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FNUS21 KWNS 041539
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DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0938 AM CST WED MAR 04 2015

VALID 041700Z - 051200Z

...NO CRITICAL AREAS...

NO CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST.

..ROGERS.. 03/04/2015

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0146 AM CST WED MAR 04 2015/

...SYNOPSIS...
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL REMAIN MINIMAL ACROSS THE CONUS TODAY AS
A COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM THE NERN STATES SWWD TO THE SRN PLAINS
EARLY THIS MORNING CONTINUES ITS GENERAL EWD/SEWD MOVEMENT THROUGH
THE PERIOD. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT AND A
POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH ALOFT...ALONG WITH A TRAILING AREA OF COLD
HIGH PRESSURE...SHOULD DOMINATE THE SENSIBLE WEATHER E OF THE
ROCKIES. ACROSS THE W...A PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE
ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND RELATIVELY LOWER PRESSURE OVER NRN MEXICO
SHOULD PROMOTE SUSTAINED NLY WINDS OF 10-20 MPH ALONG THE LOWER CO
RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS
POSSIBLE. A REDUCTION IN RH VALUES BELOW 20 PERCENT SHOULD OCCUR FOR
A FEW HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THIS REGION AS
TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. HOWEVER...RECENT
PRECIPITATION/MOIST FUELS ACROSS THE LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY WILL
MINIMIZE THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT...AND NO AREAS HAVE BEEN
DELINEATED.

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