Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 230828
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0228 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2010
VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF SW TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
A DEEP TROUGH WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE WRN CONUS TODAY. A STRONG
UPPER LEVEL JET MAX OVER SRN TX WILL HELP GENERATE VERY GUSTY WLY
SFC WINDS DURING THE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SE ACROSS OK
AND TX DURING THE MORNING AS A SFC LOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
PUSHES EWD. ACROSS THE ERN CONUS...A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED RIDGE WILL
REMAIN IN PLACE BRINGING LIGHT SLY SFC WINDS AND HIGH RH VALUES.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF SW TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG SFC WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES
A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET NEAR 60 KTS COMBINED WITH A TIGHT SFC
PRESSURE GRADIENT AND LOW RH VALUES ACROSS SWRN TX WILL CREATE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG SFC LOW
OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA
THIS MORNING AND WLY SFC WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 50 KTS WITH
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AROUND 30 KTS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE THE
DEWPOINTS WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOW 20S ALLOWING RH
VALUES TO RANGE FROM THE MID TEENS TO LOW 20S. FURTHER NW A BAND OF
LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL LIMIT CRITICAL CONDITIONS. FURTHER E
HOWEVER...LITTLE IF ANY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AND DRYING SHOULD
BE MAXIMIZED. GIVEN THE VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED...ANY FIRE
THAT MAY START WOULD SPREAD RAPIDLY.
..STOPPKOTTE.. 01/23/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 230828
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0228 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2010
VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
ON SUNDAY...A DEEP TROUGH WILL MOVE EWD INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
A COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM SRN WI TO ERN TX WILL DROP SE ACROSS THE
OH VALLEY INTO THE GULF COAST...BRINGING ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND
PRECIPITATION. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE GREAT BASIN
WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL WLY TO NWLY FLOW OVER NM AND S TX.
...SWRN TX...
DESPITE COOLER TEMPERATURES BEHIND A SFC COLD FRONT ON
SUN...INVERTED V SHAPED FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW DEWPOINTS FALLING
INTO THE LOW/MID TEENS BY AFTERNOON CREATING RH VALUES IN THE MID
TEENS TO LOW 20S. WLY TO NWLY SFC GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 KTS ARE POSSIBLE
CREATING MARGINAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
..STOPPKOTTE.. 01/23/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...