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ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 210853
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0353 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2008
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CNTRL/SRN WY...FAR NWRN
CO...EXTREME NERN UT...
...SYNOPSIS...
A VIGOROUS UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH CENTERED ALONG THE SRN
BRITISH COLUMBIA/PACIFIC NW COAST WILL TRANSLATE EWD REACHING THE
CANADIAN PRAIRIES/NRN HIGH PLAINS BY EARLY FRI. AN ATTENDANT
MID-LEVEL SPEED MAX /500 MB WLYS AOA 70 MPH/ WILL SPREAD FROM THE
PACIFIC NW ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES BY THIS AFTERNOON. A SURFACE
CYCLONE WILL DEEPEN OVER THE NRN HIGH PLAINS WITH A COLD FRONT
DRAPED SWWD INTO THE GREAT BASIN.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CNTRL/SRN WY...FAR NWRN CO...EXTREME
NERN UT...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / LONG-TERM DRYNESS
A POTENT MID-LEVEL JET WILL IMPINGE UPON THE NRN ROCKIES
CONCURRENTLY WITH THE STEEPENING OF LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES THROUGH
DAYTIME HEATING. THIS WILL LEAD TO STRENGTHENING LOW-LEVEL W/SWLYS
AND SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH DURING MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES SHOULD AGAIN WARM INTO THE 80S TO LOWER 90S
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WITH RH VALUES DIPPING BETWEEN
10 TO 15 PERCENT.
...E-CNTRL NV/W-CNTRL UT...
ALTHOUGH MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BE WEAKER COMPARED TO AREAS FARTHER
N...LOW-LEVEL SWLYS WILL STILL STRENGTHEN IN ADVANCE OF A COLD
FRONT. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS MAY BRIEFLY EXCEED 20 MPH AROUND PEAK
HEATING...WHILE RH VALUES DROP TO NEAR 10 PERCENT. THIS SHOULD
RESULT IN A PERIOD OF SHORT-DURATION/LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS.
..GRAMS.. 08/21/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 210926
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0426 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2008
VALID 221200Z - 231200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER POTENTIAL APPEARS LOW ON FRI. POTENT SHORT
WAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE AN EWD PROGRESSION ACROSS THE N-CNTRL
CONUS/S-CNTRL CANADA. THIS WILL HELP FORCE A COLD FRONT E/SEWD INTO
THE UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY THROUGH THE CNTRL PLAINS. STRONG WINDS
WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS THE NRN HIGH
PLAINS...ALBEIT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY COLDER TEMPERATURES AND MODERATE
RH. LOW RH WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE SRN GREAT BASIN...FOUR
CORNERS...AND INTERIOR SOUTHWEST. HOWEVER...PRESENCE OF MID-LEVEL
RIDGE AXIS WILL HAMPER WIND SPEEDS IN THESE AREAS.
..GRAMS.. 08/21/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...