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Fire Weather Composite Maps (updated 4 times daily)
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlooks became official on June 12, 2007.
Fire Weather Forecasts
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If you would like to view fire WX outlooks for a previous day, type in the date you wish to retrieve (e.g., 020605). Data available since June 4, 2002.
Day 1 Fire Weather Forecast graphic
Day 1 FireWX (print version) |  Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 030643
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0143 AM CDT FRI JUL 03 2009
   
   VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WHICH HAS REMAINED VIRTUALLY STATIONARY OVER
   THE ERN CONUS DURING THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS...IS FORECAST TO
   DEAMPLIFY TODAY AHEAD OF A PROGRESSIVE SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING E
   ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO
   STRENGTHEN OVER KS WITH THE PLAINS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...WHICH
   WILL FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUSTY SWLY WINDS AND HOT TEMPERATURES
   FROM SERN CO/ERN NM EWD INTO THE SRN PLAINS. MEANWHILE...A WEAK
   SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL ENTER THE NWRN STATES...WITH AFTERNOON
   THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE FROM
   PORTIONS OF OR/NRN CA INTO THE GREAT BASIN.
   
   ..GARNER.. 07/03/2009
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic
Day 2 FireWX (print version) |  Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 030644
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0144 AM CDT FRI JUL 03 2009
   
   VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A POSITIVE TILT...LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO
   EXTEND FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION SW INTO THE SRN HIGH PLAINS BY
   SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
   AND SOUTH OF THE UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE FROM PORTIONS OF THE SERN
   CONUS WWD INTO THE GREAT PLAINS. FARTHER W...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE IS
   FORECAST TO AMPLIFY FROM THE DESERT SW N INTO THE PAC NW. AN AXIS OF
   HOT TEMPERATURE AND LOW RH CAN BE EXPECTED BENEATH THE RIDGE
   AXIS...WITH AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY ALONG AND TO ITS E OVER
   THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST.
   
   ..GARNER.. 07/03/2009
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
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