Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 140820
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0220 AM CST SAT NOV 14 2009
VALID 141200Z - 151200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH NOTED ON WV IMAGERY ROUGHLY NEAR THE WA/OR/ID
BORDERS AS OF 08Z WILL CONTINUE TO DIVE SSEWD. IN ITS WAKE...UPPER
RIDGING OVER THE ERN PACIFIC WILL SHIFT ONSHORE...WITH STRONG
NLY/NWLY JET WINDS AFFECTING MUCH OF THE WRN STATES. AT THE
SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE ALREADY NOSING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND DEVELOP SWD AND EWD. GUSTY NWLY/NLY
WINDS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF SRN CA.
MEANWHILE FARTHER E...UPPER RIDGING WILL LINGER ACROSS THE SERN
STATES AHEAD OF A BROAD UPPER TROUGH THE W...AND AN UPPER LOW
OFFSHORE OF THE MID ATLANTIC. DRY NWLY FLOW WILL LEAD TO CRITICALLY
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
...SRN CA...
UPPER JET AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW WILL BE
ORIENTED FARTHER W THAN PREVIOUS FORECASTS...WHICH WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN STRONGER WIND GUSTS TODAY OVER FAVORABLY ALIGNED TERRAIN
IN COASTAL SRN CA. NLY/NWLY WINDS ALOFT AND STRENGTHENING SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LEAD TO GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH AT
TIMES...MAINLY THROUGH FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS OF THE SANTA YNEZ
RANGE AND THE I-5 CORRIDOR. DESPITE STRONG WINDS...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE ANTICIPATED TO REMAIN MARGINAL. HOWEVER...AS WINDS
SHIFT TO NELY OVERNIGHT...DOWNSLOPING WILL LEAD TO DRYING LATE IN
THE PERIOD...LEADING INTO A CRITICAL EVENT FOR D2-3.
...FL PANHANDLE...
UPPER RIDGING/SUBSIDENCE ALOFT AND VERY LITTLE CLOUD COVER WILL
ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S. NWLY WINDS
CONTINUE TO ADVECT A DRY CONTINENTAL AIRMASS OVER THE AREA...AND AS
TEMPERATURES WARM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S
FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SHALLOW DEPTH OF MIXING
LAYER AND A WEAK SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL KEEP WINDS
LIGHT...RESULTING IN A MARGINAL THREAT.
..HURLBUT.. 11/14/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 140907
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0307 AM CST SAT NOV 14 2009
VALID 151200Z - 161200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR COASTAL SRN CA...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS
EWD INTO THE CNTRL/SRN PLAINS. BEHIND THIS...UPPER RIDGING AND A
SURFACE HIGH WILL LINGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE WEST...WITH OFFSHORE
FLOW/CRITICAL CONDITIONS AFFECTING SRN CA. FARTHER E...AN UPPER
RIDGE OVER THE ERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO SHIFT EWD
AHEAD OF BROAD UPPER TROUGHING IN THE CNTRL STATES. A LINGERING DRY
AIRMASS IN THE SOUTHEAST WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICALLY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FLORIDA.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - COASTAL SRN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG/GUSTY WINDS...LOW RH
BY SUNDAY MORNING UPPER RIDGING WILL ALREADY BE ESTABLISHED OVER
MUCH OF THE WEST. NWLY/NLY WINDS ON D1 WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO NELY AS
A SURFACE HIGH BECOMES ESTABLISHED TO THE NORTH AND EAST. THE
INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT/OFFSHORE WINDS WILL INFLUENCE
WARMING/DRYING...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS WILL BE LIKELY FOR COASTAL SRN CA. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20 TO
25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH IN FAVORED PASSES AND
CANYONS CAN BE ANTICIPATED. LITTLE RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL
OCCUR OVERNIGHT.
...FL PANHANDLE...
DRY AIRMASS AND UPPER RIDGING WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA. DESPITE
COOLER TEMPERATURES THAN D1...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL STILL FALL
INTO THE LOWER 30S FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FL
PANHANDLE. HOWEVER...LIGHT WINDS WILL PRECLUDE A CRITICAL ISSUANCE.
..HURLBUT.. 11/14/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...