Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 220835
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0235 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2010
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE WRN CONUS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EWD TODAY
ALLOWING A STRONG JET MAX TO OVERSPREAD THE SRN PLAINS. A LEE LOW
OVER ERN CO WILL HELP DEVELOP A LOW LEVEL JET OF 50 TO 60 KTS OVER
PORTIONS OF WRN TX LEADING TO HEIGHTENED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
FURTHER E A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED RIDGE WILL DOMINATE E OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
...FAR SW TX...
SLY FLOW WILL INCREASE TODAY IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING TROUGH
AND A DEEPENING LEE LOW OVER ERN CO. CONDITIONS WILL BE MARGINALLY
DRY WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDIFIES IN THE MID 20S. ACROSS THE SRN
BIG BEND AREA...LOCALIZED MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDIFIES IN THE MID
TEENS WILL BE POSSIBLE. FORECAST SOUNDING DATA INDICATES SUFFICIENT
MIXING WILL OCCUR AND SFC GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 KTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
..STOPPKOTTE/JEWELL.. 01/22/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 220835
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0235 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2010
VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
ON SATURDAY...A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE AN EWD TRACK
INTO THE CENTRAL CONUS WITH A STRONG JET MAX LOCATED OVER SRN/CNTRL
TX. A STRONG SFC LOW OVER OK/KS WILL CREATE A STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENT ALONG THE FRONT RANGE SWD INTO WRN TX. A COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE SEWD FROM THE CNTRL PLAINS INTO THE S CNTRL CONUS DURING THE
LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPPER RIDGE WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE ERN SEABOARD WITH WEAK SLY SFC WINDS AND HIGH
RELATIVE HUMIDITY.
...WRN TX...
ON SATURDAY...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WRN TX. SWLY FLOW WILL TURN WLY DURING THE AFTERNOON
BEHIND A COLD FRONT. A LOW LEVEL JET OF AROUND 50 KTS COMBINED WITH
DRY LOW LEVEL INDICATED BY INVERTED V SHAPED FORECAST SOUNDINGS WILL
ALLOW SFC WINDS TO GUST UP TO 50 KTS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
REMAIN MARGINAL WITH MINIMUM VALUES IN THE LOW TO MID 20S.
HOWEVER...DAYTIME MAX TEMPS WILL BE MUCH COOLER AND SOME HIGH LEVEL
CLOUDINESS WILL LIMIT HEATING.
..STOPPKOTTE/JEWELL.. 01/22/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...