Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 210658
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1258 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AS OF 07Z...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS LOCATED OVER CNTRL OK. THIS
SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AND
ARRIVE AT THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY FRIDAY MORNING. ABUNDANT
MOISTURE AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL KEEP MUCH OF THE SE CONUS INTO THE
OHIO VALLEY UNDER CLOUD COVER AND AREAS OF PRECIPITATION. ACROSS THE
WEST...THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OFF THE PACIFIC COAST WILL REMAIN
FAIRLY STATIONARY WHILE WEAK RIDGING WILL SHIFT EWD INTO THE SRN
PLAINS. LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ABOVE
CRITICAL LEVELS WILL HINDER ANY FIRE WEATHER THREATS ACROSS ERN NM
AND WRN TX.
..STOPPKOTTE/HURLBUT.. 01/21/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 210734
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0134 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
ON FRIDAY...THE DEEP TROUGH OFF THE PACIFIC COAST WILL SHIFT EWD
INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET
OVERSPREADING THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY AFTERNOON. A LOW LEVEL JET OF
NEARLY 60 KTS COMBINED WITH A STRENGTHENING LEE LOW OVER SE
CO...WILL LEAD TO GUSTY SURFACE WINDS AND NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAR SE NM AND WRN TX. FURTHER EAST...A HIGHLY
AMPLIFIED UPPER RIDGE WILL AFFECT THE ERN THIRD OF THE CONUS BUT
RECENT PRECIPITATION AND LIGHT WINDS WILL PRECLUDE ANY FIRE WEATHER
THREAT EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
...FAR SERN NM AND WRN TX...
A LEE LOW ACROSS SERN CO WILL DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO INCREASING
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. DRY LOW/MID LEVELS EVIDENT IN INVERTED V
SHAPED FORECAST SOUNDINGS WILL ALLOW GUSTY SURFACE WINDS OF 40 TO 50
MPH...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH TO DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE MID 20S TO MID 30S MAY PRECLUDE A
CRITICAL FIRE THREAT BUT IF LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DEVELOP A
CRITICAL AREA MAY BE NEEDED. ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE POSSIBILITY OF
LIGHT SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER SERN NM AND FAR WRN TX LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON. DESPITE THESE LIMITING FACTORS...THIS AREA HAS GONE
SEVERAL DAYS WITHOUT ANY PRECIPITATION SO CONDITIONS WILL BE
MONITORED CLOSELY.
..STOPPKOTTE/HURLBUT.. 01/21/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...