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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...
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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...