Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 200701
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0201 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
PERSISTENT UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE LOWER MS
RIVER VALLEY. A VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE TROUGH CENTERED OVER NRN/CNTRL
CA WILL WEAKEN AS IT EJECTS TOWARDS THE NRN/CNTRL ROCKIES. AN
UPSTREAM IMPULSE OFF THE PACIFIC NW COAST WILL AMPLIFY INTO THE
PACIFIC NW/NRN CA BY EARLY SUN...EFFECTIVELY MAINTAINING A
LARGE-SCALE TROUGH ACROSS THE WEST.
...MOJAVE DESERT OF SRN CA/FAR SRN NV...
AS THE NRN/CNTRL CA SHORT WAVE TROUGH TRACKS NEWD TODAY...MODERATE
TO STRONG W/SWLY LOW/MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL PROMOTE SUBSTANTIAL DRYING
OFF THE SRN CA COASTAL RANGES AND ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT INTO FAR
SRN NV. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH SHOULD BE JUXTAPOSED WITH RH
VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON.
..GRAMS.. 06/20/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 200853
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0353 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2009
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO BE CHARACTERIZED BY A RIDGE
AXIS ACROSS THE MS RIVER VALLEY AND A TROUGH IN THE WEST. AN
EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE TROUGH EXPECTED TO BE CENTERED ACROSS THE
PACIFIC NW/NRN CA EARLY SUN SHOULD SLOWLY TRACK E/NEWD TOWARDS THE
NRN ROCKIES. A BROAD BELT OF MODERATE TO STRONG MID-LEVEL W/SWLYS
WILL PERSIST S OF THIS SHORT WAVE ACROSS FROM MUCH OF CA...TO THE
CNTRL/SRN GREAT BASIN AND THE CNTRL ROCKIES.
...FAR SERN NV/SWRN UT/NWRN AZ...
CONSENSUS OF MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS OF 20
TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP AT PEAK HEATING GIVEN 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS AT
500 MB. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW
NORMAL...SUBSTANTIAL DRYING OVER THE WRN/CNTRL MOJAVE DESERT ON
SAT/DAY 1 SHOULD SPREAD E/NEWD. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO RH BECOMING
MARGINALLY LOW /AROUND 15 PERCENT/ AT MODERATE ELEVATION LOCALES.
OVERALL SETUP SHOULD SUPPORT LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS WHERE
FUELS HAVE SUFFICIENTLY CURED INVOF NV/UT/AZ BORDER.
..GRAMS.. 06/20/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...