Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 070826
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0226 AM CST SUN MAR 07 2010
VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER LOW INVOF SRN CA / BAJA WILL DEVELOP EWD DURING THE PERIOD AS
WEAK UPPER RIDGING ENVELOPES MUCH OF THE CNTRL STATES IN WAKE OF A
DEPARTING COMPACT BUT WEAKENING MID LEVEL LOW MOVING SEWD FROM IA TO
THE OH VALLEY. EARLY MORNING SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOW AN ANTICYCLONE
OVER THE SERN STATES AND IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE LITTLE DURING THE
DAY. A VERY DRY AIRMASS /GPS PRECIP WATER LESS THAN 0.20 INCH/ IS
CURRENTLY IN PLACE OVER THE SERN STATES AND WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD
LOW RH AS TEMPS REBOUND DURING THE DAY.
...FL PENINSULA S OF I-4...
AMPLE SURFACE HEATING WILL LEAD TO MIN RH FALLING WELL INTO THE 20S
OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF PENINSULA. A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT
PROMOTING LIGHT NELY/S PRECLUDES A CRITICAL DELINEATION.
..SMITH.. 03/07/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 070827
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0227 AM CST SUN MAR 07 2010
VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR TX BIG BEND AND PARTS OF THE TX
PECOS RIVER VALLEY...
...SYNOPSIS...
VIGOROUS CLOSED BUT PROGRESSIVE UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SRN
ROCKIES INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE W
COAST STATES. WIDESPREAD CLOUDS AND RAINFALL WILL SPREAD/DEVELOP
NEWD OVER THE SRN PLAINS IN CONJUNCTION WITH SYSTEM EJECTING FROM
THE SWRN U.S. AT THE SURFACE...CYCLOGENESIS WILL OCCUR FROM THE
TX/OK PANHANDLES EWD ALONG THE KS/OK BORDER AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES
EWD OVER THE SRN PLAINS. FURTHER E...A DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER
THE SERN U.S. WILL LEAD TO LOW MIN RH DURING PEAK HEATING.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - TX BIG BEND AND PARTS OF THE TX
PECOS RIVER VALLEY...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOWER RH
STRONG FLOW FIELDS ALOFT /H7 WINDS /30-45 KTS/ WILL QUICKLY
OVERSPREAD THE REGION EARLY MONDAY LEADING TO STRONG SWLY TO WLY
SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS. STEEP LAPSE RATES IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER
WILL PROMOTE DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TRANSPORT AND LEAD TO SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20-35 MPH /STRONGER NEAR I-20/ DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. 00Z
ECMWF OUTPUT INDICATES LOWER RH /TEENS/ THAN BOTH THE 06Z NAM AND
00Z GFS MODELS. AS SUCH...THE MAIN FACTOR LIMITING THE PERCEIVED
CRITICAL THREAT AREA IS DUE TO UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE STRENGTH OF
SURFACE HEATING AND DRY AIR IMPACTING THE MAGNITUDE/DURATION OF LOW
MIN RH /15 PERCENT/.
..SMITH.. 03/07/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...