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FNUS21 KWNS 180746
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0146 AM CST WED FEB 18 2009
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SWRN OK...MUCH OF TX...ERN NM...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED JET MAX WILL MOVE INTO THE LOWER MS
VALLEY BY LATE AFTERNOON...THEN THE TN/OH VALLEYS BY EARLY MORNING.
AT THE SURFACE...A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
TX/AR/NRN LA EARLY IN THE DAY...PUSHING INTO THE WRN GULF BY THE
AFTERNOON. COOL AND DRY NWLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THIS...WITH CRITICAL
CONDITIONS LIKELY ACROSS A WIDESPREAD AREA OF TX...SWRN OK...AND ERN
NM. MEANWHILE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS A
WIDESPREAD AREA IN THE SERN STATES. BY THE END OF THE PERIOD THE
FRONT WILL BE OFFSHORE OF THE ATLANTIC COAST EXTENDING SWWD THROUGH
NRN FL INTO THE OPEN GULF.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SWRN OK...MUCH OF TX...ERN NM...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS...LOW RH...DROUGHT
A DRY COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTH...REACHING THE
TX COAST BY THE LATE AFTERNOON. COOL AND DRY NWLY WINDS WILL
FOLLOW...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS NEAR 15 TO 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF TX WILL RISE INTO THE 70S...WHILE ERN
NM...THE TX PANHANDLE...AND WRN OK CAN EXPECT TEMPERATURES IN THE
MID 50S TO UPPER 60S. RHS WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S
ACROSS A WIDESPREAD AREA. GIVEN ANTECEDENT DRYNESS AND DROUGHT
CONDITIONS GENERALLY RANGING FROM MODERATE ACROSS THE NRN PART OF
THE CRITICAL TO EXCEPTIONAL IN THE SRN PART...A HEIGHTENED FIRE
THREAT WILL EXIST TODAY.
...NWRN OK/SWRN KS/SERN CO...
COOL AND DRY NWLY TO NLY FLOW WILL AFFECT A WIDESPREAD AREA IN THE
SRN STATES TODAY. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 30. DESPITE STRONG WINDS...RHS WILL BE
MARGINAL...MAINLY LOWER 30S...ACROSS PORTIONS OF NWRN OK AND SWRN KS
DUE TO SLIGHTLY HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT. MEANWHILE IN SERN CO...A
SLIGHTLY DRIER AIRMASS WILL EXIST WITH RHS IN THE UPPER
TEENS...ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S WILL
SOMEWHAT LIMIT THE THREAT.
..HURLBUT.. 02/18/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 180823
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0223 AM CST WED FEB 18 2009
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND INTO NEW
ENGLAND...WITH A TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING THROUGH THE APPALACHIANS
GRADUALLY MOVING TO THE ATLANTIC COAST LATE IN THE PERIOD. MEANWHILE
A STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO MOVE SEWD INTO THE HIGH
PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SWD
THROUGH THE CNTRL AND SRN FL PENINSULA. HIGH PRESSURE IN THE CNTRL
PLAINS WILL SLIDE SEWD BECOMING STATIONED NEAR SERN LA/MS BY THE END
OF THE PERIOD. COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE
SOUTH.
...FL PANHANDLE...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NRN FL EARLY IN THE MORNING...AND
COOL AND DRY NWLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 15 TO 20
MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ALTHOUGH AT THE MOMENT RHS APPEAR MARGINAL...WITH
VALUES NEAR 35 PERCENT. A CRITICAL MAY BE NEEDED IN TOMORROWS
OUTLOOK SHOULD LOWER VALUES APPEAR LIKELY.
...SERN OK/NERN TX/SWRN AR/NWRN LA...
A MARGINAL FIRE THREAT WILL PREVALENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AS
SUSTAINED NWLY WINDS NEAR 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALIGN WITH
RH VALUES IN THE LOWER 20S. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SOMEWHAT
COOL...MAINLY MID 50S TO LOWER 60S.
..HURLBUT.. 02/18/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...