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FNUS21 KWNS 281650
FWDDY1
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1050 AM CST SUN DEC 28 2025
VALID 281700Z - 291200Z
THE ONGOING FORECAST AND METEOROLOGICAL REASONING REMAINS LARGELY ON
TRACK. THE BIGGEST CHANGE WAS TRIM AREAS ALONG THE NORTHWEST AND
NORTH-CENTRAL OF THE ELEVATED WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN
INTO THE 30S, WHICH WILL TEMPER MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY ACROSS
THESE AREAS. ELSEWHERE, STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN
THE 20-30% RANGE WILL SUPPORT ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
..MARSH.. 12/28/2025
PREV DISCUSSION
/ISSUED 1254 AM CST SUN DEC 28 2025/
..SYNOPSIS
A PRONOUNCED MID-LEVEL TROUGH WILL TRAVERSE THE CENTRAL U.S. TODAY,
SUPPORTING THE EASTWARD ADVANCEMENT OF A SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS THE MS VALLEY DURING THE DAY. STRONG
NORTHWESTERLY SURFACE FLOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE PLAINS STATES,
RESULTING IN COOLER TEMPERATURES BUT DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS.
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, BEHIND THE COLD FRONT, 25+
MPH SUSTAINED NORTHWESTERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL PREVAIL FOR SEVERAL
HOURS ATOP DRY FUELS. DESPITE 25-35 PERCENT RH, THE AFOREMENTIONED
COMBINATION OF MODESTLY DRY FUELS, AND STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS, WILL
YIELD HIGH-END ELEVATED CONDITIONS FOR WESTERN AND NORTHERN TEXAS
INTO OKLAHOMA DURING THE 18Z-00Z (NOON TO 6 PM CST) TIME FRAME.
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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