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FNUS21 KWNS 260652
FWDDY1
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0151 AM CDT FRI APR 26 2024
VALID 261200Z - 271200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND SOUTHERN
NEW MEXICO...
..SYNOPSIS
ON THE BACKSIDE OF A DEPARTING MID-LEVEL LOW, ENHANCED
WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
INTO PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS TODAY. GIVEN A DRY AIR
MASS IN PLACE POST-DRYLINE, CRITICAL FIRE-WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE
FAVORED ACROSS THIS REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON.
..SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS
DEEP BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING OF STRONG FLOW ALOFT AND TIGHT SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENTS WILL YIELD SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20-25 MPH
OVERLAPPING RELATIVE HUMIDITY REDUCTIONS TO AROUND 10-15 PERCENT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO INTO PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE AND FAR WESTERN TEXAS. FUELS WITHIN THIS REGION ARE
SUFFICIENTLY DRY, GIVEN LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL IN THE PAST 7-14 DAYS,
TO SUPPORT INCREASED FIRE SPREAD POTENTIAL AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL EXTEND AS FAR
NORTHWARD AS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO INTO THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE.
..THORNTON.. 04/26/2024
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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