SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0309 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013 VALID 261200Z - 271200Z ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CNTRL AND NERN NM...EXTRM SE CO...EXTRM SW KS...EXTRM NW PTN TX PNHDL AND MUCH OF THE OK PNHDL... ...SYNOPSIS... SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING SWD ALONG THE NM/TX BORDER FROM A LOW OVER SERN CO COMBINED WITH THE PERSISTENT SWLY UPPER FLOW OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL PRODUCE A ZONE OF STRONG SWLY WINDS FROM CNTRL NM NEWD INTO SW KS DURING THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE A SURFACE AND UPPER LOW WILL REMAIN OVER THE NE WITH AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL SECTION OF THE COUNTRY. ...CNTRL AND NERN NM...EXTRM SE CO...EXTRM SW KS...EXTRM NW PTN TX PNHDL AND MUCH OF THE OK PNHDL... DURING THE AFTERNOON...SWLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN AS DEEP LAYER MIXING WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. HUMIDITY WILL BE VERY LOW...GENERALLY BETWEEN 5 TO 10 PERCENT. IT WILL BE WARM WITH MOST HIGHS IN THE 80S AND 90S IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. REPORTS INDICATE MOST OF THE AREA HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY APPRECIABLE PRECIPITATION RECENTLY. ...PTNS NW NM...NRN AZ...EXTRM SRN UT AND SW CO... WITH THE UPPER TROUGH REMAINING OVER THE WEST...MODERATE SWLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HUMIDITY AROUND 10 TO 20 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE MILD TO WARM WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND 80S. ..BOTHWELL.. 05/26/2013 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
via SPC Forecast Products http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fire_wx/fwdy1.html
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