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FNUS21 KWNS 250837
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0337 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2009
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR ERN AZ / MUCH OF CNTRL-SRN NM /
WRN TX...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PARTS OF THE INTERIOR/WRN HALF OF
CNTRL/SWRN FL PENINSULA...
...SYNOPSIS...
00Z/25 UPPER AIR ANALYSIS DEPICTED A CLOSED LOW OVER NRN CA WITH
UPPER RIDGING ENVELOPING MUCH OF THE ERN U.S. THE W COAST FEATURE
WILL SLIDE SEWD TOWARDS THE UT/AZ BORDER BY 00Z/26 AND DEAMPLIFY
INTO A MID-LEVEL TROUGH BEFORE EJECTING EWD INTO THE CNTRL HIGH
PLAINS. AT THE LOW LEVELS...A PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EWD OVER
THE SRN ROCKIES AND A LEE CYCLONE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SRN HIGH
PLAINS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED
SW-NE ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS AND A N-S ORIENTED
DRYLINE OVER THE TX PANHANDLE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SERN U.S...INCLUDING FL.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ERN AZ / MUCH OF CNTRL-SRN NM / WRN
TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: MODERATELY STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / RECENT
DRYNESS
AS UPPER DISTURBANCE APPROACHES...STRENGTHENING WINDS ALOFT /700 MB
30-45 KTS OVER THE REGION BY 00Z/ WILL PARTLY AID IN STRENGTHENING
SURFACE WINDS TODAY. NEARLY DRY ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES OVER REGION
/ABQ 00Z/25 RAOB/ WILL BE VERY CONDUCIVE FOR DEEP BOUNDARY LAYER
MIXING DURING PEAK HEATING AHEAD OF THE PACIFIC COLD FRONT AND
BEHIND THE DRYLINE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO INDICATE RH WILL
BE VERY LOW...WITH VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WIDESPREAD OVER ERN
AREAS WITH UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS LIKELY FARTHER W AND
N. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL GENERALLY APPROACH THE 20-25 MPH
RANGE...BUT HIGHER GUSTS ARE PROBABLE IN THE 30-35 MPH
RANGE...ESPECIALLY OVER ERN NM AND PARTS OF WRN TX WHERE DEEP
BOUNDARY LAYER CIRCULATIONS ARE MOST LIKELY TO DEVELOP.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PARTS OF THE INTERIOR/WRN HALF OF
CNTRL/SWRN FL PENINSULA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: MODERATELY STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / VERY HIGH
KBDI
EARLY MORNING GOES SATELLITE SOUNDING PRECIPITABLE WATER DATA SHOW
THE NRN PERIPHERY OF A MORE RICH/HIGHER QUALITY MOIST AIRMASS ACROSS
THE CNTRL/SRN BAHAMAS. A SLUG OF THIS MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO
TRAVERSE MAINLY SRN PORTIONS OF THE FL PENINSULA ACCORDING TO PLAN
VIEW 925-850 MB PROGNOSTIC DATA. AS SUCH...EXPECTING SOME SLIGHT
IMPROVEMENT IN MINIMUM RH MAGNITUDE TODAY WITH RH AROUND 35 PERCENT
IN SRN PORTIONS OF THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA WITH VALUES NEAR 30 PERCENT
FARTHER N. WITH HIGH PRESSURE SITUATED OVER THE WRN ATLANTIC AND
APPROACHING SYSTEM OVER THE SRN ROCKIES...A MODEST PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS CNTRL/SRN FL WITH SUSTAINED ELY WINDS
AROUND 15 MPH...WARRANTING A CRITICAL DESIGNATION.
...PARTS OF THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND SWRN AZ...
LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE
CO RIVER VALLEY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. LATEST MODEL OUTPUT
APPEARS SOMEWHAT UNSUPPORTIVE OF STRONG SUSTAINED BOUNDARY LAYER
WINDS DUE IN PART TO SUBSIDENCE IN WAKE OF MID-LEVEL TROUGH AXIS
MOVING EWD OVER THE AREA EARLY IN THE DAY. THIS WILL IN TURN CREATE
A SIZEABLE NEAR ISOTHERMAL LAYER AOA 700 MB ACCORDING TO FORECAST
SOUNDINGS AND MAY ACT TO CONTAIN STRONGER MOMENTUM ALOFT.
NONETHELESS...MODERATE WSWLY SURFACE WINDS MAY DEVELOP WITH SPEEDS
AROUND 20 MPH POSSIBLE WITH HIGHER GUSTS. CRITICALLY LOW RH SEEMS
PROBABLE WITH VALUES AS LOW AS THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS...DESPITE
COOLER MAX TEMPS COMPARED TO YESTERDAY.
..SMITH.. 04/25/2009
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FNUS22 KWNS 250938
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0438 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2009
VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR LARGE PART OF SERN HALF OF NM /
PARTS OF WRN TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA AS OF EARLY
MORNING SATURDAY WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS AT THE
START OF THE PERIOD BEFORE LIFTING NEWD TOWARDS THE UPPER MIDWEST BY
MONDAY MORNING. ANOTHER IMPULSE WILL DIVE SEWD ON BACKSIDE OF MEAN
UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WRN STATES TOWARDS THE ERN GREAT BASIN.
FURTHER E...EXPANSIVE UPPER RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL
INFLUENCE CONDITIONS OVER THE SERN QUARTER OF THE U.S. ANOTHER LEE
CYCLONE WILL DEVELOP INVOF THE OK/TX PANHANDLE ON TRAILING PERIPHERY
OF DEPARTING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NRN PLAINS BY SUNDAY EVENING WITH
AN ATTENDANT DRYLINE REMAINING SOMEWHAT FIXED OVER THE SRN HIGH
PLAINS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - LARGE PART OF SERN HALF OF NM /
PARTS OF WRN TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LOW RH / MODERATELY STRONG WINDS / RECENT
DRYNESS
A DECREASE IN COVERAGE OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED COMPARED
TO SATURDAY OVER PARTS OF THE SWRN DESERTS INTO THE SRN HIGH PLAINS
...DUE IN PART TO WEAKENING FLOW ALOFT OVER THE REGION. WITH THAT
SAID...LATEST DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE DATA CONTINUE TO INDICATE
POCKETS OF SUSTAINED WINDS AOA 20 MPH AND CRITICALLY LOW RH BELOW 15
PERCENT OVER THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA. LOCALIZED AREAS W OF THE DRYLINE
IN E-CNTRL NM...IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO DEPARTING DISTURBANCE/SPEED
MAX...MAY EXPERIENCE SUSTAINED WINDS APPROACHING 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 35 MPH.
...WRN HALF OF CNTRL AND SWRN FL PENINSULA...
AS UPPER DISTURBANCE OVER CNTRL U.S. LIFTS AWAY FROM REGION...A
SEEMINGLY MORE RELAXED PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PROBABLY RESULT. ELY
WINDS GENERALLY BELOW 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED...AS LATEST FORECAST
SOUNDINGS SUGGEST A DECREASE IN OVERALL WINDS SPEEDS. CONTINUED
MODIFICATION OF MOISTURE WITH TRAJECTORIES OVER THE WRN ATLANTIC
ALSO SIGNALS PERHAPS SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN THE MAGNITUDE OF MIN RH
/GENERALLY AROUND 35 PERCENT/. IF TRENDS IN MODEL DATA REVERSE AND
SLIGHTLY STRONGER SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED...AN UPGRADE TO
CRITICAL MAY BE WARRANTED.
..SMITH.. 04/25/2009
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