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Critical Fire Weather Conditions on Mon (01/21)

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN/EASTERN NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...

For additional details, see the latest Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast.

Hazard	Sun (01/20)	Mon (01/21)	Tue (01/22)	Wed (01/23)	Thu (01/24)	Fri (01/25)	Sat (01/26)	Sun (01/27)
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Fire	No Critical	Critical	No Area	No Area	No Area	No Area	No Area	No Area

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Severe Weather Climatology (1982-2011)

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100 Acres Wildfire Probabilities: 20 Jan

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Latest SPC Publications

Lareau, N.P., N.J. Nauslar, and J.T. Abatzoglou, 2018: The Carr Fire Vortex: A Case of Pyrotornadogenesis?. Published in AGU Geophysical Research Letters. [1415K PDF]
Edwards, R., J.T. Allen, and G.W. Carbin^*, 2018: Reliability and Climatological Impacts of Convective Wind Estimations. Published in J. Clim. Appl. Meteor.. [4825K PDF]
Cohen, A.E.^*, J.B. Cohen, R.L. Thompson, and B.T. Smith, 2018: Simulating Tornado Probability and Tornado Wind Speed Based on Statistical Models. Published in Weather and Forecasting. [1737K PDF]
Karstens, C.D., J. Correia Jr., D.S. LaDue, J. Wolfe, T.C. Meyer, D.R. Harrison, J.L. Cintineo, K.M. Calhoun, T.M. Smith, A.E. Gerard, and L.P. Rothfusz, 2018: Development of a Human-Machine Mix for Forecasting Severe Convective Events. Published in Weather and Forecasting. [3926K PDF]
Nauslar, N.J., J.T. Abatzoglou, and P.T. Marsh, 2018: The 2017 North Bay and Southern California Fires: A Case Study. Published in Fire. [4280K PDF]
Cohen, A.E.^*, R.L. Thompson, S.M. Cavallo, R. Edwards, S.J. Weiss^*, J.A. Hart, I.L. Jirak, W.F. Bunting, J.W. Rogers^*, S.F. Piltz, A.E. Gerard, A.D. Moore, D.J. Cornish, A.C. Boothe, and J.B. Cohen, 2018: Bridging Operational Meteorology and Academia through Experiential Education: The Storm Prediction Center in the University of Oklahoma Classroom. Published in Bulletin of the AMS. [11263K PDF]
Cohen, A.E.^*, S.M. Cavallo, M.C. Coniglio, H.E. Brooks, and I.L. Jirak, 2017: Evaluation of Multiple Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterization Schemes in Southeastern U.S. Cold Season Severe Weather Environments. Published in Weather and Forecasting. [4533K PDF]
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Jan 19, 2019	Tornado: 4	Wind: 52	Hail: 1

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