Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS21 KWNS 180751
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0251 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
VALID 181200Z - 191200Z
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR DEEP S TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW WILL MOVE EWD OUT OF MEXICO INTO CNTRL TX THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH SRN
TX...CREATING WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS. SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE WELL
AHEAD OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND WILL BRING GULF MOISTURE INTO
THE SERN STATES...RAISING RH LEVELS. ELSEWHERE...A VERY DRY AIR
MASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE SWRN STATES WITH RESIDUAL NLY WIND GUSTS
ACROSS THE CO RIVER VALLEY.
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - DEEP S TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SRN TX AROUND MIDDAY AND WILL
CAUSE WINDS TO SHIFT FROM SLY TO WLY...INCREASING TO 30-40 MPH OVER
DEEP S TX. RH WILL DECREASE QUICKLY...DROPPING INTO THE TEENS NEAR
THE RIO GRANDE TO THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE NEAR THE COAST. THE MOST
EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WRN HALF OF THE CRP
AND BRO CWAS.
SURROUNDING THE EXTREME AREA...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL STILL OCCUR
OVER THE REMAINDER OF DEEP S TX BUT WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER WIND SPEEDS
AND HIGHER HUMIDITY/COOLER TEMPERATURES. WIND SPEEDS OF 15-30 MPH
WILL BE COMMON AROUND AND S OF THE SAN ANTONIO AREA.
..JEWELL.. 03/18/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
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FNUS22 KWNS 180753
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0253 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008
VALID 191200Z - 201200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LOW/TROUGH WILL SHIFT RAPIDLY NEWD FROM THE LOWER MS VALLEY
WED MORNING INTO THE OH VALLEY BY LATE IN THE DAY. SIGNIFICANT AND
WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM. BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS TX WITH WINDY AND DRY
CONDITIONS PERSISTING OVER DEEP S TX WITH A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
THREAT.
ELSEWHERE...A WEAK LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
NRN PLAINS...WITH A WEAK SFC LOW INTO WRN IA BY AFTERNOON. WINDY AND
DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT OVER MUCH OF WRN NEB. TO THE W...WARM AND
VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVER THE SWRN U.S. UNDER A LOW
AMPLITUDE UPPER RIDGE AND WITH A MODIFYING SURFACE HIGH.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RH
A DRY AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE
OF A COLD FRONT...CREATING ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS.
NWLY WINDS OF 15-25 MPH WILL BE LIKELY ALONG WITH RH DROPPING INTO
THE TEENS. THE WINDIEST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THROUGH
MIDDAY...BEFORE WEAKENING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND SHOULD SUBSIDE
AROUND SUNSET AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER DECOUPLES AND WITH SURFACE HIGH
OVERHEAD.
..JEWELL.. 03/18/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...