Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 290753
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0253 AM CDT SAT AUG 29 2009
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW EVIDENT IN EARLY MORNING SATELLITE IMAGERY
WILL MEANDER SEWD OVER THE PACIFIC NW. A PERSISTENT MID-LEVEL
ANTICYCLONE CENTERED OVER THE DESERT SW WILL INFLUENCE THE SWRN
QUARTER OF THE CONUS...MAINTAINING VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS
ACROSS THIS REGION. INCREASING BOUNDARY LAYER SWLY/S WILL DEVELOP
TOWARDS THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER PARTS OF THE SRN GREAT BASIN AS
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE TWO AFOREMENTIONED SYSTEMS BEGINS
TO INTENSIFY.
...PARTS OF SRN CA...
VERY HOT AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPS IN THE 100-110 DEG F RANGE WILL AGAIN
BE COMMON OVER THE REGION TODAY UNDERNEATH HIGH PRESSURE. WITH AN
ANTECEDENTLY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE...RH VALUES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO
BE WELL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. ASIDE FROM GUSTY SWLY WINDS /20-30
MPH/ THAT MAY OCCUR IN LOCALIZED AREAS...MORE WIDESPREAD TEMPERED
GUSTS /10-20 MPH/ AND GENERALLY WEAK SUSTAINED WINDS WILL ACT TO
MITIGATE AN OTHERWISE GREATER THREAT.
..SMITH.. 08/29/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 290845
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0345 AM CDT SAT AUG 29 2009
VALID 301200Z - 311200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF CNTRL-SRN UT / ERN-SRN
NV / NWRN AZ...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LOW OVER THE PACIFIC NW WILL SLOWLY MOVE ESEWD INTO THE NRN
ROCKIES AS A MID-UPPER ANTICYCLONE REMAINS ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE
DESERT SW. AN ATTENDANT QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE DRAPED W TO
E ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN. S OF THE BOUNDARY VERY WARM AND
HOT/DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. AS THE UPPER LOW GLANCES THE GREAT
BASIN REGION...AN INCREASING LOW-MID LEVEL HEIGHT GRADIENT WILL
RESULT IN STRONG SWLY WINDS LEADING TO CRITICAL CONDITIONS OVER PART
OF THE CNTRL AND SRN GREAT BASIN. SOME SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN RH
APPEARS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS OF SRN CA
WITH AN INCREASING MARINE INFLUENCE.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF CNTRL-SRN UT / ERN-SRN
NV / NWRN AZ...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LOW RH / STRONG WINDS / RECEPTIVE FUELS
STRONG SWLY SUSTAINED WINDS /20-25 MPH/ WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AS THE
BOUNDARY LAYER WARMS INDUCING DEEP BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING. WITH WARM
TO HOT TEMPS EXPECTED RANGING FROM THE 80S TO NEAR 110 ACROSS THE
AREA...RH IS EXPECTED TO BE CORRESPONDINGLY LOW. MODEL FORECAST
SOUNDINGS GENERALLY PROGNOSTICATE RH FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
OVER THE SRN PORTIONS OF THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA TO LOWER TEENS IN THE
N.
..SMITH.. 08/29/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...