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FNUS21 KWNS 231641
FWDDY1
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1140 AM CDT WED SEP 23 2026
VALID 231700Z - 241200Z
..NO CRITICAL AREAS
NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE ONGOING FORECAST. A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE
TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY AMID A VERY
MOIST AIRMASS, PROVIDING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE LAND OF
ENCHANTMENT INTO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND THE OK/TX PANHANDLES.
MEANWHILE, SOUTHEASTERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW AND SUBSEQUENT MOISTURE
ADVECTION WILL PROMOTE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA
THIS AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE STATE, SPOTTY 48-HOUR ACCUMULATING
PRECIPITATION AND ADDITIONAL RAIN CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON WILL ONLY
PROVIDE TEMPORARY RELIEF TO THE DROUGHT STRESSED FUELSCAPE. PLEASE
SEE THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOR MORE INFORMATION.
..ELIZALDE-GARCIA.. 09/23/2026
PREV DISCUSSION
/ISSUED 1158 PM CDT TUE SEP 22 2026/
..SYNOPSIS
MINIMAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CONUS. AN
UPPER-LEVEL WAVE MOVING INTO THE DAKOTAS AND RELATED DEEPENING
SURFACE TROUGH IN THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL PROMOTE
SOUTHERLY WINDS AS HIGH AS 20 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE GREAT PLAINS
THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MARGINAL FUELS
ACROSS THE REGION WILL LIMIT OVERALL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. DRY
CONDITIONS (INCLUDING RH AS LOW AS 15%) WILL REMAIN ACROSS INTERIOR
CA AND GREAT BASIN TODAY, ALTHOUGH THE DEPARTING UPPER WAVE AND LACK
OF NOTABLE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT FEATURES SHOULD REDUCE THE FIRE
WEATHER RISK ACROSS THIS REGION.
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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