Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 260850
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0350 AM CDT WED AUG 26 2009
VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE CNTRL/SRN ROCKIES WILL SHIFT EWD
ONTO THE HIGH PLAINS. UPPER-LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL RISE IN ITS WAKE
ACROSS THE WEST...WITH A MID-LEVEL ANTICYCLONE STRENGTHENING OVER
THE SRN GREAT BASIN. SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM AND LOW RH WILL
EXPAND OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR WEST...BUT WITH LIGHT WINDS.
..GRAMS.. 08/26/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 260927
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0427 AM CDT WED AUG 26 2009
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A MID-LEVEL ANTICYCLONE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE SRN GREAT
BASIN WITH A RIDGE EMANATING NWD TO THE CANADIAN ROCKIES. AN
UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY ACROSS THE CANADIAN
PRAIRIES INTO THE FAR N-CNTRL CONUS BY EARLY FRI. A WEAK SURFACE
COLD FRONT BOUNDARY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS TROUGH WILL SINK SEWD
ACROSS THE NRN HIGH PLAINS.
...FAR SERN MT...
A SHORT-DURATION/MARGINAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD DEVELOP AT PEAK
HEATING IN THE WAKE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT PASSAGE. TEMPERATURES WILL
STILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S AND WITH DRY NWLY FLOW
LEAD TO RH VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 12 AND 20 PERCENT. STEEP
LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL AID IN DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TRANSPORT WITH
SUSTAINED WINDS LIKELY PEAKING FROM 15 TO 20 MPH.
..GRAMS.. 08/26/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...