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SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0346 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 051200Z - 111200Z A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DROP SEWD OUT OF THE PAC NW AND MOVE ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN/INTERMOUNTAIN W ON SUNDAY/D3. STRONG MID-LEVEL WLY WIND FIELDS /50+ KT AT 500 MB...30+ KT AT 700 MB/ ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EWD AHEAD OF THE TROUGH ACROSS MUCH OF UT/CO/WY...WHILE SLIGHTLY WEAKER FLOW RESIDES AT THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER NRN AZ. IN RESPONSE TO THIS UPPER FEATURE...SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 20-30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS LOCALLY REACHING 40 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF WY. IN ADDITION...MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT A DRY LOW-LEVEL AIR MASS WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH AFTERNOON RH VALUES AOB 15 PERCENT. GIVEN THESE CONDITIONS...THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA HAS BEEN EXTENDED SWD FROM CNTRL WY ACROSS MUCH OF UT /WHERE FUEL CONDITIONS BELOW 7000 FEET WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDFIRES...AND ONGOING PRESCRIBED BURNS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ESCAPE CONTROL/ AND INTO NRN AZ. ELSEWHERE...POST FRONTAL SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER NERN NV INTO SERN ID DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION...BUT WILL WAIT FOR ADDITIONAL MODEL GUIDANCE BEFORE DELINEATING AN OUTLOOK AREA. OFFSHORE WIND REGIME IS ALSO FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF NRN/NWRN CA ON SUNDAY...AND GUSTY ONSHORE FLOW IS INDICATED OVER SRN CA. THESE AREAS WILL ALSO BE MONITORED IN FUTURE OUTLOOKS FOR INCREASING CRITICAL FIRE POTENTIAL GIVEN LOW RH VALUES DEPICTED IN LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE. ON MONDAY/D4...THE WRN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS...WITH BREEZY POST FRONTAL NWLY WINDS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS /SERN WY...NERN CO...WRN NEB/. HOWEVER...CURRENT MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE STRONGER WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR BEFORE DRIER AFTERNOON RH VALUES DEVELOP...PRECLUDING A MORE SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. A SECOND UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS THEN FORECAST TO DIG SWD ALONG THE PAC COAST DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL AID IN RE-ESTABLISHING SLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE WRN CONUS...LEADING TO INCREASING TEMPERATURES AND LOWER RH VALUES. THOUGH MODEL OUTPUT SUGGESTS THIS TROUGH WILL EJECT EWD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN DURING THE THURSDAY/FRIDAY TIME FRAME...CERTAINTY IN THIS SCENARIO IS NOT GREAT ENOUGH ATTM TO OUTLINE A WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRE THREAT AREA. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0346 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 051200Z - 111200Z A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DROP SEWD OUT OF THE PAC NW AND MOVE ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN/INTERMOUNTAIN W ON SUNDAY/D3. STRONG MID-LEVEL WLY WIND FIELDS /50+ KT AT 500 MB...30+ KT AT 700 MB/ ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EWD AHEAD OF THE TROUGH ACROSS MUCH OF UT/CO/WY...WHILE SLIGHTLY WEAKER FLOW RESIDES AT THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER NRN AZ. IN RESPONSE TO THIS UPPER FEATURE...SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 20-30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS LOCALLY REACHING 40 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF WY. IN ADDITION...MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT A DRY LOW-LEVEL AIR MASS WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH AFTERNOON RH VALUES AOB 15 PERCENT. GIVEN THESE CONDITIONS...THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA HAS BEEN EXTENDED SWD FROM CNTRL WY ACROSS MUCH OF UT /WHERE FUEL CONDITIONS BELOW 7000 FEET WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDFIRES...AND ONGOING PRESCRIBED BURNS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ESCAPE CONTROL/ AND INTO NRN AZ. ELSEWHERE...POST FRONTAL SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER NERN NV INTO SERN ID DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION...BUT WILL WAIT FOR ADDITIONAL MODEL GUIDANCE BEFORE DELINEATING AN OUTLOOK AREA. OFFSHORE WIND REGIME IS ALSO FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF NRN/NWRN CA ON SUNDAY...AND GUSTY ONSHORE FLOW IS INDICATED OVER SRN CA. THESE AREAS WILL ALSO BE MONITORED IN FUTURE OUTLOOKS FOR INCREASING CRITICAL FIRE POTENTIAL GIVEN LOW RH VALUES DEPICTED IN LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE. ON MONDAY/D4...THE WRN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS...WITH BREEZY POST FRONTAL NWLY WINDS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS /SERN WY...NERN CO...WRN NEB/. HOWEVER...CURRENT MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE STRONGER WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR BEFORE DRIER AFTERNOON RH VALUES DEVELOP...PRECLUDING A MORE SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. A SECOND UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS THEN FORECAST TO DIG SWD ALONG THE PAC COAST DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL AID IN RE-ESTABLISHING SLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE WRN CONUS...LEADING TO INCREASING TEMPERATURES AND LOWER RH VALUES. THOUGH MODEL OUTPUT SUGGESTS THIS TROUGH WILL EJECT EWD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN DURING THE THURSDAY/FRIDAY TIME FRAME...CERTAINTY IN THIS SCENARIO IS NOT GREAT ENOUGH ATTM TO OUTLINE A WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRE THREAT AREA. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0346 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 051200Z - 111200Z A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DROP SEWD OUT OF THE PAC NW AND MOVE ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN/INTERMOUNTAIN W ON SUNDAY/D3. STRONG MID-LEVEL WLY WIND FIELDS /50+ KT AT 500 MB...30+ KT AT 700 MB/ ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EWD AHEAD OF THE TROUGH ACROSS MUCH OF UT/CO/WY...WHILE SLIGHTLY WEAKER FLOW RESIDES AT THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER NRN AZ. IN RESPONSE TO THIS UPPER FEATURE...SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 20-30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS LOCALLY REACHING 40 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF WY. IN ADDITION...MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT A DRY LOW-LEVEL AIR MASS WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH AFTERNOON RH VALUES AOB 15 PERCENT. GIVEN THESE CONDITIONS...THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA HAS BEEN EXTENDED SWD FROM CNTRL WY ACROSS MUCH OF UT /WHERE FUEL CONDITIONS BELOW 7000 FEET WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDFIRES...AND ONGOING PRESCRIBED BURNS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ESCAPE CONTROL/ AND INTO NRN AZ. ELSEWHERE...POST FRONTAL SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER NERN NV INTO SERN ID DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION...BUT WILL WAIT FOR ADDITIONAL MODEL GUIDANCE BEFORE DELINEATING AN OUTLOOK AREA. OFFSHORE WIND REGIME IS ALSO FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF NRN/NWRN CA ON SUNDAY...AND GUSTY ONSHORE FLOW IS INDICATED OVER SRN CA. THESE AREAS WILL ALSO BE MONITORED IN FUTURE OUTLOOKS FOR INCREASING CRITICAL FIRE POTENTIAL GIVEN LOW RH VALUES DEPICTED IN LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE. ON MONDAY/D4...THE WRN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS...WITH BREEZY POST FRONTAL NWLY WINDS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS /SERN WY...NERN CO...WRN NEB/. HOWEVER...CURRENT MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE STRONGER WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR BEFORE DRIER AFTERNOON RH VALUES DEVELOP...PRECLUDING A MORE SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. A SECOND UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS THEN FORECAST TO DIG SWD ALONG THE PAC COAST DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL AID IN RE-ESTABLISHING SLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE WRN CONUS...LEADING TO INCREASING TEMPERATURES AND LOWER RH VALUES. THOUGH MODEL OUTPUT SUGGESTS THIS TROUGH WILL EJECT EWD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN DURING THE THURSDAY/FRIDAY TIME FRAME...CERTAINTY IN THIS SCENARIO IS NOT GREAT ENOUGH ATTM TO OUTLINE A WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRE THREAT AREA. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0346 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 051200Z - 111200Z A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DROP SEWD OUT OF THE PAC NW AND MOVE ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN/INTERMOUNTAIN W ON SUNDAY/D3. STRONG MID-LEVEL WLY WIND FIELDS /50+ KT AT 500 MB...30+ KT AT 700 MB/ ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EWD AHEAD OF THE TROUGH ACROSS MUCH OF UT/CO/WY...WHILE SLIGHTLY WEAKER FLOW RESIDES AT THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER NRN AZ. IN RESPONSE TO THIS UPPER FEATURE...SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 20-30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS LOCALLY REACHING 40 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF WY. IN ADDITION...MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT A DRY LOW-LEVEL AIR MASS WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH AFTERNOON RH VALUES AOB 15 PERCENT. GIVEN THESE CONDITIONS...THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA HAS BEEN EXTENDED SWD FROM CNTRL WY ACROSS MUCH OF UT /WHERE FUEL CONDITIONS BELOW 7000 FEET WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDFIRES...AND ONGOING PRESCRIBED BURNS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ESCAPE CONTROL/ AND INTO NRN AZ. ELSEWHERE...POST FRONTAL SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER NERN NV INTO SERN ID DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION...BUT WILL WAIT FOR ADDITIONAL MODEL GUIDANCE BEFORE DELINEATING AN OUTLOOK AREA. OFFSHORE WIND REGIME IS ALSO FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF NRN/NWRN CA ON SUNDAY...AND GUSTY ONSHORE FLOW IS INDICATED OVER SRN CA. THESE AREAS WILL ALSO BE MONITORED IN FUTURE OUTLOOKS FOR INCREASING CRITICAL FIRE POTENTIAL GIVEN LOW RH VALUES DEPICTED IN LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE. ON MONDAY/D4...THE WRN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS...WITH BREEZY POST FRONTAL NWLY WINDS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS /SERN WY...NERN CO...WRN NEB/. HOWEVER...CURRENT MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE STRONGER WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR BEFORE DRIER AFTERNOON RH VALUES DEVELOP...PRECLUDING A MORE SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. A SECOND UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS THEN FORECAST TO DIG SWD ALONG THE PAC COAST DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL AID IN RE-ESTABLISHING SLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE WRN CONUS...LEADING TO INCREASING TEMPERATURES AND LOWER RH VALUES. THOUGH MODEL OUTPUT SUGGESTS THIS TROUGH WILL EJECT EWD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN DURING THE THURSDAY/FRIDAY TIME FRAME...CERTAINTY IN THIS SCENARIO IS NOT GREAT ENOUGH ATTM TO OUTLINE A WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRE THREAT AREA. