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FNUS21 KWNS 030819
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0319 AM CDT THU APR 03 2008
VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF SERN
NM...FAR WRN TX...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN/ERN NM...PORTIONS OF WRN TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
A SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
SRN HIGH PLAINS/ROCKIES AS A SERIES OF PROGRESSIVE UPPER-LEVEL SHORT
WAVE TROUGHS EVOLVE FROM THE WRN INTO THE CNTRL CONUS TODAY. THE
BELT OF MORE INTENSE MID-LEVEL W/SWLYS WILL SHIFT E/SEWD...EXTENDING
FROM NRN MEXICO ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS INTO THE MIDWEST BY LATE
AFTERNOON. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE SHOULD BECOME CENTERED
ALONG THE RED RIVER IN NWRN TX WITH A SHARP DRY LINE DRAPED S/SWWD
ACROSS WRN TX.
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF SERN NM...FAR
WRN TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / VERY LOW RH / MODERATE DROUGHT
STRONG MID-LEVEL FLOW /10000 FT AGL WINDS AROUND 60 MPH AS SAMPLED
BY WHITE SANDS NM PROFILER/ SHOULD PROVE FAVORABLE FOR LOCALLY
EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ADJACENT TO THE GUADALUPE MTNS THIS
AFTERNOON. W/SWLY DOWNSLOPE FLOW AND NEARLY FULL INSOLATION WILL
RESULT IN A VERY DEEP MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
WELL INTO THE 70S ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN TO AROUND 90 IN THE PECOS
RIVER VALLEY. WITH ANTECEDENT DEW POINTS ALREADY IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS AT ELP...MIN RH VALUES OF 3 TO 7 PERCENT ARE ANTICIPATED.
DESPITE THE LACK OF STRONGER LEE CYCLOGENESIS...SUSTAINED SURFACE
SPEEDS SHOULD STILL APPROACH 25 TO 35 MPH AT PEAK HEATING GIVEN THE
GREAT DEPTH OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER. CRITICALLY LOW RH/WINDS SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING HOURS...PRIOR TO AN OVERNIGHT
COLD FRONT PASSAGE.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN/ERN NM...PORTIONS OF WRN TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / LONG-TERM DRYNESS
THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE EXTREMELY
CRITICAL AREA...WITH WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED W OF A
DRY LINE IN WRN TX AND S OF A COLD FRONT IN THE TX PANHANDLE.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL-ABOVE NORMAL /FROM THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER
90S/ ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS...BENEATH DOWNSLOPE FLOW AND ABUNDANT
SUNSHINE. RH VALUES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 5 TO 10 PERCENT...WITH
SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH. ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF SRN NM/FAR W TX...RH VALUES WILL DROP TO AROUND 8 TO 15
PERCENT...WITH SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH.
..GRAMS.. 04/03/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 030923
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0423 AM CDT THU APR 03 2008
VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...
...SYNOPSIS...
A MID/UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH SHOULD TRACK FROM THE SRN HIGH
PLAINS TO THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY BY EARLY SAT. A SURFACE COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH SEWD INTO THE WRN GULF OF MEXICO...WHILE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE CNTRL/SRN PLAINS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: LOW RH / MODERATE WINDS / SEVERE TO EXTREME
DROUGHT
IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT PASSAGE FRI MORNING...RAPID AND
SUBSTANTIAL DRYING IS ANTICIPATED GIVEN THE CHARACTER OF A VERY DRY
AIR MASS SITUATED ACROSS ERN NM/FAR W TX ATTM. NWLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW
WILL ENHANCE DOWNSLOPE EFFECTS MAINTAINING VERY WARM TEMPERATURES
/IN THE MIDDLE 80S TO MIDDLE 90S/. A PERIOD OF RATHER LOW RH /AROUND
6 TO 12 PERCENT/ SHOULD DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON...PRIOR TO AN
INCREASE IN MEAN MIXING RATIOS AS WINDS VEER TO THE N LATE IN THE
DAY. ALTHOUGH LOW-LEVEL WINDS SHOULD NOT BE OVERTLY
STRONG...SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS WILL LIKELY REACH 20 MPH.
..GRAMS.. 04/03/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...