Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 120800
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0300 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2009
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS SRN CA THURSDAY MORNING WILL
PROGRESS EWD INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST BY AFTERNOON. SUFFICIENT
INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE WILL LEAD TO SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER AZ/NM. THOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO WARM INTO THE 60S AND 70S OVER SRN AZ...WHILE RH VALUES
FALL INTO THE TEENS AND 20S...WEAK LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL PRECLUDE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
ELSEWHERE...CONFLUENT MID LEVEL FLOW OVER THE ERN HALF OF THE NATION
WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A BROAD AREA OF COLD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
CENTERED INVOF LAKE MICHIGAN. BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO
DEVELOP ALONG PORTIONS OF THE ATLANTIC COAST BY AFTERNOON. FARTHER
SOUTH NEAR THE GULF COAST...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN
QUASI-STATIONARY...FAVORING MILD BUT MOIST CONDITIONS. OVER
TX...MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PERSIST ABOVE A COOL POST
FRONTAL SURFACE AIRMASS...RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER
AREAS EXPERIENCING LONG TERM DROUGHT.
..GARNER.. 03/12/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 120802
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0302 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2009
VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IS FORECAST TO CHANGE VERY LITTLE FROM D1 TO
D2...WITH A TROUGH REMAINING OVER THE DESERT SW...TRANSITIONING TO
CONFLUENT MID LEVEL FLOW OVER THE ERN HALF OF THE NATION. SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE WILL RESIDE FROM THE GREAT PLAINS EAST INTO THE MID
ATLANTIC REGION. SOUTH OF THE HIGH...A WEAK QUASI-STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WILL BE POSITIONED FROM THE SERN STATES WWD TOWARD THE TX
GULF COAST. COOL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST NORTH OF THE FRONT...WHILE
A MOIST ENVIRONMENT WILL RESIDE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY. THE
CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SRN PLAINS...AND
ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE OVER
AZ/NM...WHERE WARM TEMPERATURES/MARGINALLY LOW RH VALUES ARE
EXPECTED. GIVEN THE COLD AIRMASS OVER THE ERN U.S...AND WEAK SURFACE
WINDS OVER THE SWRN CONUS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
CURRENTLY NOT ANTICIPATED.
..GARNER.. 03/12/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...