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FNUS22 KWNS 240601
FWDDY2
DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0100 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
VALID 251200Z - 261200Z
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL/EASTERN WYOMING
INTO FAR WESTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...
..SYNOPSIS
MODEST UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE BREAKDOWN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PROMOTE A DEEPER LEE
TROUGH/CYCLONE IN THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS. A COLD FRONT WILL
BEGIN TO ACCELERATE SOUTHWARD IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS BY THURSDAY
MORNING.
..NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
STRONGER MID-LEVEL WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THESE AREAS, ALONG WITH A
DEEPENING CYCLONE TO THE EAST, WILL PROMOTE 20-25 MPH WINDS ACROSS
MUCH OF WYOMING. THERE IS AT LEAST SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO HOW LOW RH
WILL FALL ON ACCOUNT OF UPPER-LEVEL CLOUDS. STILL, RH OF AROUND 15%
DOES APPEAR PROBABLE, PARTICULARLY IN WYOMING. STRONG WINDS WILL
ALSO OCCUR IN SOUTHERN/SOUTHWEST MONTANA, THOUGH RH WILL LIKELY BE
15-25%. DRIER CONDITIONS (10-20% RH) ARE MORE LIKELY IN THE HIGH
PLAINS, THOUGH WINDS NEAR THE SURFACE TROUGH WILL BE WEAKER (AROUND
15 MPH). CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF WYOMING
WHEREAS ELEVATED CONDITIONS ARE MORE PROBABLE TO THE WEST AND EAST.
..CENTRAL ROCKIES
MINOR SHORTWAVE PERTURBATIONS WITHIN THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT COULD
PROMOTE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIES.
THESE STORMS WOULD BE QUITE HIGH BASED. WHILE AN ISOLATED LIGHTNING
FLASH WITHOUT PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE, FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST
THAT LIGHTNING PRODUCTION WILL BE QUITE INEFFICIENT ON ACCOUNT OF
LIMITED MIXED-PHASE POTENTIAL.
..WENDT.. 03/24/2026
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
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