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FNUS22 KWNS 200655
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Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0154 AM CDT Sat Apr 20 2024

Valid 211200Z - 221200Z

...NO CRITICAL AREAS...

...Synopsis...
A strong midlevel westerly jet streak will cross the northern
Rockies during peak heating, while a related cold front overspreads
the region. This will promote strong, post-frontal westerly surface
winds across portions of northern MT, which could briefly overlap
20-30 percent RH. As a result, locally elevated fire-weather
conditions are possible.

Farther east, the southern periphery of a belt of strong deep-layer
northwesterly flow will overspread MN, WI, and Lower MI.
Boundary-layer heating and related mixing into the enhanced flow
aloft will yield breezy/gusty surface winds amid 25-35 percent RH.
While locally elevated conditions are possible, uncertainty
regarding fuels and marginal winds/RH limit confidence in the
large-fire threat.

Lastly, locally elevated conditions are possible over portions of
east-central FL during the afternoon, where diurnal heating amid
enhanced deep-layer westerly flow should favor breezy/gusty surface
winds and around 30 percent RH. Overall, these conditions appear too
localized for an Elevated area at this time.

..Weinman.. 04/20/2024

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

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