Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 120717
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0217 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SERN AZ...SRN NM...FAR W TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE PACIFIC
COAST...WITH WEAK UPPER RIDGING ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS. A WARM AND
DRY AIR MASS WILL RESIDE AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH FROM ERN AZ INTO
TX...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH CREATING CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE CONUS...RELATIVELY COOL AND/OR
MOIST CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN A LOW FIRE THREAT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SERN AZ...SRN NM...FAR W TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS...LOW RH
WITH MODERATELY SW FLOW ALOFT...STRONG MIXING WILL YIELD SUSTAINED
SW WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. MIN RH
SHOULD GENERALLY RANGE IN THE 10-15 PERCENT RANGE...WHICH WILL
COMBINE WITH STEEP LOW TO MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES TO CREATE A FEW
HOURS OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 06/12/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 120717
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0217 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2009
VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR ERN AZ...MUCH OF NM...FAR SW TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE NEWD ACROSS THE DESERT SW INTO
THE ERN GREAT BASIN...FLATTENING THE RIDGE ACROSS NM AND CO. WITH A
WARM AND DRY AIR MASS ALREADY IN PLACE...WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER AZ
AND NM...CREATING CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. TO THE E...THE RIDGE
AXIS WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE SRN PLAINS WITH WARM WEATHER AND LATE
DAY STORMS. ELSEWHERE...PRECIPITATION AND RELATIVELY COOL WEATHER
WILL EXTEND FROM THE NRN GREAT BASIN BENEATH THE UPPER TROUGH EWD
INTO THE MIDWEST WHERE COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXIST.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - ERN AZ...MUCH OF NM...FAR SW TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS...LOW RH
SW WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20-30 MPH ON SAT AS AN UPPER TROUGH
GLANCES THE AREA. WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON..ESPECIALLY
OVER NM. MIN RH WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOWER TEENS. LAPSE RATES
WILL NOT BE QUITE AS STEEP AS THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS...BUT INCREASED
WIND SPEEDS SHOULD RESULT IN CRITICAL CONDITIONS DURING THE
AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 06/12/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...