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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 290825
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0325 AM CDT WED APR 29 2009
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
EARLY MORNING SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS AN UPPER LOW WITHIN AN
ELONGATED UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NW COAST...WITH SEVERAL
DISTURBANCES /NRN ROCKIES-CNTRL PLAINS-SRN HIGH PLAINS/ EJECTING EWD
OVER THE CNTRL CONUS. A FLATTENING UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE
SERN U.S. INTO THE WRN ATLANTIC. AT THE SURFACE AS OF 08Z...A LEE
TROUGH/DRYLINE ARE LOCATED OVER ERN CO/NM WITH A SURFACE LOW OVER
NRN CO. NRN CO LOW WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE NE AS COLD FRONT OVER THE
DAKOTAS MOVES SWD INTO NERN CO. AS SUBTLE DISTURBANCE OVER NM MOVES
EWD OVER SRN HIGH PLAINS...PRIMARY SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP INVOF
SERN CO WITH AN ATTENDANT DRYLINE/LEE TROUGH PUSHING EWD AND
EXTENDING SWD INTO THE TX PANHANDLE/SOUTH PLAINS REGIONS. FURTHER
E...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL INFLUENCE CONDITIONS OVER FL.
...W-CNTRL INTERIOR FL PENINSULA...
AS TEMPS WARM WELL INTO THE 80S TO NEAR 90 F...RH VALUES WILL AGAIN
PLUMMET INTO THE 30S. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW GENERALLY WEAK MEAN
BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW /AOB 15 KTS/. AS A RESULT...MODEST SUSTAINED
WINDS UNDER 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED BUT GUSTS AROUND 20 ARE LIKELY.
...PARTS OF E-CNTRL WY/NEB PANHANDLE...
STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING PEAK HEATING AS
TEMPS WARM INTO THE 60S BEHIND A COLD FRONT. ACCORDING TO THE
LATEST GUIDANCE...RH VALUES MAY FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND LOWER
20S. AFTER COORDINATION WITH LOCAL OFFICE...FUEL READINESS APPEARS
UNFAVORABLE ATTM.
...PARTS OF SERN NM/SWRN TX...
ANTECEDENTLY DRY LOW LEVEL AIRMASS SAMPLED BY 00Z/29 EPZ RAOB WILL
MOVE EWD OVER SERN NM AND PARTS OF THE PECOS RIVER VALLEY. SREF
OUTPUT INDICATES SURFACE RH WILL FALL WELL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AS
STRONG HEATING OCCURS. WITH LACK OF STRONG LOW-MID LEVEL FLOW OVER
THE REGION...EXPECTING SUSTAINED SWLY/S TO BE LIMITED TO GENERALLY
BELOW 20 MPH BUT HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN TERRAIN
FAVORED LOCALES.
..SMITH.. 04/29/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 290901
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0401 AM CDT WED APR 29 2009
VALID 301200Z - 011200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER FLOW PATTERN WILL BECOME LESS AMPLIFIED/MORE PROGRESSIVE AS
STRONG BELT OF WLY/S IS CONFINED TO NRN TIER OF STATES. A COLD
FRONT WILL BE DRAPED NE TO SW FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TO THE
TX/OK PANHANDLE REGION. A SURFACE LOW/TRIPLE POINT FEATURE WILL BE
LOCATED ON THE SWRN PERIPHERY OF THE FRONT OVER THE PLAINS...WITH
ATTENDANT DRYLINE EXTENDING SWD INTO THE TX BIG COUNTRY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL REMAIN DOMINANT OVER THE SERN U.S.
...PARTS OF SWRN AND W-CNTRL INTERIOR FL PENINSULA...
WITH LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE EXPECTED IN LARGER-SCALE FEATURES ACROSS
THE SERN QUARTER OF THE CONUS...A CONTINUATION OF LOW RH/MODEST
ELY/S WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING PEAK HEATING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS
SHOW MIN RH FALLING AS LOW AS THE UPPER 20S WITH VALUES AOA 30
PERCENT MORE WIDESPREAD. BOUNDARY LAYER MEAN FLOW WILL REMAIN
MODEST /BELOW 15 MPH/ AND THIS WILL TEND TO LIMIT THE DURATION OF
MODERATE SUSTAINED WINDS /APPROACHING 15 MPH/ BUT GUSTS AROUND 20
MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
..SMITH.. 04/29/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...