Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 300723
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0223 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2009
VALID 301200Z - 311200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION
ON SATURDAY...WITH SEASONABLY STRONG FLOW ROUNDING ITS BASE OVER THE
ERN CONUS. MEANWHILE...A SECOND TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO MOVE E TOWARDS
THE ATLANTIC...WITH AN ACCOMPANYING SURFACE COLD FRONT FOCUSING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN INTO
FL. FARTHER W...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN AS A
TROUGH MOVES E ACROSS BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALBERTA. A COLD FRONT
WILL ADVANCE ACROSS THE PAC NW AND INTO THE NRN ROCKIES AS THIS
OCCURS...WITH WIDESPREAD AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LIKELY
OVER MUCH OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST.
...UPPER MS VALLEY/ARROWHEAD OF MN AND THE NORTHEAST LAKES REGION...
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH...ACCOMPANIED BY A 100 KT NWLY UPPER LEVEL
JET...IS FORECAST TO TRAVERSE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON
SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 20-30 MPH ARE LIKELY DURING PORTIONS OF
THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT RH VALUES
MAY APPROACH 20 PERCENT...RESULTING IN ELEVATED WILDFIRE CONDITIONS
GIVEN THE BREEZY WINDS AND MODERATE/SEVERE DROUGHT.
...SRN/SERN AZ...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL REMAIN VIRTUALLY STATIONARY OVER
SRN CA AND THE NRN BAJA PENINSULA...WITH A BAND OF MODERATE
MID/UPPER LEVEL FLOW ROUNDING ITS BASE AND NOSING INTO SRN AZ DURING
SATURDAY. A VERY HOT...DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER AIRMASS IS
FORECAST TO BE IN PLACE AS UPR FLOW STRENGTHENS. THIS MAY RESULT IN
WIND GUSTS OF 20-30 MPH BECOMING COLLOCATED WITH HOT/DRY SURFACE
CONDITIONS...RESULTING IN AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..GARNER.. 05/30/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 300724
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0224 AM CDT SAT MAY 30 2009
VALID 311200Z - 011200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A PROGRESSIVE NRN STREAM WILL RESIDE OVER THE NRN CONUS INTO THE E
COAST ON SUNDAY...WITH ONE TROUGH/SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
ENTERING THE NRN PLAINS/UPR MS VALLEY...AND A SECOND FARTHER E
EXITING INTO THE ATLANTIC. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
ACCOMPANY THE N CENTRAL SURFACE LOW...WITH WARM SLY RETURN FLOW
DEVELOPING SWD ACROSS MUCH OF THE PLAINS. OVER THE WRN HALF OF THE
NATION...ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED.
...SRN/SERN AZ...
A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MIGRATE EWD INTO SWRN
AZ ON SUNDAY. AS THIS OCCURS...MODERATELY STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL
FLOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS A HOT/DRY/WELL MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER AIRMASS.
AFTERNOON WIND GUSTS OUT OF THE WSW MAY APPROACH 20-25 MPH...LEADING
TO POSSIBLE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
..GARNER.. 05/30/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...