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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 250836
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0236 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009
   
   VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN CA W OF THE COASTAL RANGE...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN UPPER HIGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE WRN U.S. WITH HIGH PRESSURE AT
   THE SURFACE. THE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH FOR GUSTY
   OFFSHORE WINDS OVER SRN CA WITH CONTINUED LOW RH LEVELS. VERY DRY
   CONDITIONS WILL ALSO PREVAIL OVER THE SRN PLAINS...WITH HIGH
   PRESSURE EXTENDING EWD ALONG THE GULF COAST WITH LOW AFTERNOON RH
   THERE AS WELL.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN CA W OF THE COASTAL RANGE...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RH
   
   STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE ONGOING THIS MORNING WITH LOCAL GUSTS OF
   40-50 MPH NEAR FAVORED AREAS...WITH RH IN THE TEENS MAINLY INLAND
   AND AWAY FROM THE COAST. RH WILL LOWER FURTHER INTO THE SINGLE
   DIGITS LATER TODAY WITH HIGHS APPROACHING 80 F...AND CONTINUED
   STRONG WIND GUSTS. LITTLE IF ANY RH RECOVERY WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT
   INTO THU DUE TO PERSISTENT OFFSHORE FLOW.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 11/25/2009
   
   ...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 250836
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0236 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009
   
   VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR INLAND SRN CA W OF THE COASTAL
   RANGE...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN OVER THE SWRN U.S. DUE TO A
   LARGE HIGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN...BUT THIS GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN
   DURING THE DAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH NEARS THE PACIFIC COAST. HIGH
   PRESSURE WILL EXTEND EWD ACROSS THE PLAINS AND GULF COAST STATES
   WITH MODERATELY LOW RH AND NWLY WINDS OVER THE SERN U.S.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - INLAND SRN CA W OF THE COASTAL
   RANGE...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS IN THE MORNING AND LOW RH
   
   GUSTY OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BE ONGOING THU MORNING WITH LOW RH IN THE
   TEENS AND POSSIBLY SINGLE DIGITS LOCALLY. WHILE LOW RH WILL PERSIST
   ALL DAY...WINDS WILL TEND TO WEAKEN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE
   PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE BELOW PASSES
   AND CANYONS. POOR RH RECOVERY IS STILL EXPECTED THU NIGHT ALTHOUGH
   WINDS WILL SUBSIDE.
   
   ...LOWER MS VALLEY INTO NRN FL...
   NWLY WINDS OF 10-15 MPH ARE LIKELY DURING THE DAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH
   HELPS TO BRING HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE AREA. MIN RH SHOULD BE IN THE
   30 PERCENT RANGE WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S AND 60S F.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 11/25/2009
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
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