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Please refer to local WFO fire weather forecasts for specific fire
weather watches and red flag warnings.
Fire Weather Composite Maps (updated 4 times daily)
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlooks became official on June 12, 2007.
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Day 1 FireWX (print version) |
Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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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...
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Day 2 FireWX (print version) |
Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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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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