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FNUS21 KWNS 180711
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0211 AM CDT SUN OCT 18 2009
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT EWD INTO THE PLAINS AND FLATTEN AS A
TROUGH MOVES INTO THE W COAST. MEANWHILE...A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPPER
TROUGH WILL REMAIN ALONG THE E COAST...PROVIDING COOL WEATHER. A LOW
PRESSURE TROUGH WILL DEEPEN OVER THE CNTRL AND NRN
PLAINS...PRODUCING A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN IT AND A
SURFACE HIGH CENTERED OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY.
...NV/UT/NRN AZ...
LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER NRN NV AS AN UPPER TROUGH NEARS. MIN
RH AROUND 15 PERCENT AS WELL AS SWLY WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER
30 MPH APPEAR LIKELY. SOME HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS IS ALSO LIKELY
WHICH WILL HAMPER HEATING AND LAPSE RATES.
...SRN GA INTO FL...
NWLY WINDS NEAR 15 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY WITH HIGHER GUSTS AS HIGH
PRESSURE CONTINUES TO ADVANCE INTO THE REGION. MIN RH IN THE 30
PERCENT RANGE WILL BE LIKELY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S F.
GIVEN THE COOL AIR MASS...RELATIVELY SHALLOW MIXING LAYERS WILL
EXIST.
...ERN NM...SW KS...WRN OK...OK/TX PANHANDLES...
STRONG SLY WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WILL MATERIALIZE LATER TODAY AS A
SURFACE TROUGH DEEPENS OVER ERN CO AND INTO THE NRN PLAINS. HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S F ARE LIKELY WITH MIN RH RANGING FROM 20
PERCENT OVER ERN NM TO THE 30S OVER WRN OK.
..JEWELL.. 10/18/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 180711
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0211 AM CDT SUN OCT 18 2009
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DIG INTO THE WRN U.S. WITH A BROAD
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FROM SRN NV INTO WY...WITH A LEE TROUGH
EXTENDING SWD INTO THE TX PANHANDLE. GENERALLY WARM AND DRY
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AHEAD OF THE TROUGH...WITH STRONG WINDS INTO
THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. TO THE E...HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE INTO THE
SERN STATES WITH CONTINUED MILD AND DRY CONDITIONS...AND WEAKER
WINDS.
...NRN AZ...SRN NV...UT...WRN CO...SRN WY...
STRONG SWLY WINDS OF 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY MON
AFTERNOON WITH A STRONG UPPER TROUGH OVERHEAD. RH LEVELS WILL BE
ONLY MARGINALLY LOW...FROM 15-25 PERCENT...AND WILL KEEP THE FIRE
THREAT SUB-CRITICAL ON THE LARGE SCALE.
...SRN HIGH PLAINS...
WARM WEATHER AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY...BUT
SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 MPH WILL ONLY PRODUCE A MARGINAL THREAT OVER
THE REGION GIVEN MIN RH IN THE 20 PERCENT RANGE.
...SERN U.S...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE INTO THE SERN STATES WITH CONTINUED MILD
CONDITIONS BUT VERY LIGHT WINDS. MIN RH WILL LIKELY DROP INTO THE 20
PERCENT RANGE BY PEAK HEATING FROM NRN FL INTO THE GULF COAST AND
MID ATLANTIC REGIONS.
..JEWELL.. 10/18/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...