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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 210758
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0258 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2009
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A FLATTENED UPPER RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH WILL RESULT IN WARM AND DRY
WEATHER FROM THE SRN PLAINS INTO THE MID ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND.
GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE NERN STATES AS AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE GLIDES E ACROSS QUEBEC. GUSTY WINDS AND MODERATELY LOW RH
WILL EXTEND WWD INTO LOWER MI AS WELL. FOR THE NRN PLAINS AND UPPER
MS VALLEY...A COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE U.P. OF MI ACROSS SRN
MN AND CNTRL NEB...WITH WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. MEANWHILE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER
THE FOUR CORNERS STATES WITH MOISTURE MOVING NWD AHEAD OF A WEAK
UPPER LOW OVER SRN CA...WITH ISOLATED DRY STORMS LIKELY OVER E CNTRL
NV DURING THE AFTERNOON.
...LOWER MI EWD INTO NY AND NEW ENGLAND...
WARM SWLY FLOW WILL SPREAD EWD ACROSS THE NERN U.S. S OF A SURFACE
LOW OVER SERN CANADA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 80S
F...EXCEPT 70S F OVER LOWER MI. SW WINDS OF 15-20 MPH ARE EXPECTED
AREA-WIDE...WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS FROM NRN NY INTO ME WITH SPEEDS
OVER 20 MPH. MIN RH WILL RANGE FROM 20-30 PERCENT ON AVERAGE.
..JEWELL.. 05/21/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 210758
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0258 AM CDT THU MAY 21 2009
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
RELATIVELY ZONAL FLOW WILL EXIST ACROSS THE NRN U.S./CANADIAN BORDER
ON FRI WITH RELATIVELY WEAK WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE CONUS. AN
EXCEPTION WILL BE OVER NEW ENGLAND WHICH WILL EXPERIENCE NWLY WINDS
BEHIND A COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH MODERATELY LOW RH.
ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST OVER THE FOUR
CORNERS REGION AS WELL AS THE GREAT BASIN...AND MOST WILL NOT BE
DRY. PRECIPITATION WILL ALSO EXPAND NWD INTO THE CNTRL GULF COAST
AND LOWER MS VALLEY AS AN UPPER LOW DRIFTS NWD.
...NEW ENGLAND...
A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH EARLY FRI MORNING...WITH NWLY WINDS
NEAR 15 MPH SUSTAINED LIKELY. A FEW HIGHER GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE
LIKELY OVER ME. WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S F...MIN RH SHOULD DROP WELL
INTO THE 30 PERCENT RANGE.
...NV INTO FAR SRN ID...
A RELATIVELY DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER NV BENEATH A WEAK UPPER
RIDGE WITH MIN RH IN THE TEENS. TO THE NW...A WEAK TROUGH WILL
WEAKEN THE RIDGE A BIT...AND MAY RESULT IN ADDED ATMOSPHERIC LIFT.
MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK UPPER LOW OVER AZ WILL COMBINE WITH
A WARM AND DRY LAPSE RATE PROFILE ACROSS NV...RESULTING IN ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS TIME IT DOES NOT APPEAR
LIGHTNING STRIKE COVERAGE WILL WARRANT A CRITICAL OUTLOOK...ALTHOUGH
A DRY SUB CLOUD LAYER SUGGESTS HIGH LIGHTNING IGNITION EFFICIENCIES.
..JEWELL.. 05/21/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...