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FNUS21 KWNS 261653
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1153 AM CDT FRI MAR 26 2010
VALID 261700Z - 271200Z
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN TO E-CNTRL
NM/PORTIONS OF WRN TX...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR FAR SERN AZ/CNTRL NM/WRN TX...
...SOUTHWEST TO SRN HIGH PLAINS...
VERY IMPRESSIVE KINEMATIC AND THERMODYNAMIC SETUP FOR WIDESPREAD
CRITICAL AND EXTREMELY CRITICAL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. PREVIOUS FORECAST REASONING ON TRACK WITH LITTLE
CHANGE NEEDED TO THE CRITICAL AREA. HAVE EXPANDED THE EXTREMELY
CRITICAL AREA FARTHER WEST ACROSS S-CNTRL NM...WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND RH VALUES OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT WILL BE LIKELY.
STRONG SLY WINDS WILL EXIST FARTHER E/NE OF THE CRITICAL AREA...IN
THE OK/TX PANHANDLES INTO WRN OK. HOWEVER...LOWER MIXING HEIGHTS
EAST OF DRYLINE AND WEAK BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTENING SHOULD RESULT IN
ONLY A BRIEF DURATION OF MARGINALLY LOW RH.
..GRAMS.. 03/26/2010
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0320 AM CDT FRI MAR 26 2010/
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH WILL TRAVEL SEWD ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS STATES
TODAY...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL JET AXIS EXTENDING FROM SRN AZ/NM INTO W
TX. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT WILL LIE ACROSS CNTRL AZ AND NM.
LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY FROM SW CO INTO ERN NM/W TX S
PLAINS. WITH A VERY DRY AIR MASS ALREADY IN PLACE...WINDS WILL
INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY DURING THE DAY RESULTING IN EXTREME FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM SERN NM INTO W TX. ELSEWHERE...RELATIVELY
DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FROM THE OH VALLEY SWD ACROSS THE LOWER
MS VALLEY WITH HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE.
...SERN AZ INTO NM AND W TX...
AREA SOUNDINGS FROM 00Z FRI SHOW A VERY DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS
THE REGION WITH MEAN BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS ONLY IN THE TEENS. AS
THE UPPER TROUGH OVERSPREADS THE AREA...AND A SURFACE LOW DEEPENS
OVER SE CO...WINDS WILL INCREASE MARKEDLY BY LATE MORNING/EARLY
AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED FROM
SRN NM INTO FAR W TX AND THE WRN TX S PLAINS. STRONG HEATING AND
MIXING WILL MAXIMIZE WIND GUSTS WITH SPEEDS OF 50-60 MPH
LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL AREA. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY RISE INTO THE 70S EXCEPT FOR 80S OVER
FAR SE NM AND SW TX. MIN RH LEVELS WILL LIKELY DROP INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS AS A RESULT...PRODUCING A POTENT COMBINATION OF HIGH WIND AND
LOW RH.
GIVEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EARLY EVENING...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED POWER LINES
WHICH MAY SERVE AS A FIRE IGNITION SOURCE IN THE POPULATION
CENTERS...MAINLY FROM EL PASO TO LUBBOCK...AND DESPITE MARGINAL FUEL
CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TX S PLAINS. AFTER SUNSET...RH
RECOVERY WILL REMAIN POOR ACROSS W TX...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN
TO COOL AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES BY MIDNIGHT.
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 261903
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0203 PM CDT FRI MAR 26 2010
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SWRN TX...
...SWRN TX...
THE OVERALL THREAT WILL BE MORE SUBDUED COMPARED TO DAY 1...AS
LOWER-LEVEL FLOW WEAKENS SUBSTANTIALLY AFTER 12Z SAT WITH A SURFACE
CYCLONE FILLING WHILE IT TRACKS FROM WRN OK TOWARDS THE OZARK
PLATEAU. NEVERTHELESS...DEEP VERTICAL MIXING SHOULD SUPPORT
SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH PERSISTING FROM THE LATE MORNING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE JUXTAPOSED DURING THE AFTERNOON
WITH RH VALUES FALLING TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PERCENT...LEADING TO
SEVERAL HOURS OF MARGINAL TO LOW-END CRITICAL CONDITIONS.
..GRAMS.. 03/26/2010
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0351 AM CDT FRI MAR 26 2010/
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW CENTER WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS KS AND OK WITH THE BASE OF
THE UPPER TROUGH FROM SRN AZ/NM INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY SAT
AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT BASIN...AND
WILL EXTEND INTO THE SRN ROCKIES AND PLAINS WHERE DRY NWLY FLOW WILL
OCCUR IN A POST FRONTAL REGIME. A FEW HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER SW AND W-CNTRL TX DURING THE AFTERNOON
WITH CONTINUED DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS.
...EXTREME SERN NM INTO W CNTRL TX...
SUSTAINED NWLY WINDS OF 20-30 MPH ARE EXPECTED SAT AFTERNOON WITH
STRONG DAYTIME HEATING AND MIXING. MIN RH WILL LIKELY DROP TO AROUND
8-12 PERCENT ALONG WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES. WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY AS WELL. FUEL CONDITIONS BECOME LESS
FAVORABLE FOR FIRES INTO CNTRL TX ALTHOUGH WARM...DRY AND WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THERE AS WELL.
...SRN CA...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL RESULT IN DRY OFFSHORE FLOW
ACROSS SRN CA ON SATURDAY. WINDS GUSTS OF 20-30 MPH ARE LIKELY BELOW
PASSES AND CANYONS ALONG WITH MIN RH IN THE TEENS. HOWEVER...FUELS
REMAIN TOO MOIST FOR ANY FIRE CONCERNS.
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...