Fire Weather Outlook Discussion
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
721 FNUS22 KWNS 140654 FWDDY2 Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0154 AM CDT Fri Jun 14 2024 Valid 151200Z - 161200Z ...Synopsis... A mid-level trough will remain in place across the western US on Saturday with a belt of enhