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FNUS21 KWNS 130826
FWDDY1
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0226 AM CST SAT MAR 13 2010
VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
A CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW IS FORECAST TO SHIFT EWD OUT OF THE MID MS
VALLEY REGION AND ACROSS THE TN VALLEY ON SATURDAY. AS THIS TAKES
PLACE...A LOW-MID LEVEL SPEED MAX WILL BECOME POSITIONED AT THE BASE
OF THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE GULF COAST STATES. WITH SURFACE HEATING
TAKING PLACE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...GUSTY WLY WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF NRN FL AND THE PANHANDLE.
...NRN FL AND THE PANHANDLE...
MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES WLY FLOW AT 850 MB WILL STRENGTHEN TO 40 KT
OVER THE NRN GULF OF MEXICO BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IN
ADDITION...SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO WARM INTO THE 60S
ACROSS MUCH OF NRN FL AND THE PANHANDLE. AS A RESULT...THE MIXED
BOUNDARY LAYER WILL DEEPEN INTO THE STRONGER FLOW ALOFT...WHICH MAY
LEAD TO OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 20-30 MPH. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION
OF RECENT RAINFALL IN ADDITION TO ONLY MARGINALLY LOW MIN RH VALUES
/PERHAPS DROPPING TO AROUND 40 PERCENT FOR AN HR OR TWO/ IS EXPECTED
TO PRECLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
..GARNER.. 03/13/2010
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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