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FNUS21 KWNS 300858
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0358 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008
VALID 301200Z - 011200Z
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
NM...NERN AZ AND FAR WEST TX...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST/FOUR
CORNERS REGION AND CENTRAL/SRN HIGH PLAINS...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF FLA...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL DIG SEWD INTO THE ROCKIES TODAY. AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM...STRONG WLY SFC WINDS WILL BE PREVALENT ACROSS MUCH OF
THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE HIGH PLAINS. COMBINED WITH LOW RH
READINGS...EXTREMELY CRITICAL/CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREATS WILL
EXIST OVER THIS REGION. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE NATION...A DEEPENING
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS WILL SUPPORT STRONG SLY
WINDS OVER THE SRN/CENTRAL PLAINS. DRY LOW LEVELS COMBINED WITH
MODEST NELY WINDS OVER FLA WILL SUPPORT ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE STATE.
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF ERN AZ...MUCH
OF NM...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 30-35 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 60 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 4-8 PERCENT
AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER TROUGH DIGGING SEWD TOWARDS THE ROCKIES...A
BROAD AREA OF STRONG SFC WIND IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY FROM AZ
EWD INTO WEST TX. THE STRONGEST MID LEVEL HEIGHT GRADIENT/WINDS WILL
MIX TOWARDS THE SFC OVER ERN AZ...MUCH OF NM AND FAR WRN TX
SUPPORTING SWLY SFC WINDS FROM 30-35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH VERY DRY AIRMASS /DEWPTS
NEAR ZERO DEG F/ WILL SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS FROM 4-8 PERCENT.
GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE UPPER SYSTEM...SFC WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN MODERATE OVERNIGHT. THUS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO LAST WELL INTO THE EVENING WITH WIDESPREAD POOR RH
RECOVERY OVERNIGHT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SURROUNDING THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL
AREA FROM THE FAR SERN GREAT BASIN INTO THE SRN/CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED W-SWLY WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 5-10 PERCENT
SLIGHTLY WEAKER WINDS WILL BE FOUND OUTSIDE OF THE EXTREMELY
CRITICAL AREA...GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF LOWER MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS
OVER THE CENTRAL/SRN HIGH PLAINS...SRN GREAT BASIN AND WRN/CENTRAL
AZ/FOUR CORNERS REGION. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF WELL ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES/VERY LOW RH READINGS /5-10 PERCENT/ COMBINED
WITH MODERATE WINDS WILL SUPPORT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
OVER THIS ENTIRE REGION. THE NRN EXTENT OF THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
AREA WILL BE MODULATED BY A COLD FRONT/LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVING SWD
THROUGH THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND THE LOCATION OF THE COLD
FRONT/HIGHER TERRAIN OVER CENTRAL ROCKIES/SERN GREAT BASIN. THE ERN
EDGE OF THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK IS DRAWN FROM FAR WRN
OK/SWRN KS SWD INTO WRN TX WHERE A DRYLINE WILL EXIST DURING THE
MID/LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF CENTRAL/NRN FLA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED NELY WINDS FROM 10-15 MPH...MIN RH
READINGS FROM 25-30 PERCENT
A MODERATE N-S PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN OVER FLA AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS SEWD THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST REGION TODAY. THIS WILL
SUPPORT NELY WINDS FROM 10-15 MPH. DRY AMBIENT AIR WILL COMBINE WITH
GRADUALLY WARMING TEMPERATURES TO SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS FROM 25-30
PERCENT LEADING TO ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...SERN STATES...
NORTH OF THE CRITICAL AREA IN FLA...A CLOSER PROXIMITY TO HIGH
PRESSURE CENTER WILL SUPPORT WEAKER SFC WINDS /AOB 10 MPH/.
HOWEVER...VERY LOW RH READINGS FROM 20-30 PERCENT WILL SUPPORT VERY
HIGH FIRE DANGER.
..CROSBIE.. 04/30/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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FNUS22 KWNS 300906
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0406 AM CDT WED APR 30 2008
VALID 011200Z - 021200Z
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A PORTION OF SRN
NM...FAR WEST TX...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A PORTION OF ERN AZ EWD INTO SW
OK/NW TX...
...SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS
TOMORROW. STRONG SFC WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RH READINGS WILL
SUPPORT ANOTHER DAY OF EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
OVER PORTIONS OF THE SRN ROCKIES/SRN HIGH PLAINS REGION OF NM/FAR
WRN TX. OUTSIDE OF THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...A LARGER AREA OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST/SRN HIGH PLAINS REGION TO THE
SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT AND WEST OF A DRYLINE. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE
NATION...UPPER RIDGING OVER THE SERN STATES WILL LEAD TO WARMING
TEMPERATURES. LOW RH READINGS AND MODEST SFC WINDS WILL LEAD TO NEAR
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF THE SERN STATES
AND SRN APPALACHIAN REGION.
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - PORTIONS OF SRN NM...FAR
WRN TX...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WLY WINDS FROM 30-35 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 50 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 5-10 PERCENT...LONG TERM DROUGHT
AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND SFC COLD FRONT...THE STRONGEST
MID LEVEL HEIGHT GRADIENT/WIND FIELDS WILL EXIST OVER THE REGION
TOMORROW. STEEP LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT SUSTAINED SFC
WINDS FROM 30-35 MPH. HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SACRAMENTO AND
GUADALUPE MTNS WILL SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. ALTHOUGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE BELOW DAY ONE LEVELS...VERY DRY LOW
LEVELS /DEWPTS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS/ WILL STILL SUPPORT VERY LOW RH
READINGS FROM 5-10 PERCENT. STRONG WINDS WILL BE MAINTAINED WELL
INTO THE EVENING HOURS...PRODUCING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
UNTIL AT LEAST MIDNIGHT OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SURROUNDING THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL
OUTLOOK AREA ERN AZ...MUCH OF CENTRAL/SRN NM...WRN TX AND SWRN OK...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED W-SWLY WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 40 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 5-15 PERCENT
OUTSIDE OF THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK...CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE
SOUTHWEST AND SRN HIGH PLAINS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
SOUTH OF A COLD FRONT /WHICH SHOULD EXTEND FROM NERN AZ INTO THE NRN
TX PANHANDLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON/ AND WEST OF A DRYLINE /WHICH WILL
EXTEND FROM WRN OK SWD INTO WCENTRAL TX DURING THE MID AFTERNOON/.
SOUTH OF THIS FRONT AND WEST OF THE DRYLINE...SUSTAINED WINDS FROM
20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RH READINGS
FROM 5-10 PERCENT /SUPPORTED BY VERY LOW DEWPTS IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS/BELOW ZERO IN AZ/NM TO THE TEENS IN SW OK/NWRN TX/. AS THE
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES SWD THROUGH NRN NM/TX PANHANDLE AND WRN OK
DURING THE EVENING HOURS...WINDS WILL SHIFT QUICKLY TO THE NORTH
WITH IMPROVING FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...NRN/CENTRAL FLA...GA NWD INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS...
MID LEVEL RIDGING WILL SUPPORT TEMPERATURES RISING TO ABOVE NORMAL
LEVELS. AS SFC PRESSURE FALLS OCCUR OVER THE OHIO VALLEY/LOWER MS
VALLEY...SELY SFC WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE OVER THE AREA
TOMORROW AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INTENSIFIES. SELY WINDS WILL RANGE
FROM AROUND 10 MPH OVER FLA TO BETWEEN 10-20 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF
THE SRN/CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. LOW DEWPTS COMBINED WITH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL SUPPORT LOW RH READINGS FROM 25-35 PERCENT.
EXPECTED DAY ONE FREEZING/FROST CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY AID IN CURING
OF SOME FINER FUELS IN THIS REGION. THE AREA WILL BE MONITORED FOR A
POTENTIAL CRITICAL OUTLOOK ISSUANCE IN TOMORROW/S DAY 1 OUTLOOK
BASED ON NEW OBSERVED/FCST INFORMATION.
..CROSBIE.. 04/30/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...