Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 220809
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0309 AM CDT SAT AUG 22 2009
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH ALONG THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST WILL AMPLIFY
ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW COAST BY EARLY SUN. THIS IN TURN WILL AID IN A
GRADUAL NEWD ACCELERATION OF A NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER-LEVEL LOW OFF
THE SRN CA/NRN BAJA CA COAST. AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN
ANCHORED FROM THE CNTRL/SRN ROCKIES TO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS. RICH
LOW/MID-LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS SRN CA/AZ WILL SLOWLY ADVECT NWD
THROUGH THE CNTRL/SRN GREAT BASIN...WITH MAINLY WET TSTMS IN THE
SOUTHWEST.
...SERN UT/FAR SWRN CO...
ON THE NERN PERIPHERY OF THE SWRN CONUS MOISTURE SURGE...HIGH-BASED
TSTMS SHOULD FORM BY PEAK HEATING. WEAKLY FORCED ASCENT AND MODEST
FLOW THROUGH THE CLOUD BEARING LAYER...OWING TO CLOSE PROXIMITY TO
LARGE-SCALE RIDGE AXIS...SHOULD LIMIT COVERAGE/DURATION OF INITIALLY
DRY TSTMS. CONTINUED MOISTENING SHOULD LEAD TO MORE OF A MIXED
WET/DRY TSTM MODE DURING THE EARLY EVENING.
..GRAMS.. 08/22/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 220852
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0352 AM CDT SAT AUG 22 2009
VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA TO THE PACIFIC NW SHOULD
TRACK EWD TOWARDS THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES AND NRN ROCKIES. UPPER-LEVEL
LOW OFF THE SRN CA COAST SHOULD DEVOLVE INTO AN OPEN WAVE AS IT
MOVES INLAND...WITH WEAKER IMPULSES EMANATING NEWD ACROSS THE GREAT
BASIN TOWARDS THE NRN HIGH PLAINS. PLUME OF RICH SUBTROPICAL
MOISTURE OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND CNTRL GREAT BASIN WILL SPREAD
NEWD...AIDING IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED WET TSTM DEVELOPMENT.
..GRAMS.. 08/22/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...