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FNUS21 KWNS 301637
FWDDY1
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1036 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2025
VALID 301700Z - 311200Z
..WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST TEXAS
LEE SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL
INITIATE A SWATH OF MODEST SOUTHWEST FLOW OF UP TO 15 MPH ACROSS
EASTERN TX TO THE LOWER MO RIVER VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY
RISE INTO THE 50S TO NEAR 60 ACROSS WESTERN OK/NORTHWESTERN TX UNDER
CLEAR SKIES. ALTHOUGH WINDS BE MARGINAL IN TERMS OF SPEED, CURRENT
SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TEENS TO BELOW 10F IN SOME AREAS IN
WESTERN OK (SUPPORTING 15-25% AFTERNOON RH), LONGER TERM RAINFALL
DEFICITS AMID EXPANDING DROUGHT, ALONG WITH DRY FUELS AND ABOVE
NORMAL FUEL LOADING ACROSS THIS REGION WILL ENHANCE FIRE DANGER THIS
AFTERNOON. ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE CURRENT ELEVATED HIGHLIGHTS
WERE NEEDED.
..SOUTHEAST AND FLORIDA
AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT REMAINS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND FL
AMID A DRY, POST FRONTAL REGIME. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10-15 MPH
ALIGNED WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE 25-35% RANGE SHOULD
ALLOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS OF ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
PRIMARILY ACROSS GA AND FL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WARMER
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S ACROSS SOUTHERN FL COULD SUPPORT RELATIVE
HUMIDITY CLOSER TO 20% THIS AFTERNOON WITH DRY, PARALLEL PENINSULAR
FLOW IN PLACE. THUS, ELEVATED HIGHLIGHTS WERE MAINTAINED ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST AND FL TODAY.
..WILLIAMS.. 12/30/2025
PREV DISCUSSION
/ISSUED 1247 AM CST TUE DEC 30 2025/
..SYNOPSIS
A BROAD MID-LEVEL TROUGH WILL PREVAIL ALONG THE EAST COAST, WITH
BROAD NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE
CENTRAL U.S. TODAY. EMBEDDED MID-LEVEL IMPULSES PIVOTING AROUND THE
UPPER TROUGH WILL ENCOURAGE MULTIPLE SOUTHEASTWARD SURGES OF SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, WITH LEE TROUGHING
EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. MODEST DOWNSLOPE FLOW ALONG THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL PROMOTE LOW-END ELEVATED
CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWESTERN TEXAS, WHERE
LOCALIZED WILDFIRE SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE GIVEN DRY FUELS. OFFSHORE
FLOW DUE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SURGES WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT DRY, OCCASIONALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST INTO THE FL PENINSULA, WHERE LOW-END
ELEVATED HIGHLIGHTS REMAIN IN PLACE.
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