Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 030744
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0244 AM CDT THU SEP 03 2009
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
SEASONABLY STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NW WILL QUICKLY
MOVE NEWD INTO ALBERTA 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 LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER THE I-15 CORRIDOR IN NRN
MT NEAR THE ALBERTA BORDER. FURTHER SW...GUSTY WINDS MAY OCCUR AS
WELL OVER THE NWRN GREAT BASIN AND IN LOCALIZED AREAS IN SRN CA.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL INFLUENCE MUCH OF THE ERN CONUS.
...E SLOPES OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE OF MT...
BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE
EARLY EVENING AS A H5 65 KT JET GLANCES THE AREA TO THE NW OVER SERN
BC/SWRN ALBERTA. AS TEMPS WARM INTO THE 80S AND 90S...BOUNDARY
LAYER MIXING WILL AID IN TRANSPORTING SOME MOMENTUM ALOFT TO THE
SURFACE WITH MIN RH FALLING INTO THE 15-20 PERCENT RANGE. SUSTAINED
SWLY SURFACE WINDS MAY BE NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS /30-35 MPH
POSSIBLE/ WITH WINDS VEERING TO WLY DURING FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH RH
RECOVERY THEN OCCURRING TOWARDS EVENING. BORDERLINE CRITICAL
CONDITIONS MAY BE MET INTERMITTENTLY IN SOME AREAS BRIEFLY.
HOWEVER...FUEL CONDITIONS APPEAR NORMAL PER LOCAL OFFICE
COORDINATION AND MARGINAL NATURE OF THREAT PRECLUDES A CRITICAL
DESIGNATION.
..SMITH.. 09/03/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 030817
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0317 AM CDT THU SEP 03 2009
VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
RELAXED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CONUS AS AN
UPPER RIDGE RESIDES OVER MUCH OF THE WRN U.S. WITH A LARGE SCALE
TROUGH OVER THE MIDWEST AND NE. AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE TROUGH
OVER THE ERN PACIFIC WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE PACIFIC NW BY SATURDAY
MORNING. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES SOME LOWER RH AND MODERATE
STRENGTH SUSTAINED WINDS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM OVER PARTS
OF SRN ORE/NERN CA...BUT POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL CONDITIONS APPEARS
LIMITED ATTM.
..SMITH.. 09/03/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...