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FNUS21 KWNS 120742
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0242 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SW...S-CNTRL AND DEEP S TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER LOW/TROUGH WILL SLOWLY DEVELOP EWD ACROSS THE SRN
PLAINS TODAY. WLY FLOW AROUND THE SRN PERIPHERY OF THIS SYSTEM WILL
RESULT IN DRYING ACROSS SW AND SRN TX...WITH CRITICAL FIRE
CONDITIONS LIKELY. TO THE E...COOL AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL
FILTER INTO THE NE AND MID ATLANTIC STATES AS AN UPPER LOW SPINS
OVER ME. MARGINALLY CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM VA
INTO SRN PA/NY DUE TO STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOW HUMIDITY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SW...S-CNTRL AND DEEP S TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS...LOW RH...EXTREME LONG TERM
DROUGHT
THE AIR MASS WILL DRY OUT QUICKLY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT AND
SQUALLINE PASSAGE EARLY SUNDAY. WLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30-40 MPH
OVER SW TX...AND TO 15-25 MPH OVER CNTRL AND DEEP S TX. MIN RH WILL
DROP INTO THE TEENS BY LATE AFTERNOON. ONE MITIGATING FACTOR ALONG
THE NRN EDGE OF THE CRITICAL AREA WILL BE HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION
FALLS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STILL...THE AREA REMAINS IN EXTREME
DROUGHT CONDITIONS...AND PLACES THAT RECEIVE LITTLE OR NO
PRECIPITATION WILL SEE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS BY AFTERNOON.
...NRN VA/MD/SERN PA/NJ...
NWLY WILL BRING MUCH DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE REGION AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS SE OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES. NWLY WINDS NEAR 20 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO 30 MPH...ARE LIKELY ESPECIALLY NRN AREAS. SOMEWHAT LOWER
SPEEDS WILL OCCUR FARTHER S INTO VA. MIN RH VALUES ARE LIKELY TO
AVERAGE 20-25 PERCENT...BUT COULD LOCALLY REACH THE UPPER TEENS.
ALTHOUGH SUNNY...TEMPERATURES WILL BE RELATIVELY COOL AND MAINLY IN
THE 50S F. RECENT PRECIPITATION IN SOME AREAS WILL FURTHER MITIGATE
THE FIRE THREAT.
..JEWELL.. 04/12/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 120742
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0242 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY TRANSLATE EWD ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS INTO
THE MID MS VALLEY BY EARLY TUE. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD S
BEHIND THIS SYSTEM OVER OK AND TX...WITH LOW RH AND MAINLY WEAK
WIND. ELSEWHERE...AN AXIS OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER
THE NERN STATES...WITH COOL BUT DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WLY WINDS.
...DEEP S TX...
THE UPPER LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY E ACROSS KS INTO MO ON MONDAY...WITH
WLY FLOW REMAINING ACROSS MUCH OF TX WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE. THE
AIR MASS WILL WARM FROM PREVIOUS DAY...WITH HIGHS INTO THE 80S F.
THIS WILL RESULT IN MIN RH VALUES OF 15-20 PERCENT. NWLY WINDS OF
10-15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE WARM/DRY CONDITIONS FOR A MARGINALLY
CRITICAL FIRE THREAT.
..JEWELL.. 04/12/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...