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FNUS21 KWNS 251648
FWDDY1
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1047 AM CST THU DEC 25 2025
VALID 251700Z - 261200Z
INCREASING WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ENTERING THE CENTRAL U.S. ALONG WITH
A DEEPENING LEE TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WILL PROMOTE ENHANCED DOWNSLOPE WINDS ACROSS THE PORTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. INCREASED
BUT STILL DIFFUSE BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE USHERED IN FROM THE
PACIFIC WITHIN DEEP-LAYER SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL LIMIT RH REDUCTIONS TO
20-25% ACROSS THE TX PANHANDLE AND VICINITY. HOWEVER, WEST-SOUTHWEST
WINDS OF 15 MPH (LOCALLY 20 MPH) AMID DRY FUELS AND ABNORMALLY WARM
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S SHOULD STILL SUPPORT ELEVATED
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ONLY
MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO EXISTING ELEVATED HIGHLIGHTS.
..WILLIAMS.. 12/25/2025
PREV DISCUSSION
/ISSUED 1244 AM CST THU DEC 25 2025/
..SYNOPSIS
AN UPPER RIDGE WILL PREVAIL OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS AS A MID-LEVEL
TROUGH OVER THE INTERIOR WEST DE-AMPLIFIES, WITH EMBEDDED
PERTURBATIONS IMPINGING ON THE ROCKIES TODAY. THIS WILL SUPPORT THE
EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF A SURFACE LOW OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS,
WHICH IN TURN WILL LEAD TO DRY DOWNSLOPE FLOW ALONG THE LEE OF THE
ROCKIES. BY AFTERNOON WIDESPREAD 10-15 MPH SUSTAINED WESTERLY
SURFACE WINDS WILL GENERALLY COINCIDE WITH 15-25 PERCENT RH.
ELEVATED HIGHLIGHTS ARE IN PLACE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TEXAS
PANHANDLE AND IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREAS, WHERE THE BEST OVERLAP OF
15+ MPH WINDS, 15-20 PERCENT RH, AND DRY FUELS SHOULD OCCUR.
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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