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FNUS21 KWNS 281626
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1126 AM CDT SUN MAR 28 2010
VALID 281700Z - 291200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...CNTRL AND SRN TX...
ONGOING FORECAST IS ON TRACK WITH GUSTY NWLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH
ALREADY DEVELOPING LATE THIS MORNING PER 15Z OBS. RH VALUES WERE
STILL IN THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE BUT WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AND
20S THIS AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 70S.
...SRN NM INTO THE SWRN DESERTS AND SRN CA...
VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SWRN CONUS TODAY WITH
STRONG SFC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CNTRL GREAT BASIN. RH VALUES WILL
FALL INTO THE TEENS ACROSS MUCH OF SRN NM AND SERN AZ. FARTHER
W...RH VALUES FROM 8 TO 14 PERCENT WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SRN CA/SRN NV AND WRN AZ. SELY TO ELY BOUNDARY LAYER
FLOW WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AOB 10 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS.
..STOPPKOTTE.. 03/28/2010
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0235 AM CDT SUN MAR 28 2010/
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EWD FROM THE MID MS VALLEY
THIS MORNING TO THE APPALACHIANS BY MON MORNING. BEHIND THIS
TROUGH...VERY DRY AIR WILL EXIST ACROSS MOST OF THE CNTRL AND WRN
STATES...THE EXCEPTION BEING THE PACIFIC NW WHERE ANOTHER TROUGH
WILL BRING PRECIPITATION LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
...CNTRL AND SRN TX...
GUSTY NWLY WINDS OF 15-20 MPH ARE LIKELY TODAY IN A POST FRONTAL
REGIME. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE INTO THE 70S EXCEPT LOW 80S ACROSS
THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. MIN RH WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW TEENS
NEAR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO THE TWENTIES ACROSS THE LOWER AND
MIDDLE TX COASTAL PLAINS. DESPITE THE VERY DRY AND BREEZY
CONDITIONS...FUEL CONDITIONS ARE NOT CRITICAL.
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 281914
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0214 PM CDT SUN MAR 28 2010
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
ONGOING FORECAST IS IN FAIRLY GOOD SHAPE. LATEST 12Z MODELS STILL
INDICATE VERY DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS SWRN PORTIONS OF THE CONUS. SWLY
FLOW WILL INCREASE AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BEGINS TO DROP
INTO THE PAC NW CREATING A LARGE AREA OF GUSTY SFC WINDS FROM THE
GREAT BASIN NE INTO THE NRN HIGH PLAINS.
...NERN WY AND WRN SD...
A LEE TROF WILL DEVELOP FROM NERN MT TO SW TX AS THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE BREAKS DOWN. A THERMAL RIDGE LOCATED FROM SW TX INTO THE NRN
PLAINS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO REACH INTO THE 60S. SWLY SFC FLOW
WILL BE ENHANCED BY DOWNSLOPE OFF HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE W AND GUSTS
TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER...RH VALUES WILL BE
MARGINAL IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE.
..STOPPKOTTE.. 03/28/2010
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0236 AM CDT SUN MAR 28 2010/
...SYNOPSIS...
A LEE PRESSURE TROUGH WILL DEEPEN ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS OF THE
CNTRL U.S. ON MONDAY...AS THE UPPER RIDGE FLATTENS AND A LARGE
TROUGH SPREADS EWD ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW AND WRN GREAT BASIN. WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL MATERIALIZE AS A RESULT ACROSS MT...WY...AND INTO
WRN NEB AND SD. VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL ALSO EXIST WWD INTO THE
NRN GREAT BASIN AND PACIFIC NW...BUT WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND
HIGHER MOISTURE LEVELS.
...ERN NM...WRN TX...
AN EXTREMELY DRY AIR MASS WILL EXIST MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH RH
DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS AS TEMPERATURES RISE
INTO THE 70S AND 80S. VERY STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL ALSO
EXIST FOR AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND
15 MPH SUSTAINED BUT HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY AS THE LEE TROUGH
DEEPENS.
...WRN NV...
A COLD FRONT IS LIKELY TO STRETCH ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN AS AN
UPPER TROUGH AND VERY STRONG WINDS SPREAD OVERHEAD. DOWNSLOPE E OF
THE SIERRA MTNS SHOULD YIELD VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40
MPH. HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY REACH THE LOW 70S...WHICH WOULD SUGGEST
MIN RH NEAR 15 PERCENT.
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...