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FNUS22 KWNS 040903
FWDDY2
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0403 AM CDT FRI JUL 04 2008
VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...SYNOPSIS...
THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CNTRL AND WRN STATES WILL CONTINUE TO
FLATTEN AS A LOW AMPLITUDE UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH SHIFTS NEWD INTO
SRN CANADA. AT THE SURFACE...A TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM THE CNTRL
DAKOTAS SWD INTO ERN CO/WRN KS. S WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE
PLAINS...WITH VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE CNTRL AND SRN HIGH
PLAINS. TO THE W...HOT...DRY...AND LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL OVER THE ERN GREAT BASIN IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTED UPPER
SHORTWAVE TROUGH.
...SRN NV...UT...WRN CO...NRN AZ...
SWLY FLOW ALOFT WILL EXIST ON NRN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER
RIDGE...ALTHOUGH WEAKER THAN ON PREVIOUS DAY. A VERY WARM AND DRY
AIR MASS WILL REMAIN...AND BY AFTERNOON GUSTY WINDS OF 15-20 MPH
APPEAR LIKELY. IN ADDITION...MOISTURE LEVELS WILL INCREASE FROM THE
SOUTH AND RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE FOUR
CORNERS AREA. SOME STORMS OVER ERN UT MAY BE DRY...BUT PRECIPITABLE
WATER VALUES NEAR 0.75 INCHES SUGGEST RAIN WITH THE STRONGER CORES.
...SERN CO/WRN KS/OK AND TX PANHANDLES...
IT WILL BECOME HOT WITH TEMPERATURES OF 95-100 AS SLY WINDS INCREASE
IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH. MIN RH IS LIKELY TO
DIP INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER TWENTIES BY AFTERNOON. S WINDS OF 15-25
MPH WILL BE LIKELY AS WELL. ALTHOUGH LONG TERM DROUGHT
PERSISTS...EFFECTS OF RECENT PRECIPITATION SHOULD HELP MITIGATE THE
OVERALL THREAT.
..JEWELL.. 07/04/2008
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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