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0346 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 051200Z - 111200Z A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DROP SEWD OUT OF THE PAC NW AND MOVE ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN/INTERMOUNTAIN W ON SUNDAY/D3. STRONG MID-LEVEL WLY WIND FIELDS /50+ KT AT 500 MB...30+ KT AT 700 MB/ ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EWD AHEAD OF THE TROUGH ACROSS MUCH OF UT/CO/WY...WHILE SLIGHTLY WEAKER FLOW RESIDES AT THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER NRN AZ. IN RESPONSE TO THIS UPPER FEATURE...SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 20-30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS LOCALLY REACHING 40 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF WY. IN ADDITION...MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT A DRY LOW-LEVEL AIR MASS WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH AFTERNOON RH VALUES AOB 15 PERCENT. GIVEN THESE CONDITIONS...THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA HAS BEEN EXTENDED SWD FROM CNTRL WY ACROSS MUCH OF UT /WHERE FUEL CONDITIONS BELOW 7000 FEET WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDFIRES...AND ONGOING PRESCRIBED BURNS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ESCAPE CONTROL/ AND INTO NRN AZ. ELSEWHERE...POST FRONTAL SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER NERN NV INTO SERN ID DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION...BUT WILL WAIT FOR ADDITIONAL MODEL GUIDANCE BEFORE DELINEATING AN OUTLOOK AREA. OFFSHORE WIND REGIME IS ALSO FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF NRN/NWRN CA ON SUNDAY...AND GUSTY ONSHORE FLOW IS INDICATED OVER SRN CA. THESE AREAS WILL ALSO BE MONITORED IN FUTURE OUTLOOKS FOR INCREASING CRITICAL FIRE POTENTIAL GIVEN LOW RH VALUES DEPICTED IN LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE. ON MONDAY/D4...THE WRN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS...WITH BREEZY POST FRONTAL NWLY WINDS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS /SERN WY...NERN CO...WRN NEB/. HOWEVER...CURRENT MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE STRONGER WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR BEFORE DRIER AFTERNOON RH VALUES DEVELOP...PRECLUDING A MORE SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. A SECOND UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS THEN FORECAST TO DIG SWD ALONG THE PAC COAST DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL AID IN RE-ESTABLISHING SLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE WRN CONUS...LEADING TO INCREASING TEMPERATURES AND LOWER RH VALUES. THOUGH MODEL OUTPUT SUGGESTS THIS TROUGH WILL EJECT EWD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN DURING THE THURSDAY/FRIDAY TIME FRAME...CERTAINTY IN THIS SCENARIO IS NOT GREAT ENOUGH ATTM TO OUTLINE A WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRE THREAT AREA. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0346 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 051200Z - 111200Z A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DROP SEWD OUT OF THE PAC NW AND MOVE ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN/INTERMOUNTAIN W ON SUNDAY/D3. STRONG MID-LEVEL WLY WIND FIELDS /50+ KT AT 500 MB...30+ KT AT 700 MB/ ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD EWD AHEAD OF THE TROUGH ACROSS MUCH OF UT/CO/WY...WHILE SLIGHTLY WEAKER FLOW RESIDES AT THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER NRN AZ. IN RESPONSE TO THIS UPPER FEATURE...SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 20-30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS LOCALLY REACHING 40 MPH OVER PORTIONS OF WY. IN ADDITION...MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT A DRY LOW-LEVEL AIR MASS WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE REGION...WITH AFTERNOON RH VALUES AOB 15 PERCENT. GIVEN THESE CONDITIONS...THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA HAS BEEN EXTENDED SWD FROM CNTRL WY ACROSS MUCH OF UT /WHERE FUEL CONDITIONS BELOW 7000 FEET WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDFIRES...AND ONGOING PRESCRIBED BURNS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ESCAPE CONTROL/ AND INTO NRN AZ. ELSEWHERE...POST FRONTAL SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER NERN NV INTO SERN ID DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION...BUT WILL WAIT FOR ADDITIONAL MODEL GUIDANCE BEFORE DELINEATING AN OUTLOOK AREA. OFFSHORE WIND REGIME IS ALSO FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF NRN/NWRN CA ON SUNDAY...AND GUSTY ONSHORE FLOW IS INDICATED OVER SRN CA. THESE AREAS WILL ALSO BE MONITORED IN FUTURE OUTLOOKS FOR INCREASING CRITICAL FIRE POTENTIAL GIVEN LOW RH VALUES DEPICTED IN LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE. ON MONDAY/D4...THE WRN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS...WITH BREEZY POST FRONTAL NWLY WINDS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS /SERN WY...NERN CO...WRN NEB/. HOWEVER...CURRENT MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT THE STRONGER WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR BEFORE DRIER AFTERNOON RH VALUES DEVELOP...PRECLUDING A MORE SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. A SECOND UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH IS THEN FORECAST TO DIG SWD ALONG THE PAC COAST DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL AID IN RE-ESTABLISHING SLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE WRN CONUS...LEADING TO INCREASING TEMPERATURES AND LOWER RH VALUES. THOUGH MODEL OUTPUT SUGGESTS THIS TROUGH WILL EJECT EWD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN DURING THE THURSDAY/FRIDAY TIME FRAME...CERTAINTY IN THIS SCENARIO IS NOT GREAT ENOUGH ATTM TO OUTLINE A WIND DRIVEN WILDFIRE THREAT AREA. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
SPC Sep 3, 2010 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0235 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 032000Z - 041200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... SEVERE ASPECT OF PREVIOUS OUTLOOK REQUIRES NO CHANGES. REMOVED SW TX FROM THUNDER AS DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO WORK SWWD INTO THAT REGION. ..JEWELL.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1114 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A PRONOUNCED MIDLEVEL TROUGH OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL PROGRESS EWD OVER THE UPPER OH VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND SWD TO NEAR THE GULF COAST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. MEANWHILE...HURRICANE EARL WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE NNEWD AND THE WRN PORTION OF THE WEAKENING STORM CORE WILL SKIRT THE SE NEW ENGLAND COAST TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON FROM SE TX NEWD ACROSS THE TN VALLEY AND APPALACHIANS. REGIONAL 12Z SOUNDINGS REVEALED RATHER POOR MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES IN THE NARROW MOIST WARM SECTOR...WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE UPPER OH AND TN VALLEYS...AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL CAPE ACROSS TX IN THE PLUME OF 2.25-2.50 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER. GIVEN ONLY WEAK INSTABILITY AND RATHER MODEST LOW-MIDLEVEL FLOW/SHEAR IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS THE OH VALLEY...THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS APPEARS TOO MARGINAL TO WARRANT MAINTAINING EVEN 5% WIND PROBABILITIES. FARTHER N...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NRN MAINE ALONG A SLOW-MOVING WARM FRONT. VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE AT LEAST MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...THOUGH RATHER WARM PROFILES ALOFT AND RESULTANT MODEST INSTABILITY...ALONG WITH ONLY MODEST LOW-LEVEL FLOW...SUGGEST THAT ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN QUITE LIMITED. OTHERWISE...A FEW DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS S FL...AND POTENTIALLY ALONG THE NRN FRINGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME INTO SE AZ/SW NM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM INTERIOR ORE NEWD ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES WITHIN A WEAK MIDLEVEL MOISTURE PLUME AND IN ADVANCE OF A LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING WA. Read more
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0235 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 032000Z - 041200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... SEVERE ASPECT OF PREVIOUS OUTLOOK REQUIRES NO CHANGES. REMOVED SW TX FROM THUNDER AS DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO WORK SWWD INTO THAT REGION. ..JEWELL.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1114 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A PRONOUNCED MIDLEVEL TROUGH OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL PROGRESS EWD OVER THE UPPER OH VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND SWD TO NEAR THE GULF COAST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. MEANWHILE...HURRICANE EARL WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE NNEWD AND THE WRN PORTION OF THE WEAKENING STORM CORE WILL SKIRT THE SE NEW ENGLAND COAST TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON FROM SE TX NEWD ACROSS THE TN VALLEY AND APPALACHIANS. REGIONAL 12Z SOUNDINGS REVEALED RATHER POOR MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES IN THE NARROW MOIST WARM SECTOR...WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE UPPER OH AND TN VALLEYS...AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL CAPE ACROSS TX IN THE PLUME OF 2.25-2.50 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER. GIVEN ONLY WEAK INSTABILITY AND RATHER MODEST LOW-MIDLEVEL FLOW/SHEAR IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS THE OH VALLEY...THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS APPEARS TOO MARGINAL TO WARRANT MAINTAINING EVEN 5% WIND PROBABILITIES. FARTHER N...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NRN MAINE ALONG A SLOW-MOVING WARM FRONT. VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE AT LEAST MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...THOUGH RATHER WARM PROFILES ALOFT AND RESULTANT MODEST INSTABILITY...ALONG WITH ONLY MODEST LOW-LEVEL FLOW...SUGGEST THAT ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN QUITE LIMITED. OTHERWISE...A FEW DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS S FL...AND POTENTIALLY ALONG THE NRN FRINGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME INTO SE AZ/SW NM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM INTERIOR ORE NEWD ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES WITHIN A WEAK MIDLEVEL MOISTURE PLUME AND IN ADVANCE OF A LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING WA. Read more
