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FNUS21 KWNS 290802
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0202 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF CNTRL AND NWRN
TX...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MOST OF TX...FAR SRN OK...
...SYNOPSIS...
A POWERFUL UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SEWD ACROSS
THE PLAINS AND TO E OF THE MS BY EVENING. BEHIND THIS FRONT...VERY
STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR AND WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS
FOR MUCH OF THE SRN PLAINS. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS WILL BE OVER CNTRL AND NWRN TX. TO THE E...SOME RESIDUAL
DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE CAROLINAS...AS SLY WINDS INCREASE AND
HIGH PRESSURE MODIFIES AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MUCH OF CNTRL AND NWRN
TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG WINDS...EXTREMELY LOW
HUMIDITY...DROUGHT
AN UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE QUICKLY EWD ACROSS THE PLAINS TODAY
AND WILL HELP DRIVE A COLD FRONT SWD. ALTHOUGH HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE
ONLY EXPECTED TO REACH THE 60S...VERY LOW DEWPOINTS WILL RESULT IN
MIN RH VALUES IN THE TEENS OVER CNTRL AND NWRN TX. STRONG SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 25-35 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH DUE TO DEEP
MIXING. THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY COULD
RESULT IN EXTREMELY FAST MOVING FIRES. WINDS WILL DECREASE RAPIDLY
ONCE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL DURING THE EVENING...AND WILL
INCREASE OUT OF THE S BY WED MORNING IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT UPPER
TROUGH.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - MOST OF TX...FAR SRN OK...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...DROUGHT
ALTHOUGH THE MOST POTENT COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH WILL
BE OVER THE EXTREME AREA OF CNTRL AND NWRN TX...SURROUNDING AREAS
WILL EXPERIENCE CRITICAL CONDITIONS AS WELL. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
COOLER OVER FAR SRN OK AND FAR NWRN TX WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S...BUT
WINDS WILL BE VERY STRONG. RH SHOULD FALL INTO THE 20 PERCENT RANGE
BY AFTERNOON OVER SRN OK...WITH VALUES IN THE TEENS FROM FAR NWRN TX
INTO SWRN TX.
SRN AND ERN PORTIONS OF THE CRITICAL AREA WILL GENERALLY SEE MIN RH
VALUES FALL INTO THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE...FROM COLLEGE STATION TO
SAN ANTONIO TO CORPUS CHRISTI. WIND SPEEDS OF 20-25 GUSTING TO 30
MPH WILL BE LIKELY. DROUGHT WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE FIRE POTENTIAL
OVER SOUTH CNTRL TX.
...NRN FL...ERN GA...CAROLINAS...
SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD
FRONT. THIS WILL SERVE TO INCREASE MOISTURE VALUES...ALTHOUGH
POCKETS OF DRY AIR WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON. MIN RH VALUES OF 20-25
PERCENT APPEAR LIKELY. ALTHOUGH DRY...RECENT PRECIPITATION WILL
SERVE TO MITIGATE THE FIRE THREAT.
..JEWELL.. 01/29/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 290825
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0225 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2008
VALID 301200Z - 311200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN OK...MUCH OF CNTRL AND WRN
TX...FAR SERN NM...
...SYNOPSIS...
ANOTHER STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL DIVE SEWD ACROSS THE ROCKIES...AND
WILL CAUSE LOW PRESSURE TO DEEPEN OVER THE CNTRL AND SRN HIGH
PLAINS. GIVEN EXISTING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY...THIS
WILL RESULT IN VERY STRONG WINDS ONCE AGAIN OVER THE SRN
PLAINS...AND A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT WHERE RH IS LOW.
ELSEWHERE...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SERN U.S. IN THE WAKE OF A COLD
FRONT WILL RESULT IN COOL BUT DRY CONDITIONS BUT WITH WEAK WINDS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN OK...MUCH OF CNTRL AND WRN
TX...FAR SERN NM...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS...LOW RH...DROUGHT
SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY AFTER SUNRISE WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS
OF 25-30 MPH...GUSTING OVER 40 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 50S OVER CNTRL OK TO THE UPPER
60S OVER SWRN TX. MIN RH VALUES IN THE TEENS ARE LIKELY OVER WRN
AREAS OF TX AND ERN NM...WITH VALUES IN THE 20 PERCENT RANGE NEAR
I-35 IN OK/TX.
DURING THE EVENING...ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SWD WITH WINDS
SHIFTING TO NW. THIS FRONT WILL APPROXIMATELY BE LIE ACROSS THE TX
PANHANDLE INTO SERN NM AROUND 00Z AND WILL RAPIDLY MOVE INTO NWRN
TX. ANY ONGOING FIRES COULD EXPERIENCE A CHANGE IN DIRECTION AS A
RESULT.
...SERN STATES...
RELATIVELY COOL CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES
INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE MORNING COLD FRONT. LIGHT WINDS...COOL
TEMPERATURES...AND ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS TUE NIGHT INTO WED
WILL HELP MITIGATE THE FIRE THREAT ALTHOUGH RH WILL BE LARGELY IN
THE 20 PERCENT RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
..JEWELL.. 01/29/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...