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Day 1 Fire Weather Forecast graphic

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   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 120626
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0126 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2009
   
   VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   IN THE WEST...A WEAK UPPER TROUGH OFF THE CA COAST THIS MORNING WILL
   GRADUALLY SHIFT EWD AND MOVE ONSHORE...WITH A CONTINUED INCREASE IN
   MOISTURE OCCURRING. MEANWHILE A STRONGER TROUGH WILL QUICKLY FOLLOW
   OVERNIGHT...INFLUENCING PRECIPITATION OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA...WITH
   MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL STATES. 
   
   ELSEWHERE...A WEAK UPPER LOW IN THE NRN INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WILL
   CONTINUE TO TRAVERSE ACROSS THE NRN TIER OF STATES...WITH ZONAL FLOW
   ALOFT DOMINATING MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE CONUS. AT THE
   SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL LINGER ACROSS THE NRN HIGH PLAINS AND
   GREAT LAKES REGION...WHILE A STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS OVER THE
   SOUTHEAST.
   
   ..HURLBUT.. 10/12/2009
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic

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   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 120714
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0214 AM CDT MON OCT 12 2009
   
   VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   COOL AND/OR MOIST CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN PRECLUDE CRITICAL AREA
   OUTLINES FOR THE COUNTRY. IN THE WEST...A SIGNIFICANT UPPER TROUGH
   WILL SLOWLY SHIFT ONSHORE...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY
   PRECIPITATION...ESPECIALLY OVER CALIFORNIA. IN THE NORTHEAST...AN
   UPPER SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL QUICKLY EXIT NEW ENGLAND...WHILE ZONAL
   UPPER FLOW WILL DOMINATE ELSEWHERE IN THE CONUS. FOLLOWING THE UPPER
   LOW...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EWD/SWD OVER THE GREAT LAKES
   AND NORTHEASTERN STATES. THIS WILL SLOWLY DRIVE A WEAK COLD FRONT
   SWD THROUGH GA/FL...WHILE WRN PORTIONS OF THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO
   LIFT NWD AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH THE DAY OVER THE SRN HIGH PLAINS.
   
   ..HURLBUT.. 10/12/2009
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      

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