SPC Sep 3, 2010 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0235 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 032000Z - 041200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... SEVERE ASPECT OF PREVIOUS OUTLOOK REQUIRES NO CHANGES. REMOVED SW TX FROM THUNDER AS DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO WORK SWWD INTO THAT REGION. ..JEWELL.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1114 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A PRONOUNCED MIDLEVEL TROUGH OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL PROGRESS EWD OVER THE UPPER OH VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND SWD TO NEAR THE GULF COAST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. MEANWHILE...HURRICANE EARL WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE NNEWD AND THE WRN PORTION OF THE WEAKENING STORM CORE WILL SKIRT THE SE NEW ENGLAND COAST TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON FROM SE TX NEWD ACROSS THE TN VALLEY AND APPALACHIANS. REGIONAL 12Z SOUNDINGS REVEALED RATHER POOR MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES IN THE NARROW MOIST WARM SECTOR...WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE UPPER OH AND TN VALLEYS...AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL CAPE ACROSS TX IN THE PLUME OF 2.25-2.50 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER. GIVEN ONLY WEAK INSTABILITY AND RATHER MODEST LOW-MIDLEVEL FLOW/SHEAR IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS THE OH VALLEY...THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS APPEARS TOO MARGINAL TO WARRANT MAINTAINING EVEN 5% WIND PROBABILITIES. FARTHER N...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NRN MAINE ALONG A SLOW-MOVING WARM FRONT. VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE AT LEAST MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...THOUGH RATHER WARM PROFILES ALOFT AND RESULTANT MODEST INSTABILITY...ALONG WITH ONLY MODEST LOW-LEVEL FLOW...SUGGEST THAT ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN QUITE LIMITED. OTHERWISE...A FEW DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS S FL...AND POTENTIALLY ALONG THE NRN FRINGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME INTO SE AZ/SW NM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM INTERIOR ORE NEWD ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES WITHIN A WEAK MIDLEVEL MOISTURE PLUME AND IN ADVANCE OF A LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING WA. Read more
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0235 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 032000Z - 041200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... SEVERE ASPECT OF PREVIOUS OUTLOOK REQUIRES NO CHANGES. REMOVED SW TX FROM THUNDER AS DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO WORK SWWD INTO THAT REGION. ..JEWELL.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1114 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A PRONOUNCED MIDLEVEL TROUGH OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL PROGRESS EWD OVER THE UPPER OH VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND SWD TO NEAR THE GULF COAST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. MEANWHILE...HURRICANE EARL WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE NNEWD AND THE WRN PORTION OF THE WEAKENING STORM CORE WILL SKIRT THE SE NEW ENGLAND COAST TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON FROM SE TX NEWD ACROSS THE TN VALLEY AND APPALACHIANS. REGIONAL 12Z SOUNDINGS REVEALED RATHER POOR MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES IN THE NARROW MOIST WARM SECTOR...WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE UPPER OH AND TN VALLEYS...AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL CAPE ACROSS TX IN THE PLUME OF 2.25-2.50 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER. GIVEN ONLY WEAK INSTABILITY AND RATHER MODEST LOW-MIDLEVEL FLOW/SHEAR IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS THE OH VALLEY...THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS APPEARS TOO MARGINAL TO WARRANT MAINTAINING EVEN 5% WIND PROBABILITIES. FARTHER N...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NRN MAINE ALONG A SLOW-MOVING WARM FRONT. VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE AT LEAST MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...THOUGH RATHER WARM PROFILES ALOFT AND RESULTANT MODEST INSTABILITY...ALONG WITH ONLY MODEST LOW-LEVEL FLOW...SUGGEST THAT ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN QUITE LIMITED. OTHERWISE...A FEW DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS S FL...AND POTENTIALLY ALONG THE NRN FRINGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME INTO SE AZ/SW NM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM INTERIOR ORE NEWD ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES WITHIN A WEAK MIDLEVEL MOISTURE PLUME AND IN ADVANCE OF A LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING WA. Read more
SPC Sep 3, 2010 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0235 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 032000Z - 041200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... SEVERE ASPECT OF PREVIOUS OUTLOOK REQUIRES NO CHANGES. REMOVED SW TX FROM THUNDER AS DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO WORK SWWD INTO THAT REGION. ..JEWELL.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1114 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A PRONOUNCED MIDLEVEL TROUGH OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL PROGRESS EWD OVER THE UPPER OH VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND SWD TO NEAR THE GULF COAST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. MEANWHILE...HURRICANE EARL WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE NNEWD AND THE WRN PORTION OF THE WEAKENING STORM CORE WILL SKIRT THE SE NEW ENGLAND COAST TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON FROM SE TX NEWD ACROSS THE TN VALLEY AND APPALACHIANS. REGIONAL 12Z SOUNDINGS REVEALED RATHER POOR MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES IN THE NARROW MOIST WARM SECTOR...WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE UPPER OH AND TN VALLEYS...AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL CAPE ACROSS TX IN THE PLUME OF 2.25-2.50 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER. GIVEN ONLY WEAK INSTABILITY AND RATHER MODEST LOW-MIDLEVEL FLOW/SHEAR IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS THE OH VALLEY...THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS APPEARS TOO MARGINAL TO WARRANT MAINTAINING EVEN 5% WIND PROBABILITIES. FARTHER N...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NRN MAINE ALONG A SLOW-MOVING WARM FRONT. VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE AT LEAST MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...THOUGH RATHER WARM PROFILES ALOFT AND RESULTANT MODEST INSTABILITY...ALONG WITH ONLY MODEST LOW-LEVEL FLOW...SUGGEST THAT ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN QUITE LIMITED. OTHERWISE...A FEW DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS S FL...AND POTENTIALLY ALONG THE NRN FRINGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME INTO SE AZ/SW NM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM INTERIOR ORE NEWD ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES WITHIN A WEAK MIDLEVEL MOISTURE PLUME AND IN ADVANCE OF A LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING WA. Read more
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0235 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 032000Z - 041200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... SEVERE ASPECT OF PREVIOUS OUTLOOK REQUIRES NO CHANGES. REMOVED SW TX FROM THUNDER AS DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO WORK SWWD INTO THAT REGION. ..JEWELL.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1114 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A PRONOUNCED MIDLEVEL TROUGH OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL PROGRESS EWD OVER THE UPPER OH VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND SWD TO NEAR THE GULF COAST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. MEANWHILE...HURRICANE EARL WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE NNEWD AND THE WRN PORTION OF THE WEAKENING STORM CORE WILL SKIRT THE SE NEW ENGLAND COAST TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON FROM SE TX NEWD ACROSS THE TN VALLEY AND APPALACHIANS. REGIONAL 12Z SOUNDINGS REVEALED RATHER POOR MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES IN THE NARROW MOIST WARM SECTOR...WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE UPPER OH AND TN VALLEYS...AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL CAPE ACROSS TX IN THE PLUME OF 2.25-2.50 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER. GIVEN ONLY WEAK INSTABILITY AND RATHER MODEST LOW-MIDLEVEL FLOW/SHEAR IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS THE OH VALLEY...THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS APPEARS TOO MARGINAL TO WARRANT MAINTAINING EVEN 5% WIND PROBABILITIES. FARTHER N...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NRN MAINE ALONG A SLOW-MOVING WARM FRONT. VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE AT LEAST MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...THOUGH RATHER WARM PROFILES ALOFT AND RESULTANT MODEST INSTABILITY...ALONG WITH ONLY MODEST LOW-LEVEL FLOW...SUGGEST THAT ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN QUITE LIMITED. OTHERWISE...A FEW DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS S FL...AND POTENTIALLY ALONG THE NRN FRINGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME INTO SE AZ/SW NM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM INTERIOR ORE NEWD ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES WITHIN A WEAK MIDLEVEL MOISTURE PLUME AND IN ADVANCE OF A LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING WA. Read more
