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FNUS21 KWNS 231626
FWDDY1
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1025 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2025
VALID 231700Z - 241200Z
..NO CRITICAL AREAS
NO CHANGES TO THE DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK WITH MINIMAL FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS ACROSS CONUS. UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL
U.S., EXTENDING WELL INTO SOUTHWESTERN CANADIAN PROVINCES, WILL
CONTINUE TO PROMOTE WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF
THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN U.S. INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST. DRY
CONDITIONS REMAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING INTO THE 15-20% RANGE EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON AMID MODERATELY DRY FUELS. HOWEVER, WEAK WIND FIELDS
WITHIN DIFFUSE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD
MITIGATE A BROADER FIRE WEATHER CONCERN. DRY, DOWNSLOPE FLOW ALONG
THE CO FRONT RANGE AND LEEWARD SIDES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS UNDER MODEST WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, A LACK OF MORE INTENSE SURFACE LEE TROUGHING
SHOULD LIMIT A LARGER SCALE WIND EVENT.
..WILLIAMS.. 12/23/2025
PREV DISCUSSION
/ISSUED 0118 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2025/
..SYNOPSIS
UPPER RIDGING WILL REMAIN IN PLACE EAST OF THE ROCKIES WHILE A
HIGHLY AMPLIFIED MID-LEVEL TROUGH IMPINGES ON THE WEST COAST TODAY.
SURFACE LEE TROUGHING WILL ENCOURAGE MOISTURE RETURN ACROSS THE
PLAINS STATES, WITH RELATIVELY DRIER AIR MEANDERING ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE LEE OF THE ROCKIES. SURFACE WINDS ALONG THE SOUTHERN INTO
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK ON A LARGE-SCALE BASIS
THOUGH, WITH WILDFIRE-SPREAD CONCERNS REMAINING LOCALIZED AT BEST.
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