850
FNUS21 KWNS 211632
FWDDY1
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1032 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2025
VALID 211700Z - 221200Z
..NO CRITICAL AREAS
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TRANSLATING EASTWARD INTO THE OH RIVER VALLEY
ALONG WITH A DEEPENING SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
WILL INITIATE RETURN SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. ALTHOUGH THE LANDSCAPE REMAINS DRY, THE CONSIDERABLY COOLER,
POST-FRONTAL AIR MASS HAS TEMPORARILY MODERATED FUELS ACROSS MUCH OF
THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. IN ADDITION, LIMITED AFTERNOON RH
REDUCTIONS ACROSS THE REGION WILL MITIGATE THE OVERALL FIRE WEATHER
THREAT AMID SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 10-15 MPH.
..WILLIAMS.. 12/21/2025
PREV DISCUSSION
/ISSUED 0131 AM CST SUN DEC 21 2025/
..SYNOPSIS
UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER THE CONUS, RESULTING IN SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE OVERSPREADING THE EASTERN CONUS AS A SURFACE TROUGH BECOMES
ESTABLISHED OVER THE PLAINS TODAY. RELATIVELY COOL AND/OR MOIST
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER MOST LOCALES EAST OF THE ROCKIES,
LIMITING THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT WILDFIRE SPREAD.
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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