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FNUS21 KWNS 130832
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0332 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009
VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS THE MID MS
INTO THE WRN OH RIVER VALLEY WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION. BEHIND
THIS TROUGH...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE SRN PLAINS WITH
WARM...DRY...AND LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS. IT WILL ALSO BE DRY
ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS AREA AND GREAT BASIN AHEAD OF ANOTHER UPPER
TROUGH THAT WILL AFFECT THOSE AREAS ON TUESDAY. ELSEWHERE...COOL
AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER NEW ENGLAND AS AN UPPER LOW
EXITS THE AREA...WITH AN ELEVATED FIRE THREAT DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND
LOW RH THIS AFTERNOON.
...DEEP S TX...
NW WINDS OF 15-20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY TODAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS SEWD ACROSS THE STATE. MIN RH IN THE TEENS TO
TWENTIES WILL BE LIKELY AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 80S F.
SUSTAINED WINDS GENERALLY BELOW 20 MPH SUGGEST A MARGINAL FIRE
THREAT OVERALL.
...NJ INTO SRN NEW ENGLAND...
IT WILL BE VERY COOL BUT DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE. NWLY
WINDS OF 15-20 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT
IN PLACE BETWEEN THE HIGH AND A LOW TO THE NE. ALTHOUGH COOL...THE
AIR MASS WILL BE DRY WITH MIN RH IN THE 20 PERCENT RANGE.
STILL...THE COOL TEMPERATURES AND RECENT PRECIPITATION WILL HELP
MITIGATE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.
..JEWELL.. 04/13/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 130832
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0332 AM CDT MON APR 13 2009
VALID 141200Z - 151200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN CA DESERTS AND SRN NV...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SERN AZ...CNTRL AND SRN NM...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG SWD ACROSS THE WRN U.S. WITH A COLD
FRONT FROM SERN ID INTO CNTRL NV AND CA. STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH
AHEAD OF THE SRN PORTION OF THIS FRONT MAY RESULT IN LOCALLY
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS FROM SERN CA INTO SRN NV. TO THE E...WINDS
WILL ALSO PICK UP OVER AZ AND NM. VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER NM
AND THE SRN PLAINS WITH CRITICAL CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF NM.
ELSEWHERE..AN UPPER TROUGH WILL AFFECT THE OH VALLEY AND MID
ATLANTIC REGION WITH PRECIPITATION...WHILE DRY HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES
INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SERN CA...SRN NV...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH...COLD FRONT PASSAGE
STRONG W TO SW WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL MATERIALIZE
OVER THE MOJAVE DESERT AND INTO SRN NV AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND
NEAR AN AREA OF DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE. BY LATE AFTERNOON...MIN RH
SHOULD DIP INTO THE TEENS BEFORE THE COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH...SHIFTING WINDS TO NWLY WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SERN AZ...CNTRL AND SRN NM...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH
A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ON TUE...AS AN UPPER TROUGH
APPROACHES FROM THE W. WIND FIELDS WILL INCREASE AND MIX TO THE
SURFACE DURING THE DAY WITH SWLY WINDS OF 20-25 MPH LIKELY. THIS
WILL COMBINE WITH MIN RH IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS TO CREATE A
FEW HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...MUCH OF SRN...CNTRL AND WRN TX...
SELY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15-25 MPH FROM CNTRL INTO WRN TX AS LOW
PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. IT WILL BE WARM WITH
HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND 80S...AND MIN RH RANGING FROM 25
PERCENT OVER CNTRL TX TO NEAR 15 PERCENT FAR W TX. THE AREA REMAINS
IN LONG TERM DROUGHT DESPITE AREAS OF RECENT PRECIPITATION.
..JEWELL.. 04/13/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...