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FNUS21 KWNS 160727
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0227 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND INTO
SERN CANADA TODAY WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING FROM NY SWWD ACROSS THE
TN VALLEY AND INTO THE SRN PLAINS. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG THIS FRONT. BEHIND THE FRONT...COOL
AND DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL DUE TO HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE NRN AND
CNTRL PLAINS AS WELL AS THE MID AND UPPER MS VALLEY.
TO THE W...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST. VERY
WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL FROM CA INTO THE GREAT BASIN AND
DESERT SW...BUT WITH MAINLY LIGHT WINDS.
...CA DESERTS AND VALLEYS...SRN GREAT BASIN...AZ...
VERY WARM CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON WITH AN UPPER RIDGE
STRENGTHENING OVERHEAD. HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM THE MID TO UPPER 90S
INTO THE LOWER 100S F WILL BE COMMON WITH MIN RH IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS DESERTS AND TEENS ELSEWHERE. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...A
MDT TO HIGH HAINES INDEX WILL BE IN PLACE WITH DRY AND UNSTABLE
CONDITIONS BY AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 05/16/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 160726
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0226 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2009
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WRN
STATES...AND WILL SPREAD NWD AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS. THE UPPER
RIDGE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT BASIN...WITH HOT AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES...LOW RH AND LIGHT WINDS.
TO THE E...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND AND MID
ATLANTIC COAST BY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL TRAIL SWWD INTO SRN GA/NRN FL
WITH THUNDERSTORMS. A VERY DRY AIR MASS WITH HIGH PRESSURE WILL
EXIST BEHIND THIS FRONT...COVERING MUCH OF THE PLAINS STATES INTO
THE MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES. SLY FLOW WILL INCREASE ON THE BACK SIDE
OF THIS HIGH...ACROSS THE CNTRL AND SRN HIGH PLAINS WHERE WARMER AND
DRIER WEATHER WILL PREVAIL.
...ERN CO INTO SW KS...
WARM AND DRY AIR WILL SPREAD NEWD ACROSS THE ROCKIES AS THE UPPER
RIDGE EXPANDS. DURING THE AFTERNOON...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL
DEEPEN ACROSS THE NRN AND CNTRL HIGH PLAINS. SWLY WINDS OF 15-20 MPH
WILL BE LIKELY OVER ERN CO...WRN KS AND WRN NEB DUE TO AN ENHANCED
PRESSURE GRADIENT. MIN RH WILL AVERAGE IN THE 15-20 PERCENT RANGE
FOR A MARGINAL FIRE THREAT.
..JEWELL.. 05/16/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...