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DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0251 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

VALID 201200Z - 261200Z

MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST GUIDANCE IS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH
THE DAY 3-8 PERIOD. A MEAN TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE
WESTERN CONUS THROUGH AT LEAST DAY 6/SUN OR DAY 7/MON BEFORE AN
UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER THE ROCKIES BY THE END OF THE
PERIOD. AS SUCH...ELEVATED TO POTENTIALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE GREAT BASIN/FOUR CORNERS
AND CNTRL/SRN ROCKIES AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS THROUGH AROUND DAY
5/SAT. THEREAFTER...DEEP LAYER FLOW WEAKENS CONSIDERABLY AND THERE
MAY BE A BREAK IN FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS LEADING INTO NEXT WEEK.

...DAY 3-5/THU-SAT -- FOUR CORNERS INTO SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...
ENHANCED SWLY FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH MEAN TROUGH OVER THE WEST WILL
AID IN DEVELOPMENT OF GUSTY SFC WINDS EACH DAY. ADDITIONALLY...LEE
LOW DEVELOPMENT ACROSS FAR ERN CO INTO WRN KS WILL PROMOTE GUSTY
WINDS BEHIND A SFC DRYLINE ACROSS PARTS OF THE SRN HIGH PLAINS.
COMBINED WITH ANTECEDENT DRY AND HOT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
REGION...AT LEAST ELEVATED FIRE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST. IN ADDITION TO
DRY/HOT/WINDY CONDITIONS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WRN/CNTRL NM AND ERN AZ.

..LEITMAN.. 06/18/2013

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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