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FNUS21 KWNS 270621
FWDDY1
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0120 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2026
VALID 271200Z - 281200Z
..CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA
THE
EASTERN TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...AND FAR SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS...
..SYNOPSIS
UPPER-LEVEL RIDGING CENTERED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY AS A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEAST. AT THE SURFACE,
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE NORTHERN
GREAT PLAINS INTO THE MIDWEST WHILE A COLD FRONT PROGRESSES
SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS AND SOUTHEAST.
...EASTERN TX/OK PANHANDLES INTO WESTERN OK AND FAR SOUTH-CENTRAL
KS...
BROAD NORTH-NORTHEASTERLY POST-FRONTAL FLOW AMID A DRY AIR MASS WILL
ENCOMPASS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS TODAY. WHILE
THE LATEST GUIDANCE INDICATES RH VALUES WILL REMAIN MORE MARGINAL
(20-25%), RECEPTIVE FUELS, SUSTAINED NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDS OF
20-25 MPH, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS OF 30-40 MPH
(LOCALLY HIGHER) SHOULD SUPPORT A PERIOD OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS FROM THE EASTERN TX/OK PANHANDLES INTO FAR SOUTH-CENTRAL
KANSAS.
FARTHER NORTHEAST, MINIMUM RH VALUES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM
20-30% ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL/EASTERN KANSAS NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN
NEBRASKA, SOUTHWESTERN IOWA, AND NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI. COUPLED WITH
RECEPTIVE FUELS AND SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS OF 15-20 MPH, ELEVATED
TO LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON, WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING ACROSS AREAS THAT SAW
APPRECIABLE RAINFALL THURSDAY EVENING.
..EASTERN ARIZONA INTO SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO
A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL PROGRESS SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST TODAY. DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE
FORECAST IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT, WITH THE LATEST GUIDANCE
DEPICTING A CORRIDOR OF 15-25 MPH SUSTAINED SOUTHEASTERLY SURFACE
WINDS OVERLAPPING LOW RH AROUND 20%. THESE CONDITIONS ATOP RECEPTIVE
FUELS ARE EXPECTED TO PROMOTE A FEW HOURS OF ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON, PARTICULARLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE WHITE
MOUNTAINS AND GILA REGION.
..CHALMERS.. 03/27/2026
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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