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Day 1 Fire Weather Forecast graphic

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   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 180801
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0301 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
   
   VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY EWD ACROSS THE
   CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS. DOWNSTREAM RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE MS RIVER
   VALLEY WILL SHIFT EWD AND DEAMPLIFY AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH DIGS
   ACROSS QUEBEC INTO NEW ENGLAND. OVERALL SURFACE PATTERN WILL BE
   RELATIVELY WEAK FOR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS...WITH A COLD FRONT
   SETTLING SWD IN THE NORTHEAST AND A DRYLINE MIXING EWD INTO CNTRL
   TX.
   
   ...PORTIONS OF FAR WRN TX/SERN NM...
   THE BELT OF STRONG MID-LEVEL WLYS DRAPED OVER THE AREA ON FRI
   AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EWD. THIS WILL WEAKEN THE KINEMATIC
   PROFILE AND RESULT IN MODERATING SURFACE WINDS...SUSTAINED FROM 15
   TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. DESPITE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN BOUNDARY
   LAYER MOISTURE OWING TO WINDS VEERING FROM THE W/SW TO THE
   W/NW...LOW RH WILL PERSIST WITH VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 10
   PERCENT.
   
   ...ERN PA AND NJ...
   ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A DRY AIR MASS WILL PERVADE S OF A
   SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE THROUGH THE 70S WITH
   RH VALUES FALLING TO AROUND 25 PERCENT. MODERATE LOW-LEVEL FLOW
   SHOULD TRANSLATE TO SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS APPROACHING 15
   MPH...LEADING TO AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
   
   ..GRAMS.. 04/18/2009
   
   ...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 180830
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0330 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2009
   
   VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   THE UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN WILL AMPLIFY WITH A LARGE-SCALE TROUGH
   BECOMING CENTERED OVER THE MS RIVER VALLEY AND A RIDGE BUILDING IN
   THE WEST. POTENTIAL APPEARS LOW FOR STRONG WINDS TO BE CONCOMITANT
   WITH LOW RH AMIDST DRIED FUELS.
   
   ..GRAMS.. 04/18/2009
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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