Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 080716
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0216 AM CDT SAT AUG 08 2009
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER TROUGH CENTERED ROUGHLY OVER SWRN ID AS
OF 07Z WILL CONTINUE TO VERY SLOWLY PROGRESS EWD BECOMING CENTERED
OVER THE NRN HIGH PLAINS AND EXTENDING SWWD TOWARDS SRN CA BY LATE
AFTERNOON. AS THIS OCCURS...A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP EWD BECOMING
CENTERED ROUGHLY NEAR THE SD/MN BORDER AND A TROUGH AXIS WILL EXTEND
SWWD TOWARDS SERN CO AND SWD THROUGH ERN NM. SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CNTRL/SRN PLAINS IN RESPONSE TO THE UPPER
SYSTEM AND AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT INCREASES BETWEEN THE
AFOREMENTIONED LOW PRESSURE AND A HIGH TO THE E. STRONG/GUSTY WINDS
WILL ALIGN WITH MARGINALLY LOW RHS TO SUPPORT AN ENHANCED FIRE
THREAT OVER THESE AREAS.
...NERN NM/TX AND OK PANHANDLES/SWRN KS/SERN CO...
AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO PROGRESS EWD...DRIER MID/UPPER LEVEL
AIR SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL
PROGRESS EWD AS WELL...WITH DRYING OCCURRING OVER MUCH OF THE
CNTRL/SRN PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S
TO NEAR 104 F BY MID/LATE AFTERNOON. RHS IN THE TEENS CAN BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS SERN CO/NERN NM THOUGH WITH SUSTAINED SURFACE
WINDS REMAINING MARGINAL AT 15 TO 20 MPH. MEANWHILE...STRONGER WINDS
NEAR 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TO THE E...BUT WITH MARGINAL RHS
IN THE LOWER 20S.
..HURLBUT.. 08/08/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 080752
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0252 AM CDT SAT AUG 08 2009
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND PROGRESS EWD...BECOMING
ORIENTED OVER THE NRN PLAINS SWWD TOWARDS SRN CA BY MID/LATE
AFTERNOON. A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM S CNTRL ONTARIO
THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION SWWD THROUGH THE CNTRL PLAINS AND WWD
INTO SRN CO. S OF THIS...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AT THE
SURFACE FROM PORTIONS OF THE CNTRL/SRN PLAINS WWD...THOUGH WITH
SUBCRITICAL WINDS.
AHEAD OF THIS...UPPER RIDGING WILL AMPLIFY ACROSS THE SERN/MID
ATLANTIC...WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES RESULTING AT THE SURFACE
BENEATH STRONG SUBSIDENCE. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN
ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS.
..HURLBUT.. 08/08/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...