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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 100638
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0138 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR E CNTRL NM...TX PANHANDLE...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE CNTRL ROCKIES WILL INTENSIFY AND QUICKLY
MOVE NEWD TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. MEANWHILE A BROAD SURFACE
LOW EXTENDING FROM SERN CO INTO SERN KS WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN AND MOVE
NEWD THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES AND INTO NWRN ONTARIO BY THE
END OF THE PERIOD. THIS WILL DRIVE A COLD FRONT SWD INTO CNTRL
TX...WITH MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR FOLLOWING. DRY AND WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL BRIEFLY AFFECT PORTIONS OF E CNTRL NM AND THE TX
PANHANDLES BEFORE THE FRONT PASSES AND WINDS BEGIN TO RELAX. FARTHER
E ACROSS KS/OK...STRONG NLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT...ALTHOUGH
COOL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVENT CRITICALLY LOW RHS.
MEANWHILE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES...HIGH PRESSURE WILL
PERSIST...WITH WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE REGION.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY BRIEFLY DROP BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS OVER
INLAND CNTRL FL...ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - E CNTRL NM...TX PANHANDLE...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LOW RH...STRONG WINDS...DROUGHT
05Z SURFACE ANALYSIS REVEALS THAT THE STRONG COLD FRONT...NOW MOVING
INTO NWRN OK...IS MOVING SWD FASTER THAN MODEL FORECASTS. THIS WILL
SOMEWHAT LIMIT THE AREAL EXTENT OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS...WITH THE
NERN TX PANHANDLE AND NWRN OK/THE OK PANHANDLE NOW EXPECTED TO
REMAIN SUBCRITICAL...DESPITE PREVIOUS FORECASTS. FAST PROGRESSION OF
THE FRONT ALSO LEADS TO A SMALLER WINDOW FOR CRITICAL CONDITIONS
ACROSS E CNTRL NM AND THE REMAINDER OF THE TX PANHANDLE.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COOLER TODAY...WITH HIGH CLOUDS INITIALLY
LIMITING HEATING AS WELL. BY 18Z...OR EARLY AFTERNOON...CLOUDS WILL
BEGIN TO CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST...AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO
THE 60S. WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST AROUND THIS TIME AHEAD OF THE
FRONT AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES REMAIN MARGINAL...AND LOW TO MID 20S
PREVAIL. SHOULD HIGH CLOUDS MOVE EWD FASTER OR BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS
ALLOW FOR MORE HEATING...CRITICAL VALUES WILL BE MET FASTER. WLY
WINDS NEAR 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE
FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE THROUGH DURING THE AFTERNOON AND WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO NWLY AND RELAX. COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S WILL FOLLOW
ALONG WITH DRIER AIR...SO AS TEMPERATURES FALL RHS WILL FALL AS
WELL...AND VALUES IN THE TEENS CAN BE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL
RELAX TO 15 TO 20 MPH. RHS WILL QUICKLY RECOVER BY EVENING AS
TEMPERATURES PLUMMET...DROPPING TO SUBFREEZING VALUES OVERNIGHT.
..HURLBUT.. 03/10/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 100710
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0210 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A GRADUAL DEAMPLIFICATION OF THE PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO OCCUR AS AN
UPPER LOW QUICKLY MOVES NEWD THROUGH QUEBEC AND NEARLY ZONAL FLOW
FOLLOWS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONUS. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE A WEAK UPPER
LOW DRIFTING INTO CNTRL CA.
AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE OF THE NERN
STATES...THEN EXTEND SWWD THROUGH THE SERN STATES AND WWD INTO CNTRL
TX. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CNTRL STATES WILL CONTINUE TO
BUILD SWD...WITH THE COLD FRONT AND COLDER TEMPERATURES REACHING THE
WESTERN GULF BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. ALTHOUGH NELY WINDS WILL BE
SOMEWHAT STRONG ACROSS OK AND NRN TX DURING THE AFTERNOON...20 TO 30
MPH...COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S WILL LIMIT
CRITICALLY LOW RHS.
..HURLBUT.. 03/10/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...