Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 160704
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0204 AM CDT WED SEP 16 2009
VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL SLOWLY MOVE ONSHORE IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...WITH AN ATTENDANT SURFACE COLD FRONT PUSHING EWD/SEWD
THROUGH WA/ORE/NRN CA AND THE ID PANHANDLE THROUGH THE PERIOD. GUSTY
WINDS MAY BRIEFLY ALIGN WITH LOW RH IN PORTIONS OF CNTRL/ERN WA AND
ORE DURING THE AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE FRONT BEFORE MARINE AIR
QUICKLY PUSHES INLAND...WHILE SLY WINDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE
TROUGH LEAD TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. ALTHOUGH 07Z LIGHTNING
DATA SHOWS QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY OFFSHORE...MUCH OF THIS
INSTABILITY WILL MOVE NEWD INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA BY AFTERNOON...WITH
ONLY ISOLATED STRIKES AT BEST ACROSS WA. PWAT IMAGERY REFLECTS
SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE...AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT CAN DEVELOP WILL
BE WET IN NATURE.
ELSEWHERE...UPPER RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE IN PORTIONS OF
CA/NV WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS AT THE SURFACE...WHILE A SEPARATE
UPPER HIGH WILL LINGER OVER ERN MT. AN UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY DRIFT
SWD THROUGH THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...WITH WET THUNDERSTORMS
AFFECTING MUCH OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST.
..HURLBUT.. 09/16/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 160805
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0305 AM CDT WED SEP 16 2009
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH AND ATTENDANT COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND
TRACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO MT. AS THIS OCCURS...LEE
TROUGHING WILL DEVELOP...INCREASING SELY WINDS AT THE SURFACE ACROSS
ERN MT/NERN WY. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 15 TO 20 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS WILL ALIGN WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS...LEADING TO AN
ELEVATED FIRE THREAT.
MEANWHILE IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER TROUGH...HIGH PRESSURE WILL EDGE
EWD INTO THE COASTAL STATES...WITH WEAK OFFSHORE WINDS CONTINUING IN
SRN/CNTRL CA. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL...WITH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. WINDS WILL REMAIN SUBCRITICAL.
..HURLBUT.. 09/16/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...