Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 200836
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0336 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2009
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS AND TEMPERATE RH/S OVER THE CONUS WILL
MAINTAIN A GENERALLY QUIET LARGE SCALE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
PATTERN. EARLY MORNING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A DEPARTING UPPER
TROUGH ALONG THE E COAST WITH A SPLIT FLOW REGIME BECOMING MORE
PRONOUNCED OVER PARTS OF THE WRN U.S. AS A WEAK SRN STREAM IMPULSE
EJECTS NEWD TOWARDS THE DESERT SW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN
OVER PARTS OF THE E WITH DRIER AIR INFILTRATING THE SRN APPALACHIANS
AND SERN U.S. /OBSERVED EARLY MORNING GPS PW/S AOB 0.25 INCH/.
GENERALLY LIGHT/DRY OFF-CONTINENTAL FLOW WILL PERVADE THE NERN GULF
OF MEXICO REGION.
...PARTS OF THE SERN U.S...
A DRY COOL FRONT WILL PUSH ITS WAY THROUGH THE REGION. THE DRY
POST-FRONTAL AIRMASS IS ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF
THE CAROLINA PIEDMONT...AND MAY BRIEFLY YIELD LOW RH/S /20-25
PERCENT/ BUT SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY WEAK. FURTHER S
OVER PARTS OF THE FL PANHANDLE...LATEST FORECAST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS
LOWER RH/S WILL PROBABLY OCCUR DURING PEAK HEATING WITH VALUES
POTENTIALLY AS LOW AS THE UPPER 20S. LIGHT NELY/S BELOW 15 MPH WILL
LIMIT AND PRECLUDE A GREATER OVERALL THREAT.
..SMITH.. 03/20/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 200914
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0414 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2009
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER PATTERN WILL AMPLIFY REMARKABLY DURING THE PERIOD AS A TROUGH
DIGS OFF THE W COAST AND RIDGING OCCURS OVER THE CNTRL U.S. SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST EXERTING
INFLUENCE OVER THE ERN 1/3RD OF THE CONUS WITH A DRY AIRMASS LIKELY
RESIDING OVER PARTS OF THE SERN U.S. FURTHER W IN ASSOCIATION WITH
APPROACHING W COAST TROUGH...BROAD SLY FLOW REGIME OVER THE PLAINS
WILL ADVECT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE NWD IN ADVANCE OF APPROACHING SYSTEM.
...FL...
LOWER RH WILL LIKELY RESIDE OVER INTERIOR PARTS OF THE SERN U.S.
INCLUDING PARTS OF THE FL PANHANDLE. RH MAY AGAIN FALL BELOW 35
PERCENT FOR A SEVERAL HR DURATION OVER THE FL PANHANDLE BUT WEAK
WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL PROBABLY BE COMMON ACCORDING TO THE LATEST
MODEL OUTPUT. ON SRN PERIPHERY OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE
FURTHER S OVER THE FL PENINSULA...A MODIFIED CP FETCH OFF THE GULF
STREAM WILL BE MAINTAINED LIMITING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOWER RH VALUES
DESPITE ENELY WINDS UP TO 15 MPH.
..SMITH.. 03/20/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...