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DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1016 AM CST THU DEC 12 2013

VALID 131200Z - 141200Z

...NO CRITICAL AREAS...

NO CHANGES NEEDED TO PRIOR OUTLOOK.

..GUYER.. 12/12/2013

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0338 AM CST THU DEC 12 2013/

...SYNOPSIS...
IN THE MID LEVELS...A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL DIG SSEWD OVER THE WRN
CONUS ON THE HEELS OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH PROGRESSING EWD OVER THE
S-CNTRL CONUS...SUPPORTING A BROAD AREA OF CYCLONIC FLOW OVER MUCH
OF THE CONUS. ENHANCED TROPOSPHERIC FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATTER
SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SUPPORT AREAS OF STRONG WLY SFC WINDS OVER
PARTS OF WRN TX AND ERN NM. HOWEVER...RH VALUES IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THESE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN NON-CRITICAL WITHOUT A
DRIER/WARMER AIR MASS. ALSO OF NOTE...SUBSIDENT FLOW IN THE WAKE OF
THE DIGGING SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL SUPPORT A STRENGTHENING SFC
ANTICYCLONE OVER THE CNTRL GREAT BASIN RESULTING IN A TIGHTENING
PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER SRN CA BY LATE IN THE PERIOD. THE OFFSHORE
FLOW COMPONENT COULD BECOME ENHANCED OVER THE SRN CA COASTAL RANGES
AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...THOUGH COOL TEMPERATURES
WITH NON-CRITICAL RH PRECLUDE ANY FIRE WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS.
OTHERWISE...STRONG SFC WINDS ARE NOT FORECAST TO OVERLAP WITH LOW
RH...MITIGATING THE FIRE WEATHER RISK.

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