860  
FNUS21 KWNS 111505  
FWDDY1  
 
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK  
1005 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2025  
 
VALID 111700Z - 121200Z  
 
MINOR MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO BOTH ELEVATED AREAS BASED ON THE  
LATEST OBSERVATIONS AND HIGH-RESOLUTION FORECAST GUIDANCE. LOCALLY  
ELEVATED CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE  
TRANSVERSE RANGES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH  
OVERNIGHT DUE TO GUSTY NORTHERLY/OFFSHORE WINDS AND LOWERING RH.  
OTHERWISE THE FORECAST REMAINS GENERALLY ON TRACK, AND PLEASE SEE  
THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOR MORE DETAILS.  
 
..NAUSLAR.. 10/11/2025  
   
PREV DISCUSSION  
/ISSUED 0210 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2025/  
   
..SYNOPSIS  
 
AN AMPLIFIED LARGE-SCALE TROUGH WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE  
WESTERN CONUS, RESULTING IN A DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER THE  
NORTHERN PLAINS AND LEE TROUGHING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE REMAINDER OF  
THE HIGH PLAINS. IN RESPONSE, SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL  
STRENGTHEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE PLAINS.  
   
..EASTERN DAKOTAS AND RED RIVER VALLEY  
 
ALONG THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE RETURNING BOUNDARY-LAYER MOISTURE,  
AROUND 20 MPH SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL OVERLAP 25-35  
PERCENT RH DURING THE AFTERNOON. GIVEN DRY ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS,  
ELEVATED FIRE-WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE.  
   
..SOUTHERN PLAINS  
 
WHILE SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL BE STRONGER CLOSER TO THE LEE  
TROUGHING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS, AT LEAST 15 MPH SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY  
SURFACE WINDS COMBINED WITH 25-35 PERCENT RH ATOP DRY VEGETATION  
WILL FAVOR LOCALLY ELEVATED FIRE-WEATHER CONCERNS ACROSS PARTS OF  
NORTHWEST TX INTO SOUTHWEST OK DURING THE AFTERNOON.  
   
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT  
 
 
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