Thursday, October 8, 2015

FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK

 DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1127 AM CDT THU OCT 08 2015

   VALID 081700Z - 091200Z

   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...

   NO CHANGES TO THE ONGOING FORECAST ARE NECESSARY. GUIDANCE AND
   CURRENT OBSERVATIONS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST THE LAX-TPH GRADIENT SHOULD
   STRENGTHEN TO AROUND -8 MB BY THE END OF THE PERIOD.
   NONETHELESS...THE RELATIVELY LOCALIZED NATURE OF THE OVERLAP BETWEEN
   GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES /PRIMARILY CONFINED TO FAVORED CANYONS
   AND PASSES/ PRECLUDES THE INTRODUCTION OF AN ELEVATED DESIGNATION.

   ..PICCA.. 10/08/2015

   .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0327 AM CDT THU OCT 08 2015/

   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER LOW CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER FAR NRN MEXICO WILL SHIFT SWD
   THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHILE RIDGING BUILDS ACROSS THE INTERIOR PACIFIC
   NW...WRN GREAT BASIN...AND CA. FARTHER E...SHORTWAVE TROUGH
   CURRENTLY MOVING INTO NRN MN WILL CONTINUE EWD THROUGH THE GREAT
   LAKES REGION WHILE ANOTHER WEAKER SHORTWAVE TROUGH DROPS SEWD FROM
   MT INTO THE CNTRL PLAINS. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRECEDING THE NRN MN
   SHORTWAVE WILL TAKE A SIMILAR PATH ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WHILE AN
   ATTENDANT COLD FRONT DROPS THROUGH THE CNTRL PLAINS AND MID MS
   VALLEY. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN
   ACROSS THE NRN/CNTRL PLAINS...UPPER MS VALLEY...AND GREAT BASIN.

   ...SRN CA...
   OFFSHORE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE
   PERIOD WITH THE LAX-TPH GRADIENT AROUND -8 MB BY 12Z/FRI. RESULTING
   GUSTY WINDS AND POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERY WILL LIKELY PROMOTE SOME
   LOCALLY ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE FAVORED
   PASSES AND CANYONS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA
   BARBARA COUNTIES. LOCALIZED NATURE OF THE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
   CURRENTLY PRECLUDES THE NEED FOR ANY OUTLOOK AREAS. IF CONFIDENCE IN
   A LARGER SPATIAL EXTENT OF THESE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
   INCREASES...AN ELEVATED AREA MAY BE NEEDED.

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

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fire_wx/fwdy1.html

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