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Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlooks became official on June 12, 2007.
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Day 1 Fire Weather Forecast graphic
Day 1 FireWX (print version) |  Day 1 FireWX Areal Outline Product
   ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
   FNUS21 KWNS 040725
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0125 AM CST WED NOV 04 2009
   
   VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN W WILL SHIFT EWD TO THE HIGH
   PLAINS AS A PROGRESSIVE UPPER TROUGH AMPLIFIES IN THE E AND SHIFTS
   EWD FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE MID ATLANTIC.  AS THIS OCCURS...AN
   UPSTREAM UPPER TROUGH OVER THE E PACIFIC WILL BEGIN TO MOVE ASHORE
   PORTIONS OF THE W COAST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THE QUIET FIRE
   WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE AS A WEAK INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH IS
   MAINTAINED OVER CA WHEREAS HIGH PRESSURE/TRANQUIL CONDITIONS
   CONTINUE E OF THE ROCKIES.
   
   ..SMITH.. 11/04/2009
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
Day 2 Fire Weather Forecast graphic
Day 2 FireWX (print version) |  Day 2 FireWX Areal Outline Product
   ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 040726
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0126 AM CST WED NOV 04 2009
   
   VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL STATES WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EWD
   THURSDAY AS A LARGER SCALE UPPER TROUGH BIFURCATES WITH A CLOSED LOW
   INVOF SRN CA/BAJA AND A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ASHORE THE PACIFIC
   NW/BC COAST.  AT THE SURFACE...A TROUGH WILL RESIDE IN LEE OF THE
   ROCKIES AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL CENTER OVER THE TN VALLEY REGION.  A
   DRIER CONTINENTAL AIRMASS WILL PUSH INTO THE NERN GULF OF MEXICO
   WITH LOW RH POTENTIALLY DEVELOPING OVER THE FL PANHANDLE AND PERHAPS
   AS FAR EWD AS NORTH FL.
   
   ...FL PANHANDLE...
   AS AFTERNOON TEMPS QUICKLY RECOVER IN WAKE OF A DRY COOL FRONT...MIN
   RH MAY FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S.  SUSTAINED WINDS WILL
   GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW 15 MPH ACCORDING TO FORECAST SOUNDINGS. 
   LIMITING FACTORS PRECLUDING AN OTHERWISE GREATER THREAT INCLUDE 1)
   NEAR AVERAGE TO ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL OVER THE FL PANHANDLE THE
   PAST 30 DAYS...2)MARGINAL NATURE OF EXPECTED CONDITIONS.
   
   ..SMITH.. 11/04/2009
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
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