SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook

DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0400 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

VALID 311200Z - 011200Z

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR NRN NM...

...SYNOPSIS...
NRN PLAINS UPPER TROUGH/LOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EWD TOWARDS THE SRN
GREAT LAKES.  AS IT DOES SO...HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE SWD AND BE
CENTERED OVER THE NRN ROCKIES BY EARLY SATURDAY.  A COLD FRONT WILL
STRETCH FROM A LOW OVR MN..SWD THROUGH KS AND OK AND INTO FAR W TX.
WITH WEAK UPPER RIDGING OVER NRN CA AND THE LARGE SURFACE HIGH OVER
THE NRN ROCKIES...AN INVERTED SFC TROUGH WILL DEVELOP AND PRODUCE
STRONG AND DRY NLY FLOW OVER PARTS OF NRN CA.

...NRN NM...
IT WILL CONTINUE WARM AND DRY ACROSS NRN NM WITH WLY WINDS
INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO
30 TO 35 MPH. HUMIDITY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 12 TO 18 PERCENT
RANGE WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S IN NRN NM TO THE 80S AND LOW 90S IN SERN
NM.

...PTNS NRN SACRAMENTO VALLEY OF CA AND ADJACENT COASTAL RANGE...
THIS AREA WILL SEE STRENGTHENING NLY WINDS ALONG WITH WARM AND DRY
CONDITIONS.  NLY WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS ARE
EXPECTED WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND LOWEST HUMIDITY FROM 10 TO 20
PERCENT. FUELS ARE ABNORMALLY DRY FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AND ELEVATED
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

..BOTHWELL.. 05/30/2013

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

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