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Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1129 AM CDT Wed May 01 2024

Valid 011700Z - 021200Z

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH
PLAINS....

No changes. See previous discussion below.

..Bentley.. 05/01/2024

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0145 AM CDT Wed May 01 2024/

...Synopsis...
Dry and breezy conditions are expected across the southern High
Plains today in response to development of a lee cyclone,
as increasing mid-level flow overspreads the Rockies. Deeply mixed
profiles by the afternoon will yield single-digit relative humidity
amid sustained winds 20 to 25 mph, across portions of eastern New
Mexico into the northern Texas Panhandle. Drying conditions and
lowering relative humidity extend into Oklahoma/Texas during the
afternoon. This has warranted expansion of the Elevated further east
into the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandles. ERCs are forecast to be in the
75th percentile. Critical fire weather conditions are still most
likely across eastern New Mexico into far western Texas, where dry
conditions will overlap receptive fuels for the longest duration
this afternoon.

...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...

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