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FNUS22 KWNS 090659
FWDDY2
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0158 AM CDT FRI MAY 09 2025
VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
..NO CRITICAL AREAS
..SYNOPSIS
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT INTO THE PLAINS ON SATURDAY, AS A COMPACT
SHORTWAVE TROUGH EXITS THE NORTHEAST. BENEATH THE BUILDING RIDGE, AN
UPPER LOW WILL MEANDER ABOUT THE SOUTHEASTERN US AS THE MID-LEVEL
FLOW PATTERN REMAINS BLOCKED. TROUGHING WILL SLOWLY DEEPEN OVER THE
EASTERN PACIFIC AMPLIFYING THE UPPER-LEVEL PATTERN.
..NORTHERN PLAINS
DESPITE THE RELATIVELY STAGNANT UPPER AIR PATTERN STRONG FLOW ALOFT
WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OVER THE RIDGE ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE
NORTHERN US. THIS WILL SUPPORT SLOW DEEPENING OF A LEE TROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LOW-LEVEL WINDS WILL VEER TO SOUTHERLY AND
STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS DEVELOP.
WHILE WIDESPREAD CRITICAL RH AND WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED, A FEW HOURS
OF SOUTHERLY GUSTS OF 15-20 MPH AND RH BELOW 35% ARE POSSIBLE. THIS
APPEARS MOST LIKELY OVER PARTS OF THE DAKOTAS AND WESTERN MN. AS
FUELS CONTINUE TO DRY, LOCALLY ELEVATED FIRE-WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY
DEVELOP. HOWEVER, THE LACK OF STRONGER WINDS AND OVERLAP WITH THE
DRIEST FUELS SHOULD PREVENT MORE WIDESPREAD CONCERNS FOR SATURDAY.
..LYONS.. 05/09/2025
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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