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FNUS22 KWNS 091845
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DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0144 PM CDT SUN MAR 09 2014

VALID 101200Z - 111200Z

NO CHANGE IS NEEDED TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST.

..SMITH.. 03/09/2014

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0308 AM CDT SUN MAR 09 2014/

...SYNOPSIS...
A WRN CONUS SHORTWAVE UPPER TROUGH WILL BEGIN AMPLIFYING OVER THE
ERN GREAT BASIN/FOUR CORNERS AREA...AS A PRECEDING SRN STREAM UPPER
WAVE ACCELERATES EWD ACROSS TX. A LEE SFC TROUGH WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
THE HIGH PLAINS...WHILE MOISTURE RETURN WILL LARGELY BE DELAYED
UNTIL EARLY TUE MORNING ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS. A GENERAL INCREASE IN
LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AS A COLD FRONT
SURGES SEWD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL ENTER
THE NRN PLAINS AND PROGRESS SWD THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.

...SRN HIGH PLAINS...
AN ANTECEDENT DRY AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE /PW VALUES BELOW 0.2
INCH/ ACROSS THE SRN HIGH PLAINS. AS TEMPERATURES REACH THE 70S
F...SINGLE DIGIT RH VALUES ARE LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MEANWHILE...A MODEST INCREASE IN SWLY SFC WINDS WILL OCCUR IN
RESPONSE TO A LEE SFC TROUGH DEVELOPING NEAR THE TX/NM STATE LINE.
LACK OF APPRECIABLY STRONG FLOW ALOFT SHOULD LIMIT SFC WIND SPEEDS
TO AROUND 15 MPH...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR
THE I-40 CORRIDOR IN E-CNTRL NM. THESE CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR AN
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT...ESPECIALLY WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURE
OBSERVED ACROSS THE REGION.

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