134
FNUS22 KWNS 291917
FWDDY2
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0216 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2026
VALID 301200Z - 311200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
WYOMING...
..UPPER COLORADO RIVER PLATEAU
WYOMING AND CENTRAL/NORTHERN HIGH
PLAINS...
A WESTERLY FLOW REGIME ASSOCIATED WITH A DEAMPLIFYING RIDGE WILL
CONTINUE INTO D2/MONDAY ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WHILE LEE
SURFACE TROUGHING EVOLVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GREAT
PLAINS. A CONCENTRATED CORRIDOR OF 20-25 MPH WINDS AND RH BETWEEN
15-20% WILL SUPPORT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN WY. DOWNSLOPE FLOW OF 10-15 MPH (LOCALLY 20 MPH) ACROSS
THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS
10% ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN CO, SOUTHWESTERN KS AND THE OK/TX PANHANDLES
WILL SUPPORT ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A SLIGHT EXPANSION OF
THE EASTERN EXTENT OF THE EXISTING ELEVATED HIGHLIGHTS WAS MADE
GIVEN LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE.
..EASTERN ARIZONA AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO
A SUBTLE MID-LEVEL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER
BASIN D2/MONDAY. MID-LEVEL MOISTURE, DAYTIME INSTABILITY AND
APPROACH OF THE MID-LEVEL PERTURBATION WILL PROMOTE ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN AZ AND WESTERN NM. A DRY, WELL MIXED
BOUNDARY LAYER WILL LIMIT PRECIPITATION AND INCREASE IGNITION
POTENTIAL. THE ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORM THREAT WAS EXPANDED
SOUTHWARD BASED ON LATEST FORECAST GUIDANCE.
..WILLIAMS.. 03/29/2026
PREV DISCUSSION
/ISSUED 0208 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2026/
..SYNOPSIS
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE CONUS TOMORROW (MONDAY). AN
EMBEDDED IMPULSE WILL TRAVERSE THE NORTHERN ROCKIES, SUPPORTING THE
DEVELOPMENT AND EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF A SURFACE LOW OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. THE COMBINATION OF GRADIENT AND DRY DOWNSLOPE FLOW
ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE HIGH PLAINS WILL YIELD ELEVATED
CONDITIONS BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. AT LEAST 15 MPH SUSTAINED WESTERLY
SURFACE WINDS WILL COINCIDE WITH 15-20 PERCENT RH FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
WIND WILL BE REGIONALLY STRONGER ACROSS MUCH OF WYOMING (I.E. 25 MPH
IN SEVERAL LOCALES), SUGGESTING THE NEED FOR CRITICAL HIGHLIGHTS.
ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL ARIZONA INTO FAR WESTERN NEW MEXICO, WHERE THE APPROACH OF A
MID-LEVEL IMPULSE WILL SUPPORT HIGH-BASED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
ATOP A MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER AND DRY FUELS.
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page