919
FNUS21 KWNS 260836
FWDDY1
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0235 AM CST THU NOV 26 2009
VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN CA W OF COASTAL RANGE
..SYNOPSIS
A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE IN PLACE OVER THE SWRN U.S. DUE
TO HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND CNTRL
ROCKIES...RESULTING IN STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS THIS MORNING OVER SRN
CA WITH CONTINUED LOW RH. DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST INTO THE PLAINS
STATES WITH LIGHT WINDS AND WEAK HIGH PRESSURE. FARTHER E...A LARGE
UPPER TROUGH WILL RESULT IN RELATIVELY COOL CONDITIONS E OF THE MS
RIVER...WITH MODERATELY LOW RH FOR THE GULF COAST REGION AND THE FL
PANHANDLE.
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN CA W OF COASTAL RANGE
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS EARLY AND LOW RH
STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE ONGOING THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY THROUGH
PASSES AND CANYONS. RH WILL DROP FURTHER INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
LATER TODAY...BUT WINDS WILL BE ON THE WANE AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
DECREASES. THIS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS
DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY W OF THE COASTAL RANGE. RH RECOVERY
OVERNIGHT INTO FRI WILL BE RATHER POOR...AND WITH MUCH LIGHTER
WINDS.
..GULF COAST STATES INTO NRN FL
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE W BEHIND THE UPPER TROUGH. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 50S AND 60S...RESULTING IN MIN RH
READINGS INTO THE 30 PERCENT RANGE AS FAR S AS NRN FL. IN
ADDITION...NWLY WINDS OF 10-15 MPH WILL BE COMMON.
..JEWELL.. 11/26/2009
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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