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FNUS21 KWNS 151643
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1143 AM CDT FRI OCT 15 2010
VALID 151700Z - 161200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR WRN HALF OF SC...NRN/CNTRL
GA...NERN AL / EXTREME SWRN NC...
ONLY APPRECIABLE CHANGE THIS FORECAST UPDATE IS REMOVING THE SEE
TEXT HIGHLIGHT FOR THE MTNS OF SRN CA. MORNING GPS PRECIPITABLE
WATER DATA INDICATE 0.75-1.0 INCH VALUES OR HIGHER ACROSS THE
REGION. ADDITIONALLY...ONLY MARGINALLY DEEP SUB-CLOUD LAYERS ARE
DEPICTED ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM THE LATEST MODEL RUNS--THUS
LENDING CONFIDENCE THAT THE RISK FOR FIRE STARTS/GROWTH WILL REMAIN
LIMITED.
OVER THE SERN STATES...MORNING WSR-88D PROFILER DATA SHOW 35 KTS AT
1 KM AGL AT KATL AHEAD OF A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING SEWD ACROSS
THE SRN APPALACHIANS. WITH STRONGER SURFACE HEATING OVER NRN GA
COMPARED TO AREAS N OVER THE TN VALLEY...EXPECTING A DEEPER/WELL
MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER SUPPORTIVE OF WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 35 MPH.
EXTENDED THE CRITICAL AREA INTO PORTIONS OF SWRN NC NEAR THE CLT
METRO WHERE LATEST FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW LOW RH/S JUXTAPOSED WITH
STRONGER WINDS TOWARDS MID-LATE AFTERNOON.
ALTHOUGH LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS APPEAR POSSIBLE OVER A SMALL
PART OF SERN WY...WILL MAINTAIN SEE TEXT DESIGNATION FOR THIS
REGION.
..SMITH.. 10/15/2010
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0247 AM CDT FRI OCT 15 2010/
...SYNOPSIS...
DRY CONTINENTAL NWLY FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE SERN CONUS
AS A POWERFUL UPPER LOW REMAINS FIXED OVER THE NERN ATLANTIC
COAST...AND A WEAK SFC COLD FRONT PUSHES SWD ACROSS THE REGION.
STRONG MID-LEVEL FLOW ROUNDING THE BASE OF THE UPPER LOW WILL BRING
MODERATELY STRONG WINDS TO THE SRN APPALACHIANS AND INTO THE
CAROLINAS...RESULTING IN ENHANCED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
ELSEWHERE...AN AMPLIFIED UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CNTRL CONUS WILL LEAD
TO PREDOMINANTLY DRY CONDITIONS HERE...WHILE A WEAK CLOSED UPPER LOW
OVER THE NRN GULF OF CA WILL IMPORT MOISTURE INTO SRN AZ/CA AND
RESULT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. A SFC COLD FRONT ACCOMPANYING AN
UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL BRING COOL CONDITIONS TO THE PAC NW AND
NRN PLAINS.
...WRN SC...NRN/CNTRL GA...FAR NERN AL...
A VERY DRY AIR MASS CURRENTLY FIXED OVER THE SERN CONUS WILL YIELD
LOWER-MID 20S RH AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S.
THIS AREA WILL BE LOCATED ALONG THE SRN FRINGE OF STRONG MID-LEVEL
FLOW...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED SFC WIND SPEEDS AROUND 20
MPH /GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH/ AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER BECOMES
WELL-MIXED BY LATE-MORNING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION WILL ACT TO ENHANCE THE
FIRE WEATHER THREAT...AND COMBINED WITH MODERATELY STRONG WINDS/LOW
RH...WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...FL PANHANDLE...SRN MS/AL/GA...
A PLUME OF VERY DRY AIR /CHARACTERIZED BY PWAT VALUES LESS THAN 0.3
INCH PER 00Z REGIONAL RAOBS/ WILL REMAIN FIXED OVER MUCH OF THE
SOUTHEAST. AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 70S/80S...LOW RH
VALUES IN THE UPPER TEENS/LOWER 20S WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS
THE REGION. ADDITIONALLY...ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS/HIGH KDBI
VALUES MAY LEAD TO AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR FIRE STARTS. SUSTAINED
SFC WIND SPEEDS AROUND 10-15 WILL PRECLUDE A MORE SIGNIFICANT FIRE
WEATHER THREAT FROM DEVELOPING.
...MOUNTAINS OF SRN CA...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF SRN CA
/PRIMARILY THE COASTAL RANGE OF ERN SAN DIEGO COUNTY/ AS MID-LEVEL
MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK MEXICAN UPPER LOW IS IMPORTED INTO
THE REGION. DEEP/DRY SUB-CLOUD LAYERS WILL ONLY RESULT IN MINIMAL
PRECIPITATION REACHING THE GROUND. ISOLATED COVERAGE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRECLUDE A CRITICAL AREA FROM BEING REQUIRED.
...CNTRL AND WRN WY...WRN NEB...
DEEP-LAYER WLY FLOW WILL INCREASE AS AN UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH
PASSES THE N. THIS WILL RESULT IN SFC SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15-20
MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A DEEP/DRY BOUNDARY LAYER DEVELOPS. MIN
RH VALUES WILL LIKELY FALL INTO THE LOWER-MID TEENS WITHIN A VERY
DRY AIR MASS. MARGINAL WIND SPEEDS/RH WILL PRECLUDE AN UPGRADE TO A
CRITICAL AREA ATTM...THOUGH ANTECEDENT DRY FUEL CONDITIONS WILL
RESULT IN AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 151916
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0216 PM CDT FRI OCT 15 2010
VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
FORECAST ON TRACK...NO CHANGES NEEDED.
..SMITH.. 10/15/2010
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0329 AM CDT FRI OCT 15 2010/
...SYNOPSIS...
ZONAL MID/UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL EXIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE NATION...AS
AN UPPER LOW SHIFTS EWD INTO THE ATLANTIC AND A WEAK SHORTWAVE
TROUGH TRAVERSES THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. A DRY AIR MASS WILL REMAIN
FIXED OVER SOUTHEAST UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SFC HIGH
PRESSURE...WHILE A COLD FRONT PUSHES SWD ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SRN AZ IN PROXIMITY TO
A STATIONARY UPPER LOW OVER SONORA.
...ERN GULF COAST STATES...
A PERSISTENT DRY AIR MASS WILL YIELD LOW AFTERNOON RH VALUES
/GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 20S/ ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. SFC WINDS
WILL BE WEAK UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SFC HIGH PRESSURE...BUT
ANTECEDENT DRY CONDITIONS MAY YIELD AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...