Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 020759
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0259 AM CDT WED SEP 02 2009
VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL MOVE ONSHORE THE PACIFIC NW WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AS AN ANTICYCLONE REMAINS OVER THE DESERT SW. STRENGTHENING
KINEMATIC FIELDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH APPROACHING SYSTEM FROM THE W
WILL OVERSPREAD PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NW. AN ANTECEDENTLY DRY
AIRMASS OVER THE NWRN GREAT BASIN WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS
LEADING TO AN ENHANCED FIRE WEATHER THREAT OVER PORTIONS OF
CA/NV/ORE.
...S-CNTRL ORE / NERN CA / EXTREME NWRN NV...
PLAN VIEW DETERMINISTIC DATA SHOW THE STRONGEST H7 FLOW ALONG AND W
OF THE ORE CASCADES /UP TO 50 KTS BY 00Z/ WITH WEAKER FLOW E OF THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. MODELS CONTINUE TO VARY SOME IN THE STRENGTH OF THE
SUSTAINED SSWLY SURFACE WINDS. NONETHELESS STRONG WINDS OF 20-30
MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. LOW RH /LESS THAN 15
PERCENT/ APPEARS TO BE UNLIKELY EXCEPT PERHAPS IN LOCALIZED AREAS
WITH MID-UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S PERCENT MORE LIKELY BEFORE DIURNAL
COOLING OCCURS. THE COMBINATION OF POTENTIAL FOR STRONG
WINDS/MARGINALLY LOW RH SUGGEST LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE...BUT LIMITED SPATIAL/TEMPORAL NATURE OF THREAT WILL
PRECLUDE A CRITICAL DESIGNATION.
...SRN CA...
IN ADDITION TO THE VERY WARM TEMPS AND LOWER RH FORECAST OVER THE
REGION...POTENTIAL FOR ISOLD TSTMS SEEMS TO EXIST IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND/OR EARLY EVENING HOURS. LATEST 4KM RESOLUTION MODEL
DATA /NSSL WRF/ INDICATES NON-ZERO POTENTIAL FOR A STRAY TSTM AS FAR
NW AS THE HIGHER TERRAIN E OF THE LOS ANGELES BASIN. GUSTY/ERRATIC
WINDS CAN ACCOMPANY ANY TSTM OR SURGING OUTFLOW.
..SMITH.. 09/02/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 020837
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0337 AM CDT WED SEP 02 2009
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
SEASONABLY STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NW WILL QUICKLY
MOVE NEWD INTO THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES AS A GENERAL UPPER
RIDGE IS MAINTAINED OVER THE WRN HALF OF THE CONUS AND A TROUGH OVER
THE E. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EWD OVER PARTS OF THE PACIFIC NW AND
NRN ROCKIES REGIONS WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLY OCCURRING OVER
THE NWRN GREAT BASIN. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL INFLUENCE MUCH OF
THE ERN CONUS.
..SMITH.. 09/02/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...