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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 110851
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0351 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2009
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ACCOMPANYING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL MOVE NEWD FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION INTO QUEBEC DURING
THE D1 PERIOD. A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTH FROM THE SURFACE LOW IS
FORECAST TO BECOME POSITIONED FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST INTO THE SERN
STATES WWD INTO SRN TX BY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
LIKELY OVER TX AS WARM/MOIST AIR LOCATED ABOVE THE COLD POST FRONTAL
SURFACE AIRMASS RETURNS NWD...PROVIDING SOME RELIEF TO THE DROUGHT
STRICKEN SRN PLAINS. OTHERWISE...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE
FROM NEW ENGLAND/ATLANTIC COAST WEST INTO THE GREAT PLAINS.
HOWEVER...RELATIVELY COOL TEMPERATURES AND GENERALLY HIGH RH VALUES
WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM DEVELOPING.
FARTHER WEST...A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL INTERACT WITH A
MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER ERN AZ/WRN NM...LEADING TO A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS.
...NRN VA AND MD...
DESPITE GENERALLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS OCCURRING ALONG AN EWD MOVING
COLD FRONT...SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO WARM THROUGH THE
60S...LEADING TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF AFTERNOON RH VALUES POSSIBLY
FALLING INTO THE 30S AS DRIER POST FRONTAL AIR ENTERS THE REGION.
THE MARGINALLY LOW RH COMBINED WITH BREEZY WINDS /GUSTS UP TO 30
MPH...POSSIBLY HIGHER IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT/ MAY RESULT IN
AN ENHANCED FIRE WEATHER THREAT. IN ADDITION...WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
SHIFT FROM SOUTHERLY TO WEST-NORTHWESTERLY BY THE AFTERNOON...WHICH
COULD COMPLICATE CONTROL EFFORTS.
..GARNER.. 03/11/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 110853
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0353 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2009
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
MAINLY ZONAL CONFLUENT MID LEVEL FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE ERN HALF
OF THE NATION ON D2...MAINTAINING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED
INVOF LAKE MICHIGAN. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFFSHORE INTO
THE ATLANTIC...WHILE THE WRN PORTION BECOMES QUASI-STATIONARY ALONG
THE GULF COAST. FARTHER WEST OVER THE DESERT SW...AN AXIS OF LOW
PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH. MILD TEMPERATURES WILL BE FAVORED WITHIN THE SURFACE TROUGH
OVER PORTIONS OF SRN AZ...WITH AFTERNOON RH VALUES POSSIBLY FALLING
INTO THE TEENS. HOWEVER...LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY
WEAK...PRECLUDING A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK.
..GARNER.. 03/11/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...