Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 120908
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0408 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2009
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SW/CNTRL UT...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN LITTLE CHANGED THROUGH THE PERIOD
WITH A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE EAST AND A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AREA
OVER THE SOUTHWEST. A TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE FLOWING NORTHWARD INTO THE UTAH AREA
DURING THE PERIOD...POSSIBLY PRODUCING SOME DRY THUNDERSTORMS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SW/CNTRL UT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: DRY THUNDERSTORMS
MID LEVEL MOISTURE FLOWING NORTHWARD AROUND THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE
UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER ARIZONA/NEW MEXICO WILL LIKELY BE SUFFICIENT
FOR WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 90S AND LOWER LEVEL
HUMIDITY WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE AND MOST FUELS ARE
VERY DRY WITH A VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER.
..BOTHWELL.. 08/12/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 120930
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0430 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2009
VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
OVER THE EAST...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE LIFTING OUT TO THE
NORTHEAST AND WEAKENING WITH TIME. THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER THE
SOUTHWEST U.S. WILL BE SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED AS THE TROUGH AND
ASSOCIATED WEAK COLD FRONT OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL MOVE
FURTHER INTO THE NORTHWEST U.S. AS A RESULT...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN
A LITTLE OVER THE GREAT BASIN. ELSEWHERE...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE
LIGHT.
...PTNS NRN CA AND NV...
WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...WINDS FROM A SOUTHWEST TO
WESTERLY DIRECTION WILL STRENGTHEN AND MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE
DURING THE AFTERNOON...APPROACHING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...ERN NV/MUCH OF UT...
WINDS FROM A SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY DIRECTION WILL INCREASE ON
THURSDAY. ALSO...WITH CONTINUED MID LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASING OVER
THE AREA...THERE WILL BE SOME WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY IN UTAH AND A FEW MAY BE DRY...ALTHOUGH MORE
STORMS ON THURSDAY COULD PRODUCE WETTING RAINS ACROSS UTAH.
..BOTHWELL.. 08/12/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...