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FNUS21 KWNS 160808
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0308 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009
VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW WILL BE CENTERED OVER SRN SASKATCHEWAN AND MANITOBA
WITH A BROAD TROUGH COVERING MUCH OF THE NRN ROCKIES AND PLAINS. A
COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM WI INTO NRN OK...BECOMING STATIONARY WWD
INTO UT AND NV. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL S OF THE FRONT
INTO CA...THE SRN GREAT BASIN AND AZ WITH A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS.
AS THE UPPER TROUGH SLOWLY DRIFTS E...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL NUDGE INTO
THE PACIFIC NW WITH PROGRESSIVELY WARMER TEMPERATURES.
MEANWHILE...WARM AND MODERATELY DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST WITH SLY
FLOW OVER THE SRN PLAINS. WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL ALSO PERSIST
OVER THE ERN U.S. UNDER AN UPPER RIDGE AND WITH SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE.
...SRN UT...SRN CO...NRN AZ AND NWRN NM...
A WLY FLOW REGIME WILL EXIST TODAY BENEATH THE BASE OF THE UPPER
TROUGH. WIND FIELDS WILL BE MUCH WEAKER THAN ON SATURDAY...BUT LOCAL
GUSTS OVER 20 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH SUSTAINED WLY WINDS GENERALLY
AROUND 15 MPH. THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN VERY DRY WITH MIN RH IN THE
UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS. IN ADDITION...THE DRY WEATHER
AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL YIELD A MODERATE HAINES INDEX
THIS AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 08/16/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 160812
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0312 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE MAIN UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE EWD ACROSS SRN MANITOBA INTO WRN
ONTARIO WITH THE TROUGH AXIS SWEEPING EWD ACROSS THE UPPER MS
VALLEY. TO THE W...AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE PACIFIC NW
WITH A THERMAL TROUGH FROM WA INTO WRN OREGON AND INTO CNTRL CA.
VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL UNDER THE RIDGE...WITH
GUSTY NWLY WINDS ACROSS WRN OREGON. GUSTY SELY WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER
TX AS A WEAK LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE TX PANHANDLE...WITH MODERATELY
LOW RH AND WARM TEMPERATURES.
...WRN OREGON...
A THERMAL SURFACE TROUGH WILL FORM INLAND ACROSS WRN OREGON MONDAY
AFTERNOON AS AN ERN PACIFIC UPPER RIDGE BUILDS EWD. THIS WILL RESULT
IN LOCALLY GUSTY NLY WINDS OF AROUND 15-20 MPH BY AFTERNOON. MIN RH
SHOULD DROP INTO THE 20 PERCENT RANGE AS WELL. THE COMBINATION OF
LOW RH AND GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN NEAR CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS
WHERE FUELS REMAIN FAVORABLE.
..JEWELL.. 08/16/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...