Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 280819
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0219 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009
VALID 281200Z - 011200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A LARGE PART OF CNTRL AND S TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
HIGH AMPLITUDE PATTERN DEVELOPS OVER THE U.S. TODAY WITH STRONG
UPPER RIDGING IN THE WEST AND A VIGOROUS/COLD UPPER LOW DIGGING SWD
TWD THE LOWER MS VALLEY. AT THE SURFACE A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SWD
THROUGH TX AND PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST...FOLLOWED BY STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE EXTENDING SWD FROM ALBERTA INTO THE SRN PLAINS. LOW RH AND
STRONG/GUSTY NLY WINDS WILL BRING FAVORABLE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
TO A LARGE PORTION OF TX TODAY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - LARGE PART OF CNTRL AND S TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT
STRONG/GUSTY NLY WINDS WILL PUSH SWD THROUGH ALL OF TX BY MID
MORNING AS A SURFACE COLD FRONT ADVANCES INTO MEXICO AND THE WRN
GULF. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER/MIDDLE 50S IN
CNTRL TX TO THE UPPER 60S NEAR THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. POST
FRONTAL WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AND RH BETWEEN 12
TO 18 PERCENT WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM MID/LATE MORNING THROUGH SUNSET. CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE FOLLOWING SUNSET AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT/NLY WINDS
DECREASE...AND THE BOUNDARY LAYER DECOUPLES OWING TO CLEAR SKIES AND
RADIATIONAL COOLING.
..BRIGHT.. 02/28/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 280820
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0220 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2009
VALID 011200Z - 021200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A HIGH AMPLITUDE PATTERN IS EXPECTED OVER THE U.S. SUNDAY...WITH A
STRONG UPPER RIDGE SHIFTING EWD TWD THE ROCKIES...AND A DEEP BUT
PROGRESSIVE UPPER TROUGH APPROACHING THE EAST COAST. A STRONG UPPER
LOW/SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM THE FL PANHANDLE TO THE WRN
ATLANTIC DURING THE PERIOD...DRIVING A SURFACE COLD FRONT AND
SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SWD THROUGH NRN/CNTRL FL AND THE
SERN COASTAL PLAIN. STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED
OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST...WITH COOL/NLY FLOW COVERING THE CENTRAL
STATES.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL OVER MOST OF THE CENTRAL AND EAST...BUT
GENERALLY MILD UNDER THE WRN U.S. RIDGE. BREEZY/DOWNSLOPE ELY WINDS
ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING OVER CNTRL/SRN AZ /LOCALIZED GUSTS TO 30
MPH/...BUT SHOULD SUBSIDE AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER DEEPENS THROUGH THE
DAY. OTHERWISE WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT
ANTICIPATED SUNDAY.
..BRIGHT.. 02/28/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...