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DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0252 AM CDT THU APR 29 2010
VALID 291200Z - 301200Z
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR ERN PLAINS OF NM / PARTS
OF SW TX PECOS RIVER VALLEY...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SERN HALF OF NM / PARTS OF FAR W
TX AND TX-OK PANHANDLES / SERN CO / SWRN KS...
...SYNOPSIS...
00Z/29 UPPER AIR AND EARLY MORNING SATELLITE SHOW A MID LEVEL LOW
OVER THE NRN HIGH PLAINS AND THIS FEATURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE LITTLE
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS A LARGE SCALE UPPER TROUGH ENCAPSULATES
THE WRN HALF OF THE LOWER 48. TWO PRIMARY DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE
NEWD INTO THE NRN PLAINS AND DESERT SW...RESPECTIVELY...BY THIS
EVENING. SEVERAL LOW LEVEL CYCLONES ELONGATED ALONG A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY FROM THE NRN PLAINS TO A CNTRL HIGH PLAINS LEE LOW WILL ACT
TO MAINTAIN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE CNTRL CONUS EXTENDING
TO THE DESERT SW. A DRYLINE WILL BE SITUATED OVER THE SRN HIGH
PLAINS DEMARCATING A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA ACROSS PARTS OF THE
CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS FROM AN EXPANDING AND MOISTENING BOUNDARY
LAYER PERMEATING NWD ACROSS THE LOW PLAINS TOWARDS THE UPPER
MIDWEST.
...SERN HALF OF NM / PARTS OF FAR W TX AND TX-OK PANHANDLES / SERN
CO / SWRN KS...
STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE ALOFT /H7 35-60 KTS/ AS THE UPPER TROUGH
CONTINUES TO AMPLIFY AND APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NW. STRONG
MIXING AND ABUNDANT SURFACE HEATING YIELDING VERY WARM TEMPERATURES
WILL LEAD TO A LONG DURATION OF VERY STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS AND
GUSTS BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND LASTING INTO THIS EVENING.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-40 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER THE CRITICAL AREA
WITH GUSTS AT TIMES AROUND 60 MPH ACROSS THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL
AREA. UPPER SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE LIKELY IN SERN NM AND SWRN TX
WHERE TEMPS REACH NEAR 90 DEG F...WITH 10-15 PERCENT COMMON
ELSEWHERE.
...NY / PA / NJ / SWRN NEW ENGLAND...
A DRY CONTINENTAL NWLY FLOW REGIME WILL RESULT IN RH LIKELY DROPPING
INTO THE 25-35 PERCENT RANGE BY AFTERNOON. NWLY WINDS AROUND 20-25
MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE FIRE THREAT. ALTHOUGH
THE ZONE FROM ERN PA TO LONG ISLAND HAS SEEN SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS...PORTIONS OF SERN NY INTO
WRN VT/MA/CT HAS BEEN RELATIVELY DRY...WITH THE GREATEST RELATIVE
FIRE THREAT THERE.
..SMITH.. 04/29/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...