030  
FNUS21 KWNS 081649  
FWDDY1  
 
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1148 AM CDT THU MAY 08 2025  
 
VALID 081700Z - 091200Z  
 
THE ELEVATED AREA WAS EXPANDED BASED ON THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND  
HIGH-RESOLUTION ENSEMBLE FORECAST GUIDANCE. RH HAS ALREADY DROPPED  
TO 15-30% IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA WITH WIND GUSTS OF 15-30 MPH. IN  
WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA, RH IS GENERALLY 25-35% WITH SUSTAINED  
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15-25 MPH GUSTING 25-35 MPH. WITH DAYTIME  
HEATING AND THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT, ELEVATED TO LOCALLY CRITICAL  
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO  
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.  
 
AN ISODRYT AREA WAS ADDED AS WELL IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THERE IS  
A 10-30% CHANCE OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED HIGH-BASED SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO  
THE EVENING ALONG/AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT, WITH THE AREA  
ALONG THE PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH LIKELY A GENESIS ZONE. PRECIPITABLE  
WATER VALUES OF 0.5-0.8", STORM MOTIONS OF 10-25 MPH, AND CLOUD  
BASES OF ~3KM AGL WILL HELP LIMIT WETTING RAINFALL, ALTHOUGH SOME  
TRAINING COULD BE POSSIBLE BEFORE WINDS ALOFT TURN MORE WESTERLY.  
GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.  
 
..NAUSLAR.. 05/08/2025  
   
PREV DISCUSSION  
/ISSUED 1250 AM CDT THU MAY 08 2025/  
   
..SYNOPSIS  
 
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS  
PORTIONS OF WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. 05 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A  
SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING IN THE LEE OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES, WHICH  
WILL TRACK TO THE EAST THROUGH THE DAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE FORECAST  
TO INCREASE TO 15-20 MPH ACROSS ND AHEAD OF A SOUTHEASTWARD MOVING  
COLD FRONT OUT OF MT AND SASKATCHEWAN. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TO  
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THIS BOUNDARY  
BY EARLY EVENING, THERE SHOULD BE A 3-4 HOUR WIND DURING THE  
AFTERNOON WITH WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW/MID 80S, RH VALUES IN  
THE LOW 20S, AND BREEZY CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH SPRING GREEN UP IS  
UNDERWAY, DEAD GRASSES REMAIN ACROSS THE FUEL LANDSCAPE AND ARE  
SUFFICIENTLY DRY TO CARRY LARGE FIRES (AS EVIDENCED BY A COUPLE OF  
LARGE FIRES IN RECENT DAYS ACROSS WESTERN ND). SIMILAR WIND/RH  
CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP ALONG THE MT/CANADIAN BORDER WITHIN THE  
POST-FRONTAL REGIME, BUT WETTING RAINFALL OVER THE PAST THREE DAYS  
HAS LIKELY MITIGATED FUEL STATUS FOR THE TIME BEING. ELSEWHERE  
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WIDESPREAD RAIN CHANCES AND WEAK GRADIENT WINDS  
WILL LIMIT ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.  
   
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT  
 
 
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