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Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlooks became official on June 12, 2007.
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Day 1 Fire Weather Forecast graphic
Day 1 FireWX (print version) |  Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 040647
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0147 AM CDT SAT JUL 04 2009
   
   VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS IS FORECAST TO PHASE WITH
   A CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER QUEBEC. AS THIS HAPPENS...A SURFACE LOW WILL
   BECOME SITUATED OVER THE MID MS VALLEY...WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING
   SSW INTO THE SRN PLAINS...AND A WARM FRONT/QUASI-STATIONARY FRONT
   LOCATED ACROSS THE SERN CONUS. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LIKELY
   FALL INTO THE 30S OVER PORTIONS OF GA/AL/NRN FL...BUT LIGHT WINDS
   WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM DEVELOPING.
   OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE PLAINS FRONTAL
   BOUNDARY...AS WELL AS MUCH OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. AN UPPER LEVEL
   RIDGE IS ALSO FORECAST TO BUILD FROM THE DESERT SW INTO THE PAC NW.
   HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH WILL RESIDE BENEATH THE RIDGE...WHICH
   WILL CERTAINLY LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS...BUT A LACK
   OF STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL CONDITIONS.
   
   ..GARNER.. 07/04/2009
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic
Day 2 FireWX (print version) |  Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 040648
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0148 AM CDT SAT JUL 04 2009
   
   VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY EWD ON SUNDAY AS A TROUGH
   APPROACHES THE PAC NW. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST BENEATH
   THE RIDGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN W...ALONG WITH A CHANCE
   OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. MEANWHILE...A POSITIVE TILT UPPER TROUGH
   WILL SLOWLY ADVANCE ACROSS THE ERN HALF OF THE NATION. AS THIS
   FEATURE INTERACTS WITH PLENTIFUL BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AND
   INSTABILITY...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE LIKELY FROM PORTIONS
   OF THE SRN PLAINS INTO THE SERN STATES.
   
   ...OR AND WA...
   HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH VALUES ARE FORECAST TO RESIDE ACROSS
   CENTRAL AND WRN PORTIONS OF WA AND OR ON SUNDAY. THOUGH SUSTAINED
   WINDS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO RESIDE BELOW CRITICAL
   VALUES...BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS OF 10-20 MPH MAY DEVELOP DURING THE
   AFTERNOON WITH THE APPROACH OF AN UPPER TROUGH TO THE W...RESULTING
   IN POSSIBLE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   
   ..GARNER.. 07/04/2009
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
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