Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 200734
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0234 AM CDT MON APR 20 2009
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN WILL PERSIST WITH A LARGE-SCALE
TROUGH FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE DEEP SOUTH AND A RIDGE ACROSS THE
WEST. EXPANSIVE SURFACE RIDGE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED FROM THE PACIFIC
NW TO THE SRN PLAINS...WITH A TROUGH DRAPED ACROSS THE GULF OF CA
INTO THE LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY.
...SERN AZ...
A MODEST SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD RESULT IN A SHORT PERIOD
OF MODERATE ELY WINDS JUXTAPOSED WITH RH FALLING BELOW 15 PERCENT
AROUND NOON. LATEST MODEL FORECASTS SUGGEST WINDS WILL BE SOMEWHAT
LIGHTER THAN IN PREVIOUS RUNS. SUSTAINED SPEEDS MAY BRIEFLY APPROACH
15 MPH PRIOR TO WEAKENING IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
RELAXES.
..GRAMS.. 04/20/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 200907
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0407 AM CDT MON APR 20 2009
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
HIGHLY AMPLIFIED LARGE-SCALE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL SLOWLY SHIFT
EWD ACROSS THE ERN CONUS. UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE WRN CONUS WILL
SLOWLY DEAMPLIFY AS A WEAK SRN STREAM IMPULSE APPROACHES THE
CNTRL/SRN CA COAST.
...NERN CA TO CNTRL ORE...
LATEST AVAILABLE GACC/FUELS INFORMATION INDICATE THAT FUELS SHOULD
GENERALLY REMAIN TOO MOIST TO SUPPORT POTENTIAL FOR A CRITICAL FIRE
AREA. NEVERTHELESS...ISOLATED DRY TSTMS MAY DEVELOP LATE TUE
AFTERNOON OVER HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG AND E OF THE CASCADES AS THE WRN
RIDGE BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN. WELL-ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO INVERTED-V TYPE THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES.
HOWEVER...MID-LEVEL MOISTENING AND DEGREE OF UPPER-LEVEL FORCING
APPEARS MODEST...SUGGESTING CONVECTIVE COVERAGE SHOULD BE SPARSE.
..GRAMS.. 04/20/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...