Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 090722
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0222 AM CDT WED SEP 09 2009
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A BAND OF STRONGER MID LEVEL FLOW WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS THE NWRN
INTO N-CENTRAL CONUS ON WEDNESDAY...WHICH MAY RESULT IN OCCASIONALLY
GUSTY SURFACE WINDS /AROUND 20-30 MPH/ ACROSS PORTIONS OF MT INTO
ND. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE MIDST OF LOW RH
VALUES...WHICH WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. OTHERWISE...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
FORECAST TO OCCUR FROM THE DESERT SW INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.
..GARNER.. 09/09/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 090727
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0227 AM CDT WED SEP 09 2009
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A FAST MOVING/PROGRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL ENTER
THE NRN HIGH PLAINS BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THIS
DISTURBANCE...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO RESIDE INVOF NRN
ND...WITH A COLD FRONT SWEEPING EWD ACROSS ERN MT AND INTO THE WRN
DAKOTAS AND ERN WY. A LOW LEVEL THERMAL AXIS WILL EXTEND NNEWD ALONG
THE FRONT...FAVORING MILD AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH
VALUES...WHILE THE UPPER TROUGH WILL FAVOR GUSTY WINDS. THESE
FACTORS WILL LEAD TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...ERN/NERN MT AND FAR WRN ND...
MILD DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF
A SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING E ACROSS ERN MT. THIS WILL FAVOR STRONG
BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING AS LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES STEEPEN. AS AN UPPER
LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE W...GUSTY
WINDS /NEAR 30 MPH/ WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AS THE FRONT
PASSES E. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RH VALUES /BETWEEN 10-20 PERCENT/
AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL RESULT IN NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. IF LATER INFORMATION SUGGESTS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
WILL BE GREATER THAN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED...AND ARE EXPECTED TO
OVERLAP LOWER RH VALUES...THEN AN UPGRADE TO CRITICAL MAY BE
REQUIRED DURING THE NEXT FORECAST ISSUANCE.
..GARNER.. 09/09/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...