SPC Sep 3, 2010 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0235 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 032000Z - 041200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... SEVERE ASPECT OF PREVIOUS OUTLOOK REQUIRES NO CHANGES. REMOVED SW TX FROM THUNDER AS DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO WORK SWWD INTO THAT REGION. ..JEWELL.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1114 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A PRONOUNCED MIDLEVEL TROUGH OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL PROGRESS EWD OVER THE UPPER OH VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND SWD TO NEAR THE GULF COAST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. MEANWHILE...HURRICANE EARL WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE NNEWD AND THE WRN PORTION OF THE WEAKENING STORM CORE WILL SKIRT THE SE NEW ENGLAND COAST TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON FROM SE TX NEWD ACROSS THE TN VALLEY AND APPALACHIANS. REGIONAL 12Z SOUNDINGS REVEALED RATHER POOR MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES IN THE NARROW MOIST WARM SECTOR...WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE UPPER OH AND TN VALLEYS...AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL CAPE ACROSS TX IN THE PLUME OF 2.25-2.50 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER. GIVEN ONLY WEAK INSTABILITY AND RATHER MODEST LOW-MIDLEVEL FLOW/SHEAR IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS THE OH VALLEY...THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS APPEARS TOO MARGINAL TO WARRANT MAINTAINING EVEN 5% WIND PROBABILITIES. FARTHER N...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NRN MAINE ALONG A SLOW-MOVING WARM FRONT. VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE AT LEAST MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...THOUGH RATHER WARM PROFILES ALOFT AND RESULTANT MODEST INSTABILITY...ALONG WITH ONLY MODEST LOW-LEVEL FLOW...SUGGEST THAT ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN QUITE LIMITED. OTHERWISE...A FEW DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS S FL...AND POTENTIALLY ALONG THE NRN FRINGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME INTO SE AZ/SW NM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM INTERIOR ORE NEWD ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES WITHIN A WEAK MIDLEVEL MOISTURE PLUME AND IN ADVANCE OF A LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING WA. Read more
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0235 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 032000Z - 041200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... SEVERE ASPECT OF PREVIOUS OUTLOOK REQUIRES NO CHANGES. REMOVED SW TX FROM THUNDER AS DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO WORK SWWD INTO THAT REGION. ..JEWELL.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1114 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A PRONOUNCED MIDLEVEL TROUGH OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL PROGRESS EWD OVER THE UPPER OH VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS AND SWD TO NEAR THE GULF COAST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. MEANWHILE...HURRICANE EARL WILL BEGIN TO ACCELERATE NNEWD AND THE WRN PORTION OF THE WEAKENING STORM CORE WILL SKIRT THE SE NEW ENGLAND COAST TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON FROM SE TX NEWD ACROSS THE TN VALLEY AND APPALACHIANS. REGIONAL 12Z SOUNDINGS REVEALED RATHER POOR MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES IN THE NARROW MOIST WARM SECTOR...WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE UPPER OH AND TN VALLEYS...AND MORE SUBSTANTIAL CAPE ACROSS TX IN THE PLUME OF 2.25-2.50 INCH PRECIPITABLE WATER. GIVEN ONLY WEAK INSTABILITY AND RATHER MODEST LOW-MIDLEVEL FLOW/SHEAR IN THE WARM SECTOR ACROSS THE OH VALLEY...THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS APPEARS TOO MARGINAL TO WARRANT MAINTAINING EVEN 5% WIND PROBABILITIES. FARTHER N...ISOLATED STRONG STORMS MAY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NRN MAINE ALONG A SLOW-MOVING WARM FRONT. VERTICAL SHEAR WILL BE AT LEAST MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...THOUGH RATHER WARM PROFILES ALOFT AND RESULTANT MODEST INSTABILITY...ALONG WITH ONLY MODEST LOW-LEVEL FLOW...SUGGEST THAT ANY PARTICULAR TYPE OF SEVERE THREAT SHOULD REMAIN QUITE LIMITED. OTHERWISE...A FEW DIURNAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS S FL...AND POTENTIALLY ALONG THE NRN FRINGE OF THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME INTO SE AZ/SW NM. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM INTERIOR ORE NEWD ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES WITHIN A WEAK MIDLEVEL MOISTURE PLUME AND IN ADVANCE OF A LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHING WA. Read more
SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0159 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 041200Z - 051200Z ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... ...PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS IN FAR NERN CA/NWRN NV... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL/SRN WY... A LOW AMPLITUDE MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST TO MOVE EWD ACROSS CNTRL/SRN WY ON SATURDAY...ALLOWING STRENGTHENING WLY UPPER-LEVEL FLOW FIELDS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. AS THIS TAKES PLACE...MODEL FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES SUSTAINED WINDS WILL APPROACH 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH MIN RH VALUES AOB 15 PERCENT WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND S-CNTRL VA... NAM FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT DRY AIR WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS S-CNTRL VA INTO THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS ON SATURDAY...FAVORING AFTERNOON RH VALUES AOB 30 PERCENT. GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED UPPER JET OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...WLY SURFACE WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER VA/NC...WHILE WEAKER SPEEDS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER SC /AOB 10 MPH/. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0457 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY FROM SWRN CANADA ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW. A BELT OF MODERATELY STRONG W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED FROM NRN CA ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN BY SAT AFTERNOON. ...PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... MARGINAL TO LOW-END CRITICAL CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP SAT AFTERNOON AS W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW STRENGTHENS ATOP A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS SHOULD REACH 15 TO 25 MPH...AS RH VALUES BECOME RATHER LOW /BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT/. THE ERN EXTENT OF THE THREAT IN SERN ID WILL BE SUBDUED BY RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL. ...LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS IN FAR NERN CA/NWRN NV... LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS. ALTHOUGH THE MAGNITUDE OF MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CRITICAL AREA...MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE SLIGHTLY WARMER MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN LOWER MIXING HEIGHTS. THIS SHOULD HELP HOLD SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS TO AROUND 12 TO 20 MPH. NEVERTHELESS...THIS WILL BE JUXTAPOSED WITH VERY LOW RH VALUES OF 3 TO 8 PERCENT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0159 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 041200Z - 051200Z ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... ...PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS IN FAR NERN CA/NWRN NV... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL/SRN WY... A LOW AMPLITUDE MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST TO MOVE EWD ACROSS CNTRL/SRN WY ON SATURDAY...ALLOWING STRENGTHENING WLY UPPER-LEVEL FLOW FIELDS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. AS THIS TAKES PLACE...MODEL FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES SUSTAINED WINDS WILL APPROACH 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH MIN RH VALUES AOB 15 PERCENT WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND S-CNTRL VA... NAM FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT DRY AIR WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS S-CNTRL VA INTO THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS ON SATURDAY...FAVORING AFTERNOON RH VALUES AOB 30 PERCENT. GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED UPPER JET OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...WLY SURFACE WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER VA/NC...WHILE WEAKER SPEEDS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER SC /AOB 10 MPH/. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0457 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY FROM SWRN CANADA ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW. A BELT OF MODERATELY STRONG W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED FROM NRN CA ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN BY SAT AFTERNOON. ...PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... MARGINAL TO LOW-END CRITICAL CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP SAT AFTERNOON AS W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW STRENGTHENS ATOP A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS SHOULD REACH 15 TO 25 MPH...AS RH VALUES BECOME RATHER LOW /BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT/. THE ERN EXTENT OF THE THREAT IN SERN ID WILL BE SUBDUED BY RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL. ...LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS IN FAR NERN CA/NWRN NV... LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS. ALTHOUGH THE MAGNITUDE OF MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CRITICAL AREA...MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE SLIGHTLY WARMER MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN LOWER MIXING HEIGHTS. THIS SHOULD HELP HOLD SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS TO AROUND 12 TO 20 MPH. NEVERTHELESS...THIS WILL BE JUXTAPOSED WITH VERY LOW RH VALUES OF 3 TO 8 PERCENT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0159 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 041200Z - 051200Z ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... ...PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS IN FAR NERN CA/NWRN NV... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL/SRN WY... A LOW AMPLITUDE MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST TO MOVE EWD ACROSS CNTRL/SRN WY ON SATURDAY...ALLOWING STRENGTHENING WLY UPPER-LEVEL FLOW FIELDS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. AS THIS TAKES PLACE...MODEL FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES SUSTAINED WINDS WILL APPROACH 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH MIN RH VALUES AOB 15 PERCENT WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND S-CNTRL VA... NAM FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT DRY AIR WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS S-CNTRL VA INTO THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS ON SATURDAY...FAVORING AFTERNOON RH VALUES AOB 30 PERCENT. GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED UPPER JET OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...WLY SURFACE WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER VA/NC...WHILE WEAKER SPEEDS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER SC /AOB 10 MPH/. