Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 090828
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0228 AM CST TUE MAR 09 2010
VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
STRONG UPPER SYSTEM OVER THE WRN GREAT BASIN EARLY TODAY WILL
QUICKLY MOVE TO THE SRN HIGH PLAINS BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. FURTHER
E...PROGRESSIVE CLOSED LOW OVER THE CNTRL PLAINS WILL TRANSLATE NEWD
AND WEAKEN/EVOLVE INTO AN OPEN TROUGH AS IT MOVES TOWARDS THE
LOWER/MID MO RIVER VALLEY. A LEE CYCLONE WILL DEVELOP INVOF THE SRN
HIGH PLAINS IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING UPPER SYSTEM FROM THE
W...WHEREAS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN ACROSS THE SERN U.S.
...FAR W TX / SRN NM...
MODERATELY STRONG WLY SURFACE WINDS /NEARING 20 MPH/ WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS FLOW FIELDS INCREASE THROUGH
THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE. MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS ONLY MODEST MIN RH
/20-30 PERCENT/...PRECLUDING A CRITICAL HIGHLIGHT.
..SMITH.. 03/09/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 090832
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0232 AM CST TUE MAR 09 2010
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SWRN TX AND TX BIG COUNTRY / SERN
NM...
...SYNOPSIS...
POTENT UPPER DISTURBANCE OVER THE SRN HIGH PLAINS WILL QUICKLY MOVE
NEWD WITHIN DEVELOPING LARGER SCALE UPPER TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE
HIGH PLAINS REGION. STRONG WLY FLOW ALONG THE SRN PERIPHERY OF THE
LARGE TROUGH OVER TX/NM WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS BEING LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE SRN PLAINS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SWRN TX AND TX BIG COUNTRY / SERN
NM...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH
BELT OF STRONG H7 FLOW IN BETWEEN DEPARTING PLAINS SYSTEM AND
APPROACHING DISTURBANCE MOVING TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE GREAT
BASIN WILL BE CONDUCIVE FOR WIDESPREAD STRONG WINDS ACROSS A LARGE
PART OF W TX AND SERN NM. MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS DEPICT STEEP
LAPSE RATES IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER WHICH WILL AID IN DEEPER MIXING
AND ENABLE SOME HIGHER MOMENTUM FLOW TO THE SURFACE WITH SUSTAINED
WINDS 20-35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS. AN ANTECEDENTLY DRY AIRMASS
EMANATING FROM THE PLATEAU REGION TO THE W WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION
LEADING TO MIN RH RANGING FROM 10-20 PERCENT...RESULTING IN CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
..SMITH.. 03/09/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...