Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 180849
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0349 AM CDT TUE AUG 18 2009
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE QUICKLY NEWD OUT OF THE UPPER MS VALLEY
AND GREAT LAKES AND INTO CANADA TODAY...ALLOWING AN UPPER RIDGE TO
CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE WRN U.S. VERY WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL
PERSIST FROM THE DESERT SW NWD ACROSS CA AND INTO THE PACIFIC NW.
THE WARM AND DRY WEATHER HERE WILL FAVOR AFTERNOON FIRE GROWTH BUT
WINDS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT. ELSEWHERE...DRY BUT MILD
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE NRN HIGH PLAINS IN A POST FRONTAL
REGIME...WITH GUSTY WLY WINDS.
...NRN AZ/NM...SRN UT...
A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY WITH MIN RH AROUND 7-10
PERCENT. WITH THE BASE OF A WEAKENING TROUGH OVERHEAD...SUSTAINED
WLY WINDS OF 10-15 MPH WILL BE LIKELY WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS. IN
ADDITION...A HIGH HAINES INDEX WILL BE IN PLACE WHICH WILL FAVOR
AFTERNOON FIRE GROWTH.
..JEWELL.. 08/18/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 180849
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0349 AM CDT TUE AUG 18 2009
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG SEWD INTO THE N CNTRL U.S. WHILE THE
RIDGE AMPLIFIES OVER THE WRN STATES. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT
WILL SURGE INTO NRN KS AND SERN CO BY WED AFTERNOON...WITH VERY
WINDY BUT COOLER CONDITIONS NWD TO THE CANADIAN BORDER.
MEANWHILE...VERY HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST FROM THE DESERT SW
INTO THE PACIFIC NW WITH LIGHT SUSTAINED WINDS...ALTHOUGH
PERIODICALLY GUSTY.
...SRN UT/NRN AZ/NRN NM...
WNWLY FLOW ALOFT IN COMBINATION WITH AFTERNOON MIXING WILL HELP
PRODUCE NWLY WINDS OF 15-20 MPH WITH A FEW HIGHER GUSTS DURING THE
AFTERNOON. RH LEVELS WILL REMAIN QUITE LOW AND NEAR 10
PERCENT...WITH A HIGH HAINES INDEX BY PEAK HEATING.
..JEWELL.. 08/18/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...