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DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0401 PM CDT WED APR 23 2014

VALID 251200Z - 011200Z

--AN ACTIVE METEOROLOGICAL FIRE WEATHER PATTERN FEATURING WIDESPREAD
STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND
AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE DESERT SW AND SRN HIGH PLAINS FRIDAY AND
INCLUDE PORTIONS OF THE SRN HIGH PLAINS THROUGH MONDAY.--

A VERY STRONG ERN PACIFIC JET WILL MOVE FROM THE CA COAST FRIDAY
MORNING AND OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE SWRN U.S. THIS WEEKEND.
CONCURRENTLY...A MID-LEVEL TROUGH WILL EVOLVE INTO A CLOSED LOW AS
IT MOVES ACROSS CA AND EWD INTO THE CNTRL HIGH PLAINS BY LATE
SUNDAY.  VERY STRONG FLOW THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AND AN
ANTECEDENT DRY AIRMASS OVER THE DESERT SW INTO THE SRN HIGH PLAINS
WILL BECOME VERY FAVORABLE FOR REPETITIVE BOUTS OF HIGH-END CRITICAL
CONDITIONS WHERE FUELS ARE RECEPTIVE AND FUEL GREENUP REMAINS
TEMPERED.

..SMITH.. 04/23/2014

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