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FNUS22 KWNS 230747
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DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0246 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

VALID 241200Z - 251200Z

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN NV...EXTREME SRN UT...NRN
AZ...W-CNTRL/NW NM...

...SYNOPSIS...
...SRN NV...EXTREME SRN UT...NRN AZ...W-CNTRL/NW NM...
A SHORTWAVE IMPULSE MIGRATING THROUGH PAC NW UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE
TO LIFT NWD ON FRIDAY ACROSS THE NRN ROCKIES. FURTHER S...ENHANCED
DEEP LAYER FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND GREAT
BASIN. AS HIGH TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 80S AND 90S...DEEP MIXING
OF AN ALREADY DRY BOUNDARY LAYER WILL OCCUR AND RH VALUES ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. SW WINDS INCREASING TO
20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE CRITICAL
AREA.

...SRN AZ...SW NM...PORTIONS OF SRN/CNTRL NV AND SRN UT...
SURROUNDING THE CRITICAL AREA...MORE MARGINAL CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO LIGHTER S/SW WINDS FROM 10-15 MPH WITH OCCASIONALLY
HIGHER GUSTS. RH VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 6-12 PERCENT AREA-WIDE AS
TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S NORTH TO UPPER 90S SOUTH.

..LEITMAN.. 05/23/2013

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