN PLAINS WITH CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS LIKELY.
DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR THE SWRN STATES BUT WITH A WEAKENING
PRESSURE GRADIENT DURING THE DAY. ANOTHER AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL
MOVE SWD INTO THE GREAT BASIN OVERNIGHT INTO SUN MORNING AS THE NEXT
TROUGH AMPLIFIES OVER THE CNTRL U.S.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CNTRL AND NWRN TX...WRN OK...ERN
NM...FAR S CNTRL KS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS...VERY LOW RH
LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER ERN CO/WRN KS AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING
LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NRN U.S. STRONG SWLY WINDS
SUSTAINED AT 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVER ERN
NM...THE OK AND TX PANHANDLES...WRN OK AND SWRN KS. MIN RH WILL
LARGELY BE IN THE TEENS...AND WILL COMBINE WITH AREAS OF DRY FUELS
TO CREATE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE
LIMITING FACTOR TO THE FIRE THREAT OVER MUCH OF CNTRL OK WILL BE
FUEL CONDITIONS DUE TO RECENT PRECIPITATION.
WINDS WILL BE A BIT WEAKER INTO CNTRL TX...WITH SPEEDS OF 15-20 MPH.
HOWEVER...DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE THE MOST SEVERE IN THIS AREA. THE
VERY LOW RH NEARING 10 PERCENT WILL THUS FAVOR FIRE STARTS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CNTRL AND SRN FL...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LOW RH...GUSTY WINDS AND DROUGHT
A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE AXIS WILL EXTEND EWD ACROSS CNTRL AND NRN FL
ON SAT...RESULTING IN VERY DRY WEATHER. MIN RH VALUES OF 20 TO 30
PERCENT WILL BE COMMON OVER INTERIOR CNTRL/S FL AND VALUES INTO THE
30-35 PERCENT RANGE OVER THE SERN COAST. IN ADDITION...NLY WINDS UP
TO 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE LOW RH AND WIND WILL COMBINE WITH VERY
DRY FUEL CONDITIONS TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS DURING THE
AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 01/30/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...