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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 120743
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0143 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009
VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MIGRATE EWD TOWARD THE ATLANTIC
COAST DURING SATURDAY...WITH ONSHORE FLOW AND INCREASING RH VALUES
DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF THE SERN CONUS. HOWEVER...SLY WINDS
LOCATED IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF THE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER WILL AID
IN MAINTAINING A DRY AIRMASS OVER PORTIONS OF THE APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS...WITH LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON RH VALUES AOB 30
PERCENT. FARTHER WEST...A WEAK/LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER LEVEL S/W TROUGH
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL/SRN HIGH PLAINS DURING
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 50S AND 60S OVER
ERN NM/WRN TX...STEEPENING LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL AID IN MIXING
MODERATE WLY FLOW DOWN TO THE SURFACE...FAVORING WIND GUSTS OF 20-30
MPH. HOWEVER...MINIMUM RH VALUES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE
CRITICAL VALUES...WHICH WILL NEGATE A MORE SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER
THREAT.
..GARNER.. 12/12/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 120746
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0146 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009
VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WRN CONUS IS FORECAST TO PERTURB A
MAINLY ZONAL FLOW PATTERN OVER THE NATION ON SUNDAY...WHILE A NRN
STREAM DISTURBANCE DROPS S TOWARD THE PAC NW. AT THE SURFACE...A
COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND WSW OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND TOWARD
THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND THEN NW INTO THE NRN ROCKIES...WITH COLD
HIGH PRESSURE TEMPORARILY LOCKED IN PLACE OVER THE NRN PLAINS. DRY
SWLY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP S OF THE COLD FRONT OVER THE SRN
HIGH PLAINS...WITH MODERATING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND DECREASING
RH VALUES EXPECTED OVER W TX.
...W TX...
WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS BOTH ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE ARE FORECAST
TO STRENGTHEN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON OVER W TX AND ERN NM AS ANOTHER
UPPER DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST AND A LEE
TROUGH STRENGTHENS OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. RH VALUES OVER W TX MAY
BRIEFLY APPROACH 20 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB THROUGH THE
60S...WHILE WIND GUSTS PEAK AT AROUND 20-30 MPH...BUT CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
..GARNER.. 12/12/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...