Storm Prediction Center Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
Created: Tue Apr 10 09:40:04 UTC 2012
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FNUS22 KWNS 100939
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0439 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012
VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR WRN NM...NERN AZ...ERN UT...FAR
WRN CO...S-CNTRL WY...
...SYNOPSIS...
A LARGE PACIFIC UPPER TROUGH WILL ADVANCE EWD TOWARDS THE WRN GREAT
BASIN...WITH STRONG SLY DEEP-LAYER FLOW RESULTING IN ELEVATED TO
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM THE SOUTHWEST NWD INTO THE
CNTRL ROCKIES. MEANWHILE...RETURN FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE
GREAT PLAINS AS A SFC ANTICYCLONE BUILDS OVER THE UPPER-MS RIVER
VALLEY...AND A SFC LOW DEVELOPS OVER WRN MT. FARTHER E...AN
INITIALLY CLOSED UPPER LOW WILL TRANSITION TO AN OPEN WAVE AND BEGIN
TO SHIFT OFFSHORE...WHILE NWLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW MAINTAINS A DRY
AIR MASS OVER THE SERN CONUS.
...WRN NM...NERN AZ...ERN UT...FAR WRN CO...S-CNTRL WY...
A BROAD INCREASE IN SLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW IS FORECAST TO OCCUR
OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND ERN GREAT BASIN...AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING
AFOREMENTIONED PACIFIC UPPER TROUGH. DEEP BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING
BENEATH MODERATE MIDLEVEL FLOW /30-50 MPH AT 500 MB/...COMBINED WITH
A TIGHTENING SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING NRN
ROCKIES SFC LOW...WILL SUPPORT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS RANGING FROM
20-30 MPH /GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ACROSS ERN AZ/UT/. DRY BOUNDARY
LAYER CONDITIONS WILL RESIDE OVER THE AREA /PWAT VALUES BELOW 0.3
INCH/...AND DESPITE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES NOT BEING EXCESSIVELY WARM
/60S-70S/...MIN RH VALUES OF 10-15 PERCENT APPEAR LIKELY. A PACIFIC
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WRN PORTIONS OF THE CRITICAL RISK AREA BY
LATE AFTERNOON...AND WILL QUICKLY MOVE EWD AFTER 00Z.
...NERN WY...ERN MT...WRN ND...NWRN SD...
S-SELY FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE AREA IN RESPONSE TO SFC
PRESSURE FALLS OVER THE NRN ROCKIES...WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF
20-30 MPH FORECAST TO OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT GULF MOISTURE WILL REMAIN
POSITIONED WELL S OF THE AREA...WITH DRY BOUNDARY LAYER CONDITIONS
PREVAILING ACROSS THE NRN HIGH PLAINS. FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS ARE
CONSISTENT IN SHOWING A STRONG INVERSION NEAR 1 KM AGL...LIMITING
BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH
THE MID-50S TO NEAR 60 F...AND MIN RH VALUES FALLING TO NEAR 30
PERCENT. GIVEN STRONG WINDS AND RECENT DRYNESS OBSERVED OVER THE
REGION...AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT APPEARS LIKELY TO DEVELOP.
...AL...FL PANHANDLE AND NRN FL...GA...CAROLINAS...ERN VA...
DRY OFFSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SERN CONUS/MID-ATLANTIC
REGION AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE BECOMES ESTABLISHED OVER THE MID-MS
RIVER VALLEY. A ZONE OF STRONG MIDLEVEL FLOW ATTENDANT TO BASAL
PORTION OF EWD MOVING UPPER TROUGH WILL OVERSPREAD THE
AREA...SUPPORTING SUSTAINED SFC WINDS OF 10-15 MPH. AS DAYTIME RH
VALUES FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT...AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT
APPEARS LIKELY TO MATERIALIZE...FURTHER ENHANCED BY ONGOING DROUGHT
CONDITIONS OVER THE SERN CONUS.
..ROGERS.. 04/10/2012
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