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FNUS21 KWNS 191622
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1122 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2010
VALID 191700Z - 201200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...ND INTO NRN MI...
DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY FROM THE HIGH PLAINS TO THE GREAT
LAKES. RH VALUES WILL LIKELY FALL INTO THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE WITH
TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 70S. SFC WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY BE
SLY AOB 15 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH...LESSENING THE THREAT
OF WIND DRIVEN FIRES. GIVEN THE LACK OF RECENT RAINFALL AND ONGOING
DROUGHT OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA... LOCALLY CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY
DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY WHERE FUELS REMAIN VERY DRY AND HAVE NOT YET
BECOME GREEN.
...NM INTO W TX...
LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP
TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE
HIGHER. HOWEVER AFTER COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL OFFICES AND THE SW
COORDINATION CENTER...FUELS REMAIN LARGELY UNFAVORABLE FOR LARGE
WIND DRIVEN FIRES AT THIS TIME.
..STOPPKOTTE.. 05/19/2010
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0317 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2010/
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT EWD INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS WITH LOW PRESSURE
DEEPENING OVER NW TX THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THIS TROUGH...DRY WLY
WINDS WILL EXIST FROM AZ INTO W TX. TO THE N...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE
CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES WITH LOW AFTERNOON RH AND WEAK WINDS
THERE. THE DRY AIR WILL SPREAD NWWD INTO THE NRN PLAINS WITH
AFTERNOON GUSTY WINDS. ELSEWHERE...A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL ENTER
THE PACIFIC NW LATER TODAY...WITH STRONG SLY WINDS OVER WA/ORE BUT
ALSO AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE.
...NM INTO W TX...
MARGINAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON WITH WLY
WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15-25 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS OVER 30 MPH WILL OCCUR
ESPECIALLY OVER THE GUADALUPE MTNS. RH WILL BE LOW AREA-WIDE WITH
VALUES RANGING FROM THE UPPER SINGLE DIGITS TO THE LOWER TEENS.
WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL BE MILD OVER CNTRL AND NRN NM...HIGHS WILL
RISE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S FAR SRN NM AND 90S SW TX.
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 191852
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0152 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2010
VALID 201200Z - 211200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
ONGOING FORECAST IS ON TRACK AND NO CHANGES REQUIRED.
..STOPPKOTTE.. 05/19/2010
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0318 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2010/
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY EWD ACROSS THE CNTRL
PLAINS ON THU WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION FROM NEB/IA SWD INTO THE
LOWER MS VALLEY. TO THE W...WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGING WILL OCCUR ACROSS
THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WITH VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS AND LIGHT
WINDS. TO THE E...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE CNTRL
APPALACHIANS...BUT WILL EXTEND NWWD INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND UPPER
MS VALLEY WITH LOW HUMIDITY. TO THE E...AN UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE
COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT NEW ENGLAND WITH GUSTY NWLY WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITY FOR A MARGINAL FIRE THREAT.
...NEW ENGLAND...
NWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 15 MPH SUSTAINED BY THU AFTERNOON
WHEN VERTICAL MIXING IS MAXIMIZED AND TEMPERATURES RISE TO 75-80.
THIS WILL PRODUCE MIN RH PERHAPS AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT FOR A MARGINAL
FIRE THREAT WHERE FUELS ARE DRY.
...ND/MN...
A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL EXIST ACROSS ERN MT AND WY THUR
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL HELP STRENGTHEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN
IT AND THE HIGH TO THE E. SELY WINDS OF 15-20 MPH WILL RESULT...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. MIN RH SHOULD REACH 25-35 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES RISE
INTO THE 70S.
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...