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Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlooks became official on June 12, 2007.
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Day 1 Fire Weather Forecast graphic
Day 1 FireWX (print version) |  Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 060800
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0300 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009
   
   VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL/SRN
   PLAINS NE ACROSS THE OH VALLEY REGION DURING WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL
   ALLOW A STRONG /100+ KT/ UPPER LEVEL JET TO FLATTEN OUT AND BECOME
   ORIENTED FROM THE PAC NW INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. AS THIS
   OCCURS...A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
   PLAINS...WHILE STRONG WLY SURFACE WINDS DEVELOP IN ITS WAKE ACROSS
   MUCH OF WY. THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER
   CONDITIONS.
   
   ...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SRN-SERN WY...
   MID LEVEL FLOW IS FORECAST TO STEADILY STRENGTHEN THROUGH
   WEDNESDAY...AND WILL FAVOR STRONG/GUSTY WINDS UP TO 35-45 MPH DURING
   THE AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SRN-SERN WY. IN
   ADDITION...DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES
   THAT MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL APPROACH CRITICALLY LOW VALUES. A
   CRITICAL OUTLOOK AREA WAS CONSIDERED FOR THIS REGION...BUT LACK OF
   PROLONGED DRYNESS/DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND ONLY MARGINALLY LOW RH
   PRECLUDES ISSUANCE. HOWEVER...THE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY AGGRAVATE
   FIRE CONTROL EFFORTS.
   
   ..GARNER.. 05/06/2009
   
   ...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 060806
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0306 AM CDT WED MAY 06 2009
   
   VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   WNW UPPER LEVEL FLOW IS EXPECTED TO RESIDE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NATION
   ON THURSDAY. A VERY WARM AND DRY LOW LEVEL AIRMASS WILL BE LOCATED
   FROM PORTIONS OF WRN TX INTO THE DESERT SW...BUT SUSTAINED SURFACE
   WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE TOO WEAK FOR A CRITICAL OUTLOOK AREA.
   FARTHER N...WEAK SURFACE LEE TROUGH DEVELOPMENT IS FORECAST TO OCCUR
   OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A 120+ KT
   UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK SPREADS EAST ACROSS THE REGION. DUE TO WLY
   DOWNSLOPE FLOW...A LOW LEVEL HEAT AXIS MAY DEVELOP OVER THIS
   REGION...WHICH WILL AID IN THE OCCURRENCE OF LOW RH VALUES AND
   ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   
   ...SERN WY AND WRN NEB PANHANDLE...
   SEASONABLY STRONG WLY FLOW ALOFT WILL FAVOR ANOTHER DAY OF
   POTENTIALLY STRONG/GUSTY WINDS OVER MUCH OF WY...WHICH MAY SPREAD
   EWD INTO WRN PORTIONS OF THE NEB PANHANDLE. SREF MEAN RH VALID FOR
   MID TO LATE AFTERNOON INDICATES VALUES WILL BE ABOVE CRITICAL
   LEVELS. HOWEVER...DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE SUGGESTS RH VALUES COULD
   FALL BELOW 20 PERCENT. DUE TO THIS UNCERTAINTY IN LOW LEVEL
   HUMIDITY...A CRITICAL OUTLOOK AREA WILL NOT BE ASSIGNED AT THIS
   TIME.
   
   ..GARNER.. 05/06/2009
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
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