Click for Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 160730
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0230 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2009
VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A SRN STREAM UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL SHIFT EWD OVER THE SERN CONUS.
IN THE NRN STREAM...BROAD CYCLONIC FLOW REGIME WILL EXTEND FROM THE
GULF OF AK INTO CNTRL CANADA WITH A BELT OF INTENSE MID-LEVEL WLYS
STRETCHING FROM THE PACIFIC NW ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS.
...FAR SERN WY TO N-CNTRL NEB...
WELL ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND RH OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT WILL BE
PREVALENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE CNTRL/SRN HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON.
ON THE NRN FRINGE OF THIS AXIS...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL APPROACH 20
MPH ON THE SRN PERIPHERY OF MORE ROBUST LOW/MID-LEVEL WLYS. THIS MAY
LEAD TO A PERIOD OF SHORT-DURATION CRITICAL CONDITIONS IN THE
EARLY-MID AFTERNOON.
..GRAMS.. 03/16/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
Click for Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 160851
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0351 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2009
VALID 171200Z - 181200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
AS A SRN STREAM UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH DEPARTS THE ERN SEABOARD...THE
OVERALL FLOW REGIME WILL BECOME NEARLY ZONAL ACROSS THE CONUS ON
TUE. THE BELT OF STRONGEST WLYS WILL LIE FROM THE NRN ROCKIES TO THE
GREAT LAKES ALONG THE SRN PERIPHERY OF A SHORT WAVE TROUGH CROSSING
S-CNTRL CANADA. A LEE SURFACE TROUGH WILL BE ANCHORED FROM WRN KS TO
FAR WRN TX TUE AFTERNOON.
...WRN AND CNTRL OK/LOW ROLLING PLAINS OF NWRN TX...
AS SWLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW DEVELOPS MON NIGHT...A VERY WARM AND DRY AIR
MASS WILL ADVECT NEWD INTO PORTIONS OF NWRN TX THROUGH CNTRL OK.
THIS SHOULD RESULT IN NEAR-RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 80S...ALONG WITH RH VALUES OF 15 TO 20 PERCENT TUE AFTERNOON.
DESPITE THE LIKLIHOOD OF A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER...MODEST
MID-LEVEL WLYS AND A MODERATE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD LEAD
TO SUSTAINED WINDS ONLY AROUND 15 MPH...MITIGATING A CRITICAL AREA
ISSUANCE.
..GRAMS.. 03/16/2009
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...