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FNUS21 KWNS 210704
FWDDY1
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0103 AM CST FRI NOV 21 2008
VALID 211200Z - 221200Z
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CNTRL GULF COAST...FL
SRN
GA...SRN SC...
..SYNOPSIS
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE EWD TO THE E COAST BY LATE
TODAY WITH A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE SURGING SEWD OUT OF THE MS
VALLEY INTO THE SERN STATES. THIS WILL RESULT IN COOL BUT WINDY AND
DRY CONDITIONS FROM LA INTO SC. TO THE W...A WEAK UPPER RIDGE OVER
THE WRN/SWRN STATES WILL RESULT IN MAINLY MILD BUT DRY WEATHER FROM
SRN CA INTO NV AND AZ.
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - CNTRL GULF COAST...FL...SRN GA
SRN
SC...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY WINDS...LOW RH AND DROUGHT
A VERY COOL BUT DRY AIR MASS WILL SURGE SEWD ACROSS THE SERN STATES
WITH HIGH PRESSURE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE RELATIVELY COOL...WITH
HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 50S F. HOWEVER...RH WILL STILL BE QUITE
LOW...AVERAGING 20-25 PERCENT WITH LOCALLY LOWER VALUES...EXCEPT FOR
30 PERCENT RANGE OVER CNTRL FL. NLY WINDS OF 15-20 MPH WILL COMBINE
WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND AREAS OF VERY DRY FUELS TO CREATE CRITICAL
FIRE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
..COASTAL SRN CA
LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE ONGOING ESPECIALLY THROUGH PASSES AND
CANYONS BUT WILL DIMINISH BY MID MORNING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
RELAXES. IT WILL REMAIN DRY IN THE HILLS/MTNS WITH RH IN THE TEENS
AND TWENTIES.
..JEWELL.. 11/21/2008
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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