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DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0337 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

VALID 241200Z - 301200Z

OVERALL...THE SOUTHWEST WILL CONTINUE WARM AND DRY.  THE EXCEPTION
IS THAT SOME BENEFICIAL RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR ON DAYS 3/4 AND
5/FRI-SUN...OVER THE EASTERN 1/3 OF NEW MEXICO AND THE TX PANHANDLE
WERE FUELS HAVE BEEN VERY DRY WITH LONG TERM DROUGHT.

DAYS 3-5/FRI-SUN...UPPER LOW OVER NW AND TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST
WILL CONTINUE AS UPPER RIDGE HOLDS OVER THE CENTRAL U.S.  THE UPPER
TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL ROTATE NEWD INTO NEW ENGLAND BY
MONDAY.  A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE BASE OF
THE WESTERN TROUGH AND INCREASE THE WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST WITH
A CRITICAL AREA ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR PARTS OF NRN AZ/NM WITH
AN ELEVATED AREA FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY FOR PARTS OF ERN AZ AND
WRN/CNTRL NM.

DAYS 6-8/MON-WED...MODELS DIFFER ON ANY EWD PROGRESSION OF WRN U.S.
TROUGH BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AND AFTER SOME ELEVATED CONDITIONS IN ERN
AZ/WRN NM ON MONDAY...WILL NOT HIGHLIGHT ANY SPECIFIC AREA FOR DAYS
7-8/TUE-WED EXCEPT TO NOTE THAT OVERALL DRY/WARM CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF ARIZONA AND THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF NEW
MEXICO.

..BOTHWELL.. 05/22/2013

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