Fire Weather Outlook Discussion
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
850 FNUS21 KWNS 241654 FWDDY1 Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1153 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024 Valid 241700Z - 251200Z No changes are needed to the current D1 Fire Weather Outlook. See previous discussion for more information. ..Thornton.. 05/24/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0151 AM CDT Fri May 24 2024/ ...Synopsis... An upper-level shortwave trough will continue to dig down the Pacific coast today, and start to move inland near central CA and into the Great Basin this afternoon. A deepening surface cyclone will accompany this feature, and a tightening pressure gradient is expected from southern CA through northern NV. As a result, breezy southwest sustained surface winds will combine with low RH and increasingly receptive fuels across extreme southeastern NV and far western/northwestern AZ. The Elevated area has been extended westward to include the aforementioned region. Further east across southern AZ and western NM, low RH will remain common albeit with lower wind speeds. ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... $$