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FNUS22 KWNS 250609
FWDDY2
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0108 AM CDT THU JUN 25 2026
VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR CENTRAL UTAH INTO
NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEVADA...
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF UTAH
EASTERN
NEVADA...NORTHERN ARIZONA...SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING...AND FAR WESTERN
COLORADO...
..SYNOPSIS
A ROBUST FIRE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED ACROSS AN EXPANSIVE
PORTION OF THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST STARTING ON DAY 2/FRIDAY AND
CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PRECEDING DRY THUNDERSTORMS ON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY EXCEPTIONALLY DRY AND
WINDY CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS FOR
ANY NEW IGNITIONS, LIGHTNING HOLDOVERS, AND ONGOING LARGE FIRES
ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS.
A SEASONALLY ABNORMAL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED MID-LEVEL JET WILL MOVE
OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON DAY 2/FRIDAY, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS FOR THE GREAT BASIN AND MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST. THE
LATEST FORECAST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A CORRIDOR OF STRONG SOUTHWEST
WINDS BEGINNING DAY 2/FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN AZ THROUGH
SOUTHWEST WY. AT THE SURFACE, SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25-35 MPH ARE
LIKELY TO DEVELOP AMID VERY DRY RHS OF 5-15% OVER THE CORRIDOR OF
HIGHEST CONCERN. ACCORDINGLY, AN AREA OF EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER RISK WAS INTRODUCED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
UT, NORTHWEST AZ, AND FAR SOUTHEAST NEVADA. OVER THE SURROUNDING
AREAS OF THOSE STATES AS WELL AS FAR WESTERN CO, SOUTHWESTERN WY,
FAR WESTERN NM, AND SOUTHEAST CA, WHERE WINDS ARE SLIGHTLY LESS
INTENSE, A CRITICAL TO ELEVATED WIND/RH RISK AREA WILL ALSO EXIST.
SEVERAL DAYS OF POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AND RESIDUAL
GUSTY WINDS WILL FURTHER INTENSIFY THE FIRE ENVIRONMENT.
..STEARNS.. 06/25/2026
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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