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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 230831
   
   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0231 AM CST MON NOV 23 2009
   
   VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM THE CNTRL ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS
   TODAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING BEHIND IT OVER THE GREAT BASIN
   AND NRN ROCKIES. A DRY AIR MASS WILL THUS FILTER SWD ACROSS THE
   DESERT SW WITH OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING OVER SRN CA. WINDY
   CONDITIONS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED OVER THE CNTRL AND SRN HIGH PLAINS
   BEHIND A COLD FRONT WITH COOL TEMPERATURES AND LOW RH.
   
   ...SRN CA...
   OFFSHORE FLOW WILL COMMENCE ON MONDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE TO THE N.
   MIN RH LEVELS SHOULD GENERALLY RANGE FROM 15-20 PERCENT WHICH IS
   ONLY MARGINALLY LOW. NE WINDS OF 10-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH
   SHOULD DEVELOP WITH TIME INLAND AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 11/23/2009
   
   ...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 230831
   
   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0231 AM CST MON NOV 23 2009
   
   VALID 241200Z - 251200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR INTERIOR SRN CA NEAR THE COASTAL
   RANGE...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE FIRMLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE MUCH OF THE WRN
   STATES BEHIND AN UPPER TROUGH THAT WILL BE OVER THE CNTRL AND SRN
   PLAINS DURING THE DAY. A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE IN PLACE
   TO CREATE LOCALLY STRONG WINDS ACROSS SRN CA IN TYPICALLY WINDY
   LOCALES. ELSEWHERE...STRONG NWLY WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE CNTRL
   PLAINS BUT TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - INTERIOR SRN CA NEAR THE COASTAL
   RANGE...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: INCREASING OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOW RH
   
   GUSTY NELY WINDS WILL BE ONGOING TUE MORNING MAINLY THROUGH
   TYPICALLY FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS. RH LEVELS WILL BE MUCH LOWER
   THAN ON MONDAY...WITH UPPER SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS LIKELY.
   MODERATELY STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 30-50 MPH WILL BE LIKELY MAINLY
   ACROSS INTERIOR VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES. POOR RH RECOVERY
   INTO THE 20 PERCENT RANGE IS LIKELY IN THE HILLS WITH CONTINUED
   GUSTY WINDS INTO WED MORNING.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 11/23/2009
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
   
      
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