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FNUS22 KWNS 221947
FWDDY2
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0146 PM CST MON DEC 22 2025
VALID 231200Z - 241200Z
..NO CRITICAL AREAS
AN AMPLIFYING MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. AND A
DEEPENING TROUGH HEADING INTO THE WEST COAST WILL MAINTAIN BROAD
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE WESTERN U.S. HOWEVER, SOMEWHAT WEAKER
MID-LEVEL WINDS COUPLED WITH LOWER MAGNITUDE LEE TROUGHING IN THE
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL LIMIT DEVELOPMENT OF A BROADER DOWNSLOPE
WIND EVENT ALONG THE WIND-PRONE AREAS OF THE CO ROCKIES. LOCALIZED
ACCELERATIONS OF WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN FAVORABLE TERRAIN GAPS,
BUT WIDESPREAD ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS APPEAR TO REMAIN
LOW. ADDITIONAL UPPER-LEVEL CLOUD COVER STREAMING AHEAD OF THE
TROUGH ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. WILL ALSO INHIBIT OPTIMAL BOUNDARY
LAYER MIXING AND STRONGER SURFACE WIND POTENTIAL. FARTHER SOUTH,
VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND ANOMALOUSLY WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND
LOWER 80S WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS BUT
LIGHTER WINDS SHOULD MITIGATE THE OVERALL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
..WILLIAMS.. 12/22/2025
PREV DISCUSSION
/ISSUED 1246 AM CST MON DEC 22 2025/
..SYNOPSIS
UPPER RIDGING WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S. AS A
MID-LEVEL TROUGH IMPINGES ON THE WEST COAST TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
SURFACE LEE TROUGHING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL U.S., WITH
GRADUAL MOISTURE RETURN FROM THE GULF EXPECTED. A DRY LOW-LEVEL
AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO LINGER ALONG THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS. HOWEVER, SURFACE WIND FIELDS OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF
THE PLAINS WILL BE WEAKER COMPARED TO DAY 1, WITH NO FIRE WEATHER
HIGHLIGHTS INTRODUCED FOR THIS OUTLOOK.
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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