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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.
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 240623
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0123 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008
   
   VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   IN GENERAL...A FLATTENING OF THE UPPER RIDGE WILL TAKE
   PLACE...ALTHOUGH EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH
   THE NRN MOST STATES. 
     
   HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL SLOWLY BUILD ACROSS THE SWRN STATES EWD
   INTO THE CNTRL AND SRN PLAINS...WITH HOT CONDITIONS PERSISTING.
   GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE LEE OF THE
   ROCKIES ONCE AGAIN...ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE
   CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. 
     
   WET AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE FOUR CORNERS
   REGION AND THE ERN GREAT BASIN. 
     
   MEANWHILE IN THE EAST...AN UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN N OF THE GREAT
   LAKES...WITH WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ERN AND SERN STATES.
   DRIER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONTAL PASSAGE IN THE SOUTHEAST/MID
   ATLANTIC...ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL STAY ABOVE CRITICAL
   THRESHOLDS.
   
   ..HURLBUT.. 07/24/2008
   
   ...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 240706
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0206 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2008
   
   VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   THE UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT THAT HAS
   AFFECTED THE EASTERN/SERN STATES FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL FINALLY
   BEGIN TO SHIFT OFFSHORE. DRIER AIR WILL BRIEFLY BUILD IN
   BEHIND...ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH
   CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AND WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN LIGHT. 
   
   MEANWHILE...ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO
   THE UPPER MS VALLEY...AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE
   NRN AND CNTRL PLAINS. 
   
   GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS WILL CONTINUE ON THE LEE OF THE
   ROCKIES...ALTHOUGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL
   THRESHOLDS.
   
   ELSEWHERE...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY ACROSS THE SRN
   PLAINS WWD INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION...AND HOT AND DRY
   CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT THE SURFACE. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE
   PORTIONS OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AND ERN GREAT BASIN WHERE WET
   THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ONCE AGAIN BY AFTERNOON.
   
   ..HURLBUT.. 07/24/2008
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
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