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FNUS22 KWNS 040748
FWDDY2

DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0147 AM CST WED MAR 04 2015

VALID 051200Z - 061200Z

...NO CRITICAL AREAS...

...SYNOPSIS...
A BROAD AREA OF COLD HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND A SEWD MOVING COLD FRONT
WITH ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION WILL LIMIT FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS E OF
THE ROCKIES ON D2/THU. ACROSS THE W...UPPER RIDGING OVER THE ERN
PACIFIC SHOULD MOVE SLIGHTLY EWD AND BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER THE
MAJORITY OF THE WRN STATES BY THU EVENING. WEAK TROUGHING WILL
REMAIN OVER SRN CA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. AT THE SFC...THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A GREAT BASIN HIGH AND A WEAK INVERTED
TROUGH OFF THE COAST OF SRN CA WILL INDUCE LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY
MODERATE NLY/NELY DOWNSLOPE WINDS ACROSS THE FAVORED
MOUNTAINS/PASSES OF INLAND SRN CA. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO
WARM INTO THE 70S...A REDUCTION IN RH VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT IS
LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR THESE AREAS.
HOWEVER...RECENT PRECIPITATION HAS RENDERED FUELS
UNRECEPTIVE/MOIST...AND GIVEN THE GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS
FORECAST...NO FIRE WEATHER AREA HAS BEEN INTRODUCED ACROSS SRN CA.

..GLEASON.. 03/04/2015

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