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Day 1 Fire Weather Forecast graphic

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   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...
   
      
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic

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   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...
   
      

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