Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 110801
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0201 AM CST WED NOV 11 2009
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
REMNANT SURFACE LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH IDA WILL MOVE OFF THE
COAST OF GA/SC ON WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
PROGRESSING EAST THROUGH THE GULF COAST STATES. FARTHER WEST...THE
NEXT IN A SERIES OF UPPER TROUGHS WILL ENTER THE PAC NW TOWARD THE
END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...WITH STRENGTHENING MID-UPPER LEVEL FLOW
SPREADING DOWNSTREAM ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN/INTERMOUNTAIN WEST.
...ERN NV/UT/SRN WY...
HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS IS SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING...DOWNSTREAM OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DIGGING
TOWARDS THE PAC COAST. THIS MOISTURE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
STRENGTHENING W-SWLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW FIELDS...WHICH WILL AID IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF GUSTS UP TO 20-40 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF NV/UT/WY AS
BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING INCREASES DURING THE AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...ENSEMBLE AND DETERMINISTIC MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATE THAT RH
VALUES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES AND FULL SURFACE
HEATING WILL POTENTIALLY BE LIMITED BY THE UPPER LEVEL
CLOUDS...WHICH SUGGESTS THAT AN OUTLOOK AREA WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
..GARNER.. 11/11/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 110802
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0202 AM CST WED NOV 11 2009
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DROP SOUTH INTO THE WRN STATES ON
THURSDAY...WITH MODERATELY STRONG SWLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW SPREADING
DOWNSTREAM ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES. GUSTY WINDS
WILL BE POSSIBLE BENEATH THIS BELT OF STRONGER FLOW...AS WELL AS IN
THE SRN HIGH PLAINS AS S-SWLY SURFACE WINDS STRENGTHEN IN RESPONSE
TO DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTH.
...NRN AZ/ERN UT/WY...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE GREAT BASIN
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A BELT OF 50-60 KT SWLY MID LEVEL FLOW
BECOMING SITUATED FROM SRN CA NEWD ACROSS AZ/UT AND INTO WY.
AFTERNOON WIND GUSTS UP TO 30-40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM NRN AZ
INTO ERN UT AS WELL AS MUCH OF WY AS LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES STEEPEN
DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A NRN STREAM TROUGH IS FORECAST
TO DROP SOUTH TOWARD THE NRN/CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...AND WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY A COLD FRONT AT THE SURFACE...WHICH MAY ENHANCE
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OVER WY. AT THIS TIME...MODEL FORECAST
GUIDANCE INDICATES COOL TEMPERATURES AND ONLY MARGINALLY DRY AIR
WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE AREA...PRECLUDING THE NEED FOR A CRITICAL
OUTLOOK AREA.
...SRN HIGH PLAINS...
S-SWLY SURFACE WINDS MAY GUST OVER 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AS
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE BEGINS TO EMERGE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.
HOWEVER...MIN RH VALUES ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST TO BE ABOVE CRITICAL
LEVELS.
..GARNER.. 11/11/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...