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Day 1 Fire Weather Forecast graphic
Day 1 Convective Outlook Day 1 Fire Outlook (print version)
   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 140908
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0408 AM CDT THU OCT 14 2004
   
   VALID 141200Z - 151200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   SEVERAL SHORTWAVE TROUGHS WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BROADER
   TROUGH OVER THE ERN HALF OF THE NATION THROUGH THE PERIOD. MODERATE
   NWLY WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THE ASSOCIATED FRONTAL PASSAGES OVER
   ERN/SRN TX AND OVER THE NRN/CENTRAL PLAINS. HOWEVER...MIN RH
   READINGS OVER BOTH OF THESE AREAS WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS.
   FARTHER WEST...DESPITE THE PRESENCE OF A RIDGE CENTERED OFF THE PAC
   NW COAST...WEAKENING SFC HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL AID
   IN A CONTINUED DIMINISHING TREND OF THE OFFSHORE FLOW PATTERN AND
   DISSIPATION OF NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BY EARLY
   AFTERNOON OVER CA AND AZ.
   
   ..CA/WRN AZ...
   OFFSHORE/ENELY WINDS SUSTAINED 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH
   FROM RECENT RAWS/ASOS OBSERVATIONS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN SHOULD
   CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING AS SFC HIGH
   PRESSURE WEAKENS OVER THE GREAT BASIN. DESPITE MIN RH READINGS NEAR
   CRITICAL LEVELS 10-15 PERCENT THIS MORNING...RATHER WEAK WINDS AND
   SHORT DURATION OF THE MARGINAL CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL PRECLUDE A
   CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK. OFFSHORE WINDS WILL BECOME
   REESTABLISHED TONIGHT...BUT SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE EVEN WEAKER THAN
   LAST NIGHT WITH A WEAKER PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE
   REGION...GENERALLY 10 MPH OR LESS.
   
   ...NRN/CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...
   MODERATE NWLY WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE SHORTWAVE
   TROUGH PASSAGE OVER THE REGION DURING THE PERIOD. RATHER COOL
   TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S-MID 60S WILL LIMIT MIN RH READINGS TO
   AROUND 25-30 PERCENT IN THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND 30-35 PERCENT IN
   THE NRN HIGH PLAINS.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 10/14/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic
Day 2 Convective Outlook Day 2 Fire Outlook (print version)
   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 140908
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0408 AM CDT THU OCT 14 2004
   
   VALID 151200Z - 161200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL/ERN CONUS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE
   DOMINANT FEATURE AT UPPER LEVELS THROUGH THE PERIOD. DRY AIR AND
   GUSTY NWLY WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MUCH OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS SEWD
   INTO THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY BEHIND TWO ASSOCIATED FRONTAL
   BOUNDARIES. UPPER RIDGING OVER THE WEST WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY WEAKEN
   AND SHIFT SEWD AS SEVERAL TROUGHS APPROACH THE WEST COAST FROM THE
   WEST/NORTH AND AID IN A RETURN TO ONSHORE PATTERN ALONG THE WEST
   COAST. HOWEVER...VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH READINGS WILL
   AGAIN BE PREVALENT OVER MUCH OF THE INTERIOR WEST DUE TO THE
   PRESENCE OF THE UPPER RIDGE. AS UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE WLY OVER THE
   ROCKIES SWLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER THE SRN HIGH
   PLAINS/SRN ROCKIES AS THE SFC LEE TROUGH INTENSIFIES. MARGINAL WIND
   SPEEDS LESS THAN 15 MPH AND LOW FIRE DANGERS IN THIS REGION WILL
   LIMIT ANY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 10/14/2004
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
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