SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook

DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0340 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

VALID 301200Z - 311200Z

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NRN NM...EXTRM SE CO...EXTRM SW
KS...WRN AND CNTRL OK/TX PNHDLS...

...SYNOPSIS...
UPPER TROUGH/LOW OVER THE NRN PLAINS WILL MOVE LITTLE THROUGH THE
PERIOD.  A LARGE AMPLITUDE UPPER RIDGE WILL HOLD IN PLACE OVER THE
EAST COAST.  STRONG W/NWLY MID AND UPPER FLOW WILL STRETCH FROM THE
NRN CA COAST INTO WRN KS AND THE NRN OK/TX PNHDLS.  A SURFACE TROUGH
WILL STRETCH SOUTHWARD FROM THE MAIN LOW OVER THE DAKOTAS INTO WRN
KS AND THE OK/TX PNHDLS.

...NRN NM...EXTRM SE CO...EXTRM SW KS...WRN AND CNTRL OK/TX
PNHDLS...
ANOTHER DAY OF WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA
WHERE FUELS REMAIN VERY DRY AND THE LONG TERM EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT
CONTINUES.  WITH THE STRONG MID LEVEL FLOW OVER NRN NM INTO THE
OK/TX PNHDLS AND A DEEP DRY MIXED LAYER IN THE AFTERNOON...WINDS
WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE.  HIGHS
WILL RANGE FROM THE 70S IN NWRN NM TO THE 80S AND LOW 90S ACROSS ERN
NM AND THE OK/TX PNHDLS.

...NRN AZ...EXTRM SRN UT AND SW CO...
WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN IN THE AFTERNOON TO WLY AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
SOME GUSTS TO 25 MPH. HIGHS WILL MOSTLY BE IN THE 70S AND HUMIDITY
WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE.  THIS WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED
FIRE CONDITIONS FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.

..BROYLES.. 05/30/2013

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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