Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 200639
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0139 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL DEEPEN AND PROGRESS ESEWD...REACHING ARKLATEX
LATE IN THE PERIOD. WEAK UPPER RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES
WILL SHIFT EWD IN ADVANCE OF THE SYSTEM. MEANWHILE AT THE
SURFACE...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESS ESEWD...WITH STRONG AND
GUSTY NWLY WINDS IN ITS WAKE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SRN PLAINS. FARTHER
E...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE...THOUGH DRY
CONDITIONS WILL LINGER ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY.
...FLORIDA...
DRY AIR MASS EVIDENT ON AREA 00Z SOUNDINGS WILL LINGER DURING THE
DAY. WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO
ONCE AGAIN DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS INLAND
PORTIONS OF FLORIDA...WHILE ONSHORE WINDS WILL LIMIT LOWER RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ALONG COASTAL AREAS. HOWEVER...WINDS OF GENERALLY 10 MPH
OR LESS WILL TEMPER THE OVERALL THREAT.
...FAR SRN TX...
A COLD FRONT WILL SURGE THROUGH TX THIS MORNING...REACHING THE GULF
COAST BY AFTERNOON. STRONG NWLY WINDS NEAR 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
ARE EXPECTED IN ITS WAKE. ALTHOUGH COOL TEMPERATURES WILL LIMIT THE
EXTENT OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...INLAND AREAS OF FAR SRN TX MAY
REACH VALUES NEAR 30 PERCENT. GIVEN STRONG WINDS AND BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION...A HEIGHTENED FIRE THREAT MAY EXIST.
..HURLBUT.. 03/20/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 200716
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0216 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW NEAR ARKLATEX WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS EWD BECOMING
CENTERED ROUGHLY NEAR THE AL/TN BORDER LATE IN THE PERIOD. MEANWHILE
THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE...WITH THE FAR
SRN EXTENT ARCING WSWWD THROUGH SRN FL.
FARTHER W...UPPER RIDGING WILL SLOWLY DEAMPLIFY AND MOVE EWD OVER
THE CENTRAL STATES. POST-FRONTAL COOL/DRY NWLY FLOW WILL AFFECT THE
SRN PLAINS...WITH NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF
CNTRL/SRN TX.
...SRN TX...
ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH SATURDAY/S
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...MODEL CONSENSUS SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT FAR
SRN TX WILL REMAIN DRY...OR RECEIVE VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION AT
BEST. NWLY WINDS NEAR 15 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED ACROSS FAR SRN
TX...WITH STRONGER SPEEDS ACROSS CNTRL TX. DRY AIR MASS AND WARMER
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S WILL LEAD TO RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES IN THE 20S...EVEN TO THE COAST. SHOULD STRONGER SPEEDS BE
ANTICIPATED ACROSS FAR SRN TX...OR SHOULD AREAS TO THE N RECEIVE
LESS RAINFALL THAN ANTICIPATED...A CRITICAL WILL NEED TO BE
OUTLOOKED IN TOMORROW/S FORECAST.
..HURLBUT.. 03/20/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...