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FNUS21 KWNS 150749
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0249 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2009
VALID 151200Z - 161200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NRN AZ...NWRN NM...FAR WRN
CO...SRN AND ERN UT...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG TROUGH AND COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT THE NRN AND CNTRL ROCKIES
INTO THE PLAINS TODAY. VERY WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL EXTEND FROM SRN NV EWD INTO NWRN CO
AND SERN WY. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR FROM NRN UT/CO INTO
THE NRN PLAINS ALONG THE FRONT AND NEAR THE SURFACE LOW. TO THE
E...SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES INTO THE MS
VALLEY AS THE SURFACE LOW/TROUGH DEEPEN TO THE W. MODERATELY LOW RH
AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN A MARGINAL FIRE THREAT OVER
PORTION OF CNTRL TX WHERE DROUGHT PERSISTS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - NRN AZ...NWRN NM...FAR WRN CO...SRN
AND ERN UT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH
DRY AIR WILL SURGE NEWD OUT OF THE DESERT SW AND INTO ERN UT/WRN CO
THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS OF
25-30 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH WIDESPREAD GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. MIN RH
WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS BY MIDDAY DUE TO STRONG MIXING. AN ABRUPT
WIND SHIFT WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT...MAINLY OVER UT AND NWRN
CO WITH NWLY WINDS OF 20-30 MPH LIKELY...ALONG WITH A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. THE VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW
RH WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WHERE FUELS REMAIN
RELATIVELY DRY.
...CNTRL/SRN TX...
SLY WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WILL OCCUR LATER TODAY OVER MUCH OF TX AS
LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS TO THE N. IT WILL BE WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE 90S
F...WHILE AFTERNOON MIXING HELPS RH LEVELS TO DROP INTO THE 30
PERCENT RANGE AWAY FROM THE COAST. A FEW WIND GUSTS OVER 20 MPH WILL
BE LIKELY...AND MAY RESULT IN A MARGINAL FIRE THREAT DUE TO EXTREME
DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
..JEWELL.. 08/15/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 150749
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0249 AM CDT SAT AUG 15 2009
VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE NRN ROCKIES INTO
THE UPPER MS VALLEY...WITH GENERALLY COOL CONDITIONS AT THE SURFACE.
A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN S OF THE STALLED FRONT...FROM CNTRL
NV EWD INTO NWRN CO. A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE
LOCALLY BUT SPEEDS WILL BE MUCH LESS THAN ON SATURDAY. TO THE E...A
LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL MIGRATE EWD...EXTENDING FROM THE TX
PANHANDLE INTO THE UPPER MS VALLEY. SLY WINDS WILL BE LOCALLY STRONG
OVER N TX INTO OK...WITH MOISTURE/RH INCREASING A BIT INTO CNTRL
TX...ALTHOUGH STILL MODERATELY LOW.
..JEWELL.. 08/15/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...