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0457 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY FROM SWRN CANADA ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW. A BELT OF MODERATELY STRONG W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED FROM NRN CA ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN BY SAT AFTERNOON. ...PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... MARGINAL TO LOW-END CRITICAL CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP SAT AFTERNOON AS W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW STRENGTHENS ATOP A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS SHOULD REACH 15 TO 25 MPH...AS RH VALUES BECOME RATHER LOW /BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT/. THE ERN EXTENT OF THE THREAT IN SERN ID WILL BE SUBDUED BY RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL. ...LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS IN FAR NERN CA/NWRN NV... LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS. ALTHOUGH THE MAGNITUDE OF MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CRITICAL AREA...MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE SLIGHTLY WARMER MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN LOWER MIXING HEIGHTS. THIS SHOULD HELP HOLD SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS TO AROUND 12 TO 20 MPH. NEVERTHELESS...THIS WILL BE JUXTAPOSED WITH VERY LOW RH VALUES OF 3 TO 8 PERCENT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0159 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 041200Z - 051200Z ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... ...PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS IN FAR NERN CA/NWRN NV... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL/SRN WY... A LOW AMPLITUDE MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST TO MOVE EWD ACROSS CNTRL/SRN WY ON SATURDAY...ALLOWING STRENGTHENING WLY UPPER-LEVEL FLOW FIELDS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. AS THIS TAKES PLACE...MODEL FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES SUSTAINED WINDS WILL APPROACH 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH MIN RH VALUES AOB 15 PERCENT WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND S-CNTRL VA... NAM FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT DRY AIR WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS S-CNTRL VA INTO THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS ON SATURDAY...FAVORING AFTERNOON RH VALUES AOB 30 PERCENT. GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED UPPER JET OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...WLY SURFACE WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER VA/NC...WHILE WEAKER SPEEDS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER SC /AOB 10 MPH/. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0457 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY FROM SWRN CANADA ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW. A BELT OF MODERATELY STRONG W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED FROM NRN CA ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN BY SAT AFTERNOON. ...PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... MARGINAL TO LOW-END CRITICAL CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP SAT AFTERNOON AS W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW STRENGTHENS ATOP A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS SHOULD REACH 15 TO 25 MPH...AS RH VALUES BECOME RATHER LOW /BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT/. THE ERN EXTENT OF THE THREAT IN SERN ID WILL BE SUBDUED BY RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL. ...LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS IN FAR NERN CA/NWRN NV... LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS. ALTHOUGH THE MAGNITUDE OF MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CRITICAL AREA...MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE SLIGHTLY WARMER MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN LOWER MIXING HEIGHTS. THIS SHOULD HELP HOLD SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS TO AROUND 12 TO 20 MPH. NEVERTHELESS...THIS WILL BE JUXTAPOSED WITH VERY LOW RH VALUES OF 3 TO 8 PERCENT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0159 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 041200Z - 051200Z ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... ...PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS IN FAR NERN CA/NWRN NV... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL/SRN WY... A LOW AMPLITUDE MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST TO MOVE EWD ACROSS CNTRL/SRN WY ON SATURDAY...ALLOWING STRENGTHENING WLY UPPER-LEVEL FLOW FIELDS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. AS THIS TAKES PLACE...MODEL FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES SUSTAINED WINDS WILL APPROACH 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH MIN RH VALUES AOB 15 PERCENT WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND S-CNTRL VA... NAM FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT DRY AIR WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS S-CNTRL VA INTO THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS ON SATURDAY...FAVORING AFTERNOON RH VALUES AOB 30 PERCENT. GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED UPPER JET OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...WLY SURFACE WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER VA/NC...WHILE WEAKER SPEEDS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER SC /AOB 10 MPH/. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0457 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY FROM SWRN CANADA ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW. A BELT OF MODERATELY STRONG W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED FROM NRN CA ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN BY SAT AFTERNOON. ...PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... MARGINAL TO LOW-END CRITICAL CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP SAT AFTERNOON AS W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW STRENGTHENS ATOP A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS SHOULD REACH 15 TO 25 MPH...AS RH VALUES BECOME RATHER LOW /BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT/. THE ERN EXTENT OF THE THREAT IN SERN ID WILL BE SUBDUED BY RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL. ...LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS IN FAR NERN CA/NWRN NV... LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS. ALTHOUGH THE MAGNITUDE OF MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CRITICAL AREA...MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE SLIGHTLY WARMER MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN LOWER MIXING HEIGHTS. THIS SHOULD HELP HOLD SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS TO AROUND 12 TO 20 MPH. NEVERTHELESS...THIS WILL BE JUXTAPOSED WITH VERY LOW RH VALUES OF 3 TO 8 PERCENT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0159 PM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 041200Z - 051200Z ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... ...PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS IN FAR NERN CA/NWRN NV... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL/SRN WY... A LOW AMPLITUDE MID-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS IS FORECAST TO MOVE EWD ACROSS CNTRL/SRN WY ON SATURDAY...ALLOWING STRENGTHENING WLY UPPER-LEVEL FLOW FIELDS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. AS THIS TAKES PLACE...MODEL FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES SUSTAINED WINDS WILL APPROACH 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH MIN RH VALUES AOB 15 PERCENT WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS AND S-CNTRL VA... NAM FORECAST GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT DRY AIR WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS S-CNTRL VA INTO THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS ON SATURDAY...FAVORING AFTERNOON RH VALUES AOB 30 PERCENT. GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF A SEASONABLY STRONG UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED UPPER JET OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...WLY SURFACE WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER VA/NC...WHILE WEAKER SPEEDS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER SC /AOB 10 MPH/. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0457 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY FROM SWRN CANADA ACROSS THE PACIFIC NW. A BELT OF MODERATELY STRONG W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED FROM NRN CA ACROSS THE NRN GREAT BASIN BY SAT AFTERNOON. ...PORTIONS OF S-CNTRL/SERN ID...FAR NERN NV... MARGINAL TO LOW-END CRITICAL CONDITIONS SHOULD DEVELOP SAT AFTERNOON AS W/SWLY MID-LEVEL FLOW STRENGTHENS ATOP A DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS SHOULD REACH 15 TO 25 MPH...AS RH VALUES BECOME RATHER LOW /BETWEEN 5 AND 10 PERCENT/. THE ERN EXTENT OF THE THREAT IN SERN ID WILL BE SUBDUED BY RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL. ...LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS IN FAR NERN CA/NWRN NV... LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE LEE OF THE NRN SIERRAS. ALTHOUGH THE MAGNITUDE OF MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CRITICAL AREA...MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE SLIGHTLY WARMER MID-LEVEL TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN LOWER MIXING HEIGHTS. THIS SHOULD HELP HOLD SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS TO AROUND 12 TO 20 MPH. NEVERTHELESS...THIS WILL BE JUXTAPOSED WITH VERY LOW RH VALUES OF 3 TO 8 PERCENT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1151 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 031700Z - 041200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA... MODIFIED 12Z RAOBS ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS GPS TPW GUIDANCE CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF DRY AIR W-SW OF TC EARL SUPPORTIVE OF LOW AFTERNOON RH VALUES /AOB 25 PERCENT/ ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA. HOWEVER...AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS D1 FORECAST...MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE WLY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 15 MPH DURING MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...MITIGATING A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. ...NRN FL AND THE PANHANDLE... AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 90 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND DEWPOINTS MIX DOWN TO NEAR 60 F...MIN RH VALUES WILL FALL TO 35 PERCENT. HOWEVER...ALL MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 5 MPH...WHICH WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM DEVELOPING. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL AND SRN AZ... MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS AS WELL AS MODIFIED 12Z TUS RAOB INDICATE DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS OVER CNTRL AND SRN AZ THAT CAN APPROACH 100 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...SUGGESTING SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...COMBINATION OF INCREASING PWAT VALUES /RANGING FROM 0.60 INCHES OVER CNTRL AZ TO NEAR 1 INCH OVER SRN AZ/ AND SLOW FORECAST STORM MOTIONS MAY MITIGATE THAT THREAT SOMEWHAT...RESULTING IN A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0322 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A LARGE-SCALE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL PROGRESS EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/MIDWEST...WHILE AN UPSTREAM RIDGE SHIFTS FROM THE PACIFIC NW TO THE NRN ROCKIES. AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL REACH THE SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST BY EARLY SAT. ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... WEAK MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AS MODEST HEIGHT FALLS AND DIFFLUENT UPPER-LEVEL FLOW OVERSPREAD THE REGION DOWNSTREAM OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA. LATEST MODEL FORECASTS DIFFER WITH THE DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION WITH THE NAM AND ITS COMPANION HI-RES WRF-NMM MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE. GIVEN THE EXPECTATION OF RELATIVELY WEAK FORCING/MOISTENING...OVERALL TSTM PROBABILITIES SHOULD REMAIN LOW /AROUND 10 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...SHOULD ANY TSTMS DEVELOP THEY OUGHT TO BE MAINLY DRY WITH THE PRESENCE OF DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES AND FAST STORM MOTIONS. NEVERTHELESS...FUEL DRYNESS LEVELS IN THE MOIST CATEGORY /PER LATEST NWCC OUTLOOK/ WITH RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL MITIGATE THE THREAT. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO S-CNTRL VA... A CORRIDOR OF RELATIVELY LOWER PW VALUES WAS SAMPLED IN 06Z PIT/RNK/FFC RAOBS...BETWEEN AREAS OF RICHER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TC EARL AND A WRN GREAT LAKES UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH. THIS DRY AIR CORRIDOR WILL SHIFT EWD AND BE CENTERED ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WELL ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S SHOULD LEAD TO LOW RH VALUES /FROM 18 TO 25 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...WLY SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATE /AROUND 8 TO 15 MPH/ AND LIMIT A MORE SUBSTANTIAL THREAT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1151 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 031700Z - 041200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA... MODIFIED 12Z RAOBS ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS GPS TPW GUIDANCE CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF DRY AIR W-SW OF TC EARL SUPPORTIVE OF LOW AFTERNOON RH VALUES /AOB 25 PERCENT/ ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA. HOWEVER...AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS D1 FORECAST...MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE WLY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 15 MPH DURING MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...MITIGATING A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. ...NRN FL AND THE PANHANDLE... AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 90 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND DEWPOINTS MIX DOWN TO NEAR 60 F...MIN RH VALUES WILL FALL TO 35 PERCENT. HOWEVER...ALL MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 5 MPH...WHICH WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM DEVELOPING. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL AND SRN AZ... MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS AS WELL AS MODIFIED 12Z TUS RAOB INDICATE DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS OVER CNTRL AND SRN AZ THAT CAN APPROACH 100 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...SUGGESTING SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...COMBINATION OF INCREASING PWAT VALUES /RANGING FROM 0.60 INCHES OVER CNTRL AZ TO NEAR 1 INCH OVER SRN AZ/ AND SLOW FORECAST STORM MOTIONS MAY MITIGATE THAT THREAT SOMEWHAT...RESULTING IN A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0322 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A LARGE-SCALE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL PROGRESS EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/MIDWEST...WHILE AN UPSTREAM RIDGE SHIFTS FROM THE PACIFIC NW TO THE NRN ROCKIES. AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL REACH THE SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST BY EARLY SAT. ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... WEAK MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AS MODEST HEIGHT FALLS AND DIFFLUENT UPPER-LEVEL FLOW OVERSPREAD THE REGION DOWNSTREAM OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA. LATEST MODEL FORECASTS DIFFER WITH THE DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION WITH THE NAM AND ITS COMPANION HI-RES WRF-NMM MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE. GIVEN THE EXPECTATION OF RELATIVELY WEAK FORCING/MOISTENING...OVERALL TSTM PROBABILITIES SHOULD REMAIN LOW /AROUND 10 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...SHOULD ANY TSTMS DEVELOP THEY OUGHT TO BE MAINLY DRY WITH THE PRESENCE OF DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES AND FAST STORM MOTIONS. NEVERTHELESS...FUEL DRYNESS LEVELS IN THE MOIST CATEGORY /PER LATEST NWCC OUTLOOK/ WITH RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL MITIGATE THE THREAT. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO S-CNTRL VA... A CORRIDOR OF RELATIVELY LOWER PW VALUES WAS SAMPLED IN 06Z PIT/RNK/FFC RAOBS...BETWEEN AREAS OF RICHER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TC EARL AND A WRN GREAT LAKES UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH. THIS DRY AIR CORRIDOR WILL SHIFT EWD AND BE CENTERED ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WELL ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S SHOULD LEAD TO LOW RH VALUES /FROM 18 TO 25 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...WLY SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATE /AROUND 8 TO 15 MPH/ AND LIMIT A MORE SUBSTANTIAL THREAT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1151 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 031700Z - 041200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA... MODIFIED 12Z RAOBS ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS GPS TPW GUIDANCE CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF DRY AIR W-SW OF TC EARL SUPPORTIVE OF LOW AFTERNOON RH VALUES /AOB 25 PERCENT/ ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA. HOWEVER...AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS D1 FORECAST...MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE WLY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 15 MPH DURING MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...MITIGATING A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. ...NRN FL AND THE PANHANDLE... AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 90 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND DEWPOINTS MIX DOWN TO NEAR 60 F...MIN RH VALUES WILL FALL TO 35 PERCENT. HOWEVER...ALL MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 5 MPH...WHICH WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM DEVELOPING. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL AND SRN AZ... MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS AS WELL AS MODIFIED 12Z TUS RAOB INDICATE DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS OVER CNTRL AND SRN AZ THAT CAN APPROACH 100 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...SUGGESTING SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...COMBINATION OF INCREASING PWAT VALUES /RANGING FROM 0.60 INCHES OVER CNTRL AZ TO NEAR 1 INCH OVER SRN AZ/ AND SLOW FORECAST STORM MOTIONS MAY MITIGATE THAT THREAT SOMEWHAT...RESULTING IN A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0322 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A LARGE-SCALE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL PROGRESS EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/MIDWEST...WHILE AN UPSTREAM RIDGE SHIFTS FROM THE PACIFIC NW TO THE NRN ROCKIES. AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL REACH THE SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST BY EARLY SAT. ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... WEAK MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AS MODEST HEIGHT FALLS AND DIFFLUENT UPPER-LEVEL FLOW OVERSPREAD THE REGION DOWNSTREAM OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA. LATEST MODEL FORECASTS DIFFER WITH THE DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION WITH THE NAM AND ITS COMPANION HI-RES WRF-NMM MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE. GIVEN THE EXPECTATION OF RELATIVELY WEAK FORCING/MOISTENING...OVERALL TSTM PROBABILITIES SHOULD REMAIN LOW /AROUND 10 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...SHOULD ANY TSTMS DEVELOP THEY OUGHT TO BE MAINLY DRY WITH THE PRESENCE OF DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES AND FAST STORM MOTIONS. NEVERTHELESS...FUEL DRYNESS LEVELS IN THE MOIST CATEGORY /PER LATEST NWCC OUTLOOK/ WITH RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL MITIGATE THE THREAT. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO S-CNTRL VA... A CORRIDOR OF RELATIVELY LOWER PW VALUES WAS SAMPLED IN 06Z PIT/RNK/FFC RAOBS...BETWEEN AREAS OF RICHER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TC EARL AND A WRN GREAT LAKES UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH. THIS DRY AIR CORRIDOR WILL SHIFT EWD AND BE CENTERED ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WELL ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S SHOULD LEAD TO LOW RH VALUES /FROM 18 TO 25 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...WLY SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATE /AROUND 8 TO 15 MPH/ AND LIMIT A MORE SUBSTANTIAL THREAT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1151 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 031700Z - 041200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA... MODIFIED 12Z RAOBS ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS GPS TPW GUIDANCE CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF DRY AIR W-SW OF TC EARL SUPPORTIVE OF LOW AFTERNOON RH VALUES /AOB 25 PERCENT/ ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA. HOWEVER...AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS D1 FORECAST...MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE WLY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 15 MPH DURING MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...MITIGATING A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. ...NRN FL AND THE PANHANDLE... AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 90 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND DEWPOINTS MIX DOWN TO NEAR 60 F...MIN RH VALUES WILL FALL TO 35 PERCENT. HOWEVER...ALL MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 5 MPH...WHICH WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM DEVELOPING. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL AND SRN AZ... MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS AS WELL AS MODIFIED 12Z TUS RAOB INDICATE DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS OVER CNTRL AND SRN AZ THAT CAN APPROACH 100 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...SUGGESTING SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...COMBINATION OF INCREASING PWAT VALUES /RANGING FROM 0.60 INCHES OVER CNTRL AZ TO NEAR 1 INCH OVER SRN AZ/ AND SLOW FORECAST STORM MOTIONS MAY MITIGATE THAT THREAT SOMEWHAT...RESULTING IN A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0322 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A LARGE-SCALE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL PROGRESS EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/MIDWEST...WHILE AN UPSTREAM RIDGE SHIFTS FROM THE PACIFIC NW TO THE NRN ROCKIES. AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL REACH THE SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST BY EARLY SAT. ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... WEAK MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AS MODEST HEIGHT FALLS AND DIFFLUENT UPPER-LEVEL FLOW OVERSPREAD THE REGION DOWNSTREAM OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA. LATEST MODEL FORECASTS DIFFER WITH THE DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION WITH THE NAM AND ITS COMPANION HI-RES WRF-NMM MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE. GIVEN THE EXPECTATION OF RELATIVELY WEAK FORCING/MOISTENING...OVERALL TSTM PROBABILITIES SHOULD REMAIN LOW /AROUND 10 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...SHOULD ANY TSTMS DEVELOP THEY OUGHT TO BE MAINLY DRY WITH THE PRESENCE OF DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES AND FAST STORM MOTIONS. NEVERTHELESS...FUEL DRYNESS LEVELS IN THE MOIST CATEGORY /PER LATEST NWCC OUTLOOK/ WITH RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL MITIGATE THE THREAT. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO S-CNTRL VA... A CORRIDOR OF RELATIVELY LOWER PW VALUES WAS SAMPLED IN 06Z PIT/RNK/FFC RAOBS...BETWEEN AREAS OF RICHER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TC EARL AND A WRN GREAT LAKES UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH. THIS DRY AIR CORRIDOR WILL SHIFT EWD AND BE CENTERED ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WELL ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S SHOULD LEAD TO LOW RH VALUES /FROM 18 TO 25 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...WLY SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATE /AROUND 8 TO 15 MPH/ AND LIMIT A MORE SUBSTANTIAL THREAT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1151 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 031700Z - 041200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA... MODIFIED 12Z RAOBS ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS GPS TPW GUIDANCE CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF DRY AIR W-SW OF TC EARL SUPPORTIVE OF LOW AFTERNOON RH VALUES /AOB 25 PERCENT/ ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA. HOWEVER...AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS D1 FORECAST...MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE WLY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 15 MPH DURING MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...MITIGATING A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. ...NRN FL AND THE PANHANDLE... AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 90 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND DEWPOINTS MIX DOWN TO NEAR 60 F...MIN RH VALUES WILL FALL TO 35 PERCENT. HOWEVER...ALL MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 5 MPH...WHICH WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM DEVELOPING. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL AND SRN AZ... MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS AS WELL AS MODIFIED 12Z TUS RAOB INDICATE DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS OVER CNTRL AND SRN AZ THAT CAN APPROACH 100 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...SUGGESTING SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...COMBINATION OF INCREASING PWAT VALUES /RANGING FROM 0.60 INCHES OVER CNTRL AZ TO NEAR 1 INCH OVER SRN AZ/ AND SLOW FORECAST STORM MOTIONS MAY MITIGATE THAT THREAT SOMEWHAT...RESULTING IN A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0322 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A LARGE-SCALE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL PROGRESS EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/MIDWEST...WHILE AN UPSTREAM RIDGE SHIFTS FROM THE PACIFIC NW TO THE NRN ROCKIES. AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL REACH THE SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST BY EARLY SAT. ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... WEAK MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AS MODEST HEIGHT FALLS AND DIFFLUENT UPPER-LEVEL FLOW OVERSPREAD THE REGION DOWNSTREAM OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA. LATEST MODEL FORECASTS DIFFER WITH THE DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION WITH THE NAM AND ITS COMPANION HI-RES WRF-NMM MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE. GIVEN THE EXPECTATION OF RELATIVELY WEAK FORCING/MOISTENING...OVERALL TSTM PROBABILITIES SHOULD REMAIN LOW /AROUND 10 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...SHOULD ANY TSTMS DEVELOP THEY OUGHT TO BE MAINLY DRY WITH THE PRESENCE OF DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES AND FAST STORM MOTIONS. NEVERTHELESS...FUEL DRYNESS LEVELS IN THE MOIST CATEGORY /PER LATEST NWCC OUTLOOK/ WITH RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL MITIGATE THE THREAT. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO S-CNTRL VA... A CORRIDOR OF RELATIVELY LOWER PW VALUES WAS SAMPLED IN 06Z PIT/RNK/FFC RAOBS...BETWEEN AREAS OF RICHER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TC EARL AND A WRN GREAT LAKES UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH. THIS DRY AIR CORRIDOR WILL SHIFT EWD AND BE CENTERED ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WELL ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S SHOULD LEAD TO LOW RH VALUES /FROM 18 TO 25 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...WLY SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATE /AROUND 8 TO 15 MPH/ AND LIMIT A MORE SUBSTANTIAL THREAT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1151 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 031700Z - 041200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA... MODIFIED 12Z RAOBS ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS GPS TPW GUIDANCE CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF DRY AIR W-SW OF TC EARL SUPPORTIVE OF LOW AFTERNOON RH VALUES /AOB 25 PERCENT/ ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA. HOWEVER...AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS D1 FORECAST...MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE WLY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 15 MPH DURING MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...MITIGATING A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. ...NRN FL AND THE PANHANDLE... AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 90 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND DEWPOINTS MIX DOWN TO NEAR 60 F...MIN RH VALUES WILL FALL TO 35 PERCENT. HOWEVER...ALL MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 5 MPH...WHICH WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM DEVELOPING. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL AND SRN AZ... MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS AS WELL AS MODIFIED 12Z TUS RAOB INDICATE DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS OVER CNTRL AND SRN AZ THAT CAN APPROACH 100 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...SUGGESTING SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...COMBINATION OF INCREASING PWAT VALUES /RANGING FROM 0.60 INCHES OVER CNTRL AZ TO NEAR 1 INCH OVER SRN AZ/ AND SLOW FORECAST STORM MOTIONS MAY MITIGATE THAT THREAT SOMEWHAT...RESULTING IN A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0322 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A LARGE-SCALE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL PROGRESS EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/MIDWEST...WHILE AN UPSTREAM RIDGE SHIFTS FROM THE PACIFIC NW TO THE NRN ROCKIES. AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL REACH THE SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST BY EARLY SAT. ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... WEAK MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AS MODEST HEIGHT FALLS AND DIFFLUENT UPPER-LEVEL FLOW OVERSPREAD THE REGION DOWNSTREAM OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA. LATEST MODEL FORECASTS DIFFER WITH THE DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION WITH THE NAM AND ITS COMPANION HI-RES WRF-NMM MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE. GIVEN THE EXPECTATION OF RELATIVELY WEAK FORCING/MOISTENING...OVERALL TSTM PROBABILITIES SHOULD REMAIN LOW /AROUND 10 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...SHOULD ANY TSTMS DEVELOP THEY OUGHT TO BE MAINLY DRY WITH THE PRESENCE OF DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES AND FAST STORM MOTIONS. NEVERTHELESS...FUEL DRYNESS LEVELS IN THE MOIST CATEGORY /PER LATEST NWCC OUTLOOK/ WITH RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL MITIGATE THE THREAT. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO S-CNTRL VA... A CORRIDOR OF RELATIVELY LOWER PW VALUES WAS SAMPLED IN 06Z PIT/RNK/FFC RAOBS...BETWEEN AREAS OF RICHER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TC EARL AND A WRN GREAT LAKES UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH. THIS DRY AIR CORRIDOR WILL SHIFT EWD AND BE CENTERED ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WELL ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S SHOULD LEAD TO LOW RH VALUES /FROM 18 TO 25 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...WLY SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATE /AROUND 8 TO 15 MPH/ AND LIMIT A MORE SUBSTANTIAL THREAT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1151 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 031700Z - 041200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA... MODIFIED 12Z RAOBS ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS GPS TPW GUIDANCE CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF DRY AIR W-SW OF TC EARL SUPPORTIVE OF LOW AFTERNOON RH VALUES /AOB 25 PERCENT/ ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA. HOWEVER...AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS D1 FORECAST...MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE WLY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 15 MPH DURING MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...MITIGATING A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. ...NRN FL AND THE PANHANDLE... AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 90 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND DEWPOINTS MIX DOWN TO NEAR 60 F...MIN RH VALUES WILL FALL TO 35 PERCENT. HOWEVER...ALL MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 5 MPH...WHICH WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM DEVELOPING. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL AND SRN AZ... MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS AS WELL AS MODIFIED 12Z TUS RAOB INDICATE DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS OVER CNTRL AND SRN AZ THAT CAN APPROACH 100 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...SUGGESTING SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...COMBINATION OF INCREASING PWAT VALUES /RANGING FROM 0.60 INCHES OVER CNTRL AZ TO NEAR 1 INCH OVER SRN AZ/ AND SLOW FORECAST STORM MOTIONS MAY MITIGATE THAT THREAT SOMEWHAT...RESULTING IN A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0322 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A LARGE-SCALE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL PROGRESS EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/MIDWEST...WHILE AN UPSTREAM RIDGE SHIFTS FROM THE PACIFIC NW TO THE NRN ROCKIES. AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL REACH THE SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST BY EARLY SAT. ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... WEAK MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AS MODEST HEIGHT FALLS AND DIFFLUENT UPPER-LEVEL FLOW OVERSPREAD THE REGION DOWNSTREAM OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA. LATEST MODEL FORECASTS DIFFER WITH THE DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION WITH THE NAM AND ITS COMPANION HI-RES WRF-NMM MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE. GIVEN THE EXPECTATION OF RELATIVELY WEAK FORCING/MOISTENING...OVERALL TSTM PROBABILITIES SHOULD REMAIN LOW /AROUND 10 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...SHOULD ANY TSTMS DEVELOP THEY OUGHT TO BE MAINLY DRY WITH THE PRESENCE OF DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES AND FAST STORM MOTIONS. NEVERTHELESS...FUEL DRYNESS LEVELS IN THE MOIST CATEGORY /PER LATEST NWCC OUTLOOK/ WITH RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL MITIGATE THE THREAT. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO S-CNTRL VA... A CORRIDOR OF RELATIVELY LOWER PW VALUES WAS SAMPLED IN 06Z PIT/RNK/FFC RAOBS...BETWEEN AREAS OF RICHER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TC EARL AND A WRN GREAT LAKES UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH. THIS DRY AIR CORRIDOR WILL SHIFT EWD AND BE CENTERED ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WELL ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S SHOULD LEAD TO LOW RH VALUES /FROM 18 TO 25 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...WLY SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATE /AROUND 8 TO 15 MPH/ AND LIMIT A MORE SUBSTANTIAL THREAT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1151 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 031700Z - 041200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... NO CHANGES MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA... MODIFIED 12Z RAOBS ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS GPS TPW GUIDANCE CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF DRY AIR W-SW OF TC EARL SUPPORTIVE OF LOW AFTERNOON RH VALUES /AOB 25 PERCENT/ ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO CNTRL VA. HOWEVER...AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS D1 FORECAST...MODEL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO INDICATE WLY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 15 MPH DURING MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...MITIGATING A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. ...NRN FL AND THE PANHANDLE... AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 90 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND DEWPOINTS MIX DOWN TO NEAR 60 F...MIN RH VALUES WILL FALL TO 35 PERCENT. HOWEVER...ALL MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AOB 5 MPH...WHICH WILL PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM DEVELOPING. ...PORTIONS OF CNTRL AND SRN AZ... MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS AS WELL AS MODIFIED 12Z TUS RAOB INDICATE DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS OVER CNTRL AND SRN AZ THAT CAN APPROACH 100 F DURING THE AFTERNOON...SUGGESTING SOME POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...COMBINATION OF INCREASING PWAT VALUES /RANGING FROM 0.60 INCHES OVER CNTRL AZ TO NEAR 1 INCH OVER SRN AZ/ AND SLOW FORECAST STORM MOTIONS MAY MITIGATE THAT THREAT SOMEWHAT...RESULTING IN A MIXTURE OF WET AND DRY STORMS. ..GARNER.. 09/03/2010 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0322 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010/ ...SYNOPSIS... A LARGE-SCALE UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL PROGRESS EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES/MIDWEST...WHILE AN UPSTREAM RIDGE SHIFTS FROM THE PACIFIC NW TO THE NRN ROCKIES. AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL REACH THE SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST BY EARLY SAT. ...N-CNTRL/NERN ORE...SERN WA... WEAK MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING AS MODEST HEIGHT FALLS AND DIFFLUENT UPPER-LEVEL FLOW OVERSPREAD THE REGION DOWNSTREAM OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHING SRN BRITISH COLUMBIA. LATEST MODEL FORECASTS DIFFER WITH THE DEGREE OF DESTABILIZATION WITH THE NAM AND ITS COMPANION HI-RES WRF-NMM MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN OTHER DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE. GIVEN THE EXPECTATION OF RELATIVELY WEAK FORCING/MOISTENING...OVERALL TSTM PROBABILITIES SHOULD REMAIN LOW /AROUND 10 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...SHOULD ANY TSTMS DEVELOP THEY OUGHT TO BE MAINLY DRY WITH THE PRESENCE OF DEEP INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES AND FAST STORM MOTIONS. NEVERTHELESS...FUEL DRYNESS LEVELS IN THE MOIST CATEGORY /PER LATEST NWCC OUTLOOK/ WITH RECENT ABOVE-NORMAL RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL MITIGATE THE THREAT. ...PIEDMONT OF THE CAROLINAS INTO S-CNTRL VA... A CORRIDOR OF RELATIVELY LOWER PW VALUES WAS SAMPLED IN 06Z PIT/RNK/FFC RAOBS...BETWEEN AREAS OF RICHER MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH TC EARL AND A WRN GREAT LAKES UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH. THIS DRY AIR CORRIDOR WILL SHIFT EWD AND BE CENTERED ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WELL ABOVE-NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S SHOULD LEAD TO LOW RH VALUES /FROM 18 TO 25 PERCENT/. HOWEVER...WLY SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN MODERATE /AROUND 8 TO 15 MPH/ AND LIMIT A MORE SUBSTANTIAL THREAT. ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... Read more
SPC Sep 3, 2010 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
SPC 1730Z Day 2 Outlook
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1134 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 041200Z - 051200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SYNOPSIS... A LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL PIVOT OUT OF THE OH VALLEY AND INTO THE NERN STATES WHICH WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT WELL OFFSHORE INTO THE WRN ATLANTIC. THIS FRONT WILL TRAIL SWWD INTO NRN FL/SRN GA WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE S OF THE BOUNDARY WITH MINIMAL INSTABILITY. TO THE W...AN UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING FROM UT INTO ERN MT WILL FLATTEN AS A TROUGH SINKS SWD OUT OF WRN CANADA. WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT ALONG WITH HEIGHT FALLS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE OVER CNTRL AND WRN MT. ...MT... SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON ACROSS WRN MT ALONG A COLD FRONT. STEEP LOW TO MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL EXIST DUE TO STRONG HEATING AND COOLING ALOFT. GIVEN 40-60 KT MID TO UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND INVERTED-V PROFILES...SOME STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS BEFORE CIN INCREASES AFTER SUNSET. ..JEWELL.. 09/03/2010 Read more
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1134 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 041200Z - 051200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SYNOPSIS... A LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL PIVOT OUT OF THE OH VALLEY AND INTO THE NERN STATES WHICH WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT WELL OFFSHORE INTO THE WRN ATLANTIC. THIS FRONT WILL TRAIL SWWD INTO NRN FL/SRN GA WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE S OF THE BOUNDARY WITH MINIMAL INSTABILITY. TO THE W...AN UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING FROM UT INTO ERN MT WILL FLATTEN AS A TROUGH SINKS SWD OUT OF WRN CANADA. WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT ALONG WITH HEIGHT FALLS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE OVER CNTRL AND WRN MT. ...MT... SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON ACROSS WRN MT ALONG A COLD FRONT. STEEP LOW TO MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL EXIST DUE TO STRONG HEATING AND COOLING ALOFT. GIVEN 40-60 KT MID TO UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND INVERTED-V PROFILES...SOME STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS BEFORE CIN INCREASES AFTER SUNSET. ..JEWELL.. 09/03/2010 Read more
SPC Sep 3, 2010 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
SPC 1730Z Day 2 Outlook
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1134 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 041200Z - 051200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SYNOPSIS... A LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL PIVOT OUT OF THE OH VALLEY AND INTO THE NERN STATES WHICH WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT WELL OFFSHORE INTO THE WRN ATLANTIC. THIS FRONT WILL TRAIL SWWD INTO NRN FL/SRN GA WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE S OF THE BOUNDARY WITH MINIMAL INSTABILITY. TO THE W...AN UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING FROM UT INTO ERN MT WILL FLATTEN AS A TROUGH SINKS SWD OUT OF WRN CANADA. WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT ALONG WITH HEIGHT FALLS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE OVER CNTRL AND WRN MT. ...MT... SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON ACROSS WRN MT ALONG A COLD FRONT. STEEP LOW TO MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL EXIST DUE TO STRONG HEATING AND COOLING ALOFT. GIVEN 40-60 KT MID TO UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND INVERTED-V PROFILES...SOME STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS BEFORE CIN INCREASES AFTER SUNSET. ..JEWELL.. 09/03/2010 Read more
DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1134 AM CDT FRI SEP 03 2010 VALID 041200Z - 051200Z ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST... ...SYNOPSIS... A LARGE UPPER TROUGH WILL PIVOT OUT OF THE OH VALLEY AND INTO THE NERN STATES WHICH WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT WELL OFFSHORE INTO THE WRN ATLANTIC. THIS FRONT WILL TRAIL SWWD INTO NRN FL/SRN GA WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE S OF THE BOUNDARY WITH MINIMAL INSTABILITY. TO THE W...AN UPPER RIDGE EXTENDING FROM UT INTO ERN MT WILL FLATTEN AS A TROUGH SINKS SWD OUT OF WRN CANADA. WEAK SURFACE CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT ALONG WITH HEIGHT FALLS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE OVER CNTRL AND WRN MT. ...MT... SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON ACROSS WRN MT ALONG A COLD FRONT. STEEP LOW TO MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL EXIST DUE TO STRONG HEATING AND COOLING ALOFT. GIVEN 40-60 KT MID TO UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND INVERTED-V PROFILES...SOME STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF STRONG TO SEVERE WIND GUSTS BEFORE CIN INCREASES AFTER SUNSET. ..JEWELL.. 09/03/2010 Read more
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