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FNUS21 KWNS 201650
FWDDY1
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1150 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025
VALID 201700Z - 211200Z
..NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
RECENT PRECIPITATION IN ADDITION TO COOL TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER
RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAVE MITIGATED THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THE
RED RIVER VALLEY OF THE NORTH. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
INCLUDING EAST WINDS OF 15-25 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AS LOW AS 20
PERCENT ARE STILL EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA WHERE FUELS
REMAIN MARGINALLY DRY/RECEPTIVE TO SPREAD.
..WILLIAMS.. 05/20/2025
PREV DISCUSSION
/ISSUED 0140 AM CDT TUE MAY 20 2025/
..SYNOPSIS
A MIDLEVEL LOW WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHWARD ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN PLAINS, WHILE AN ACCOMPANYING SURFACE LOW ADVANCES EASTWARD
FROM THE MID MS VALLEY INTO THE OH VALLEY THROUGH THE PERIOD. NORTH
OF THE SURFACE LOW, A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL FAVOR
BREEZY/GUSTY EASTERLY SURFACE WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF THE UPPER MS
VALLEY. OVER NORTHERN MN, THESE BREEZY/GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL
COMBINE WITH AROUND 25 PERCENT AFTERNOON RH, AND GIVEN MODESTLY
RECEPTIVE FUELS, ELEVATED FIRE-WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SURFACE LOW, LOCALLY DRY/BREEZY POST-FRONTAL
CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.
WHILE LOCALLY ELEVATED FIRE-WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE, A
LIMITED SPATIAL OVERLAP OF THE BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RH ATOP
RECEPTIVE FUELS SHOULD GENERALLY LIMIT THE FIRE-WEATHER RISK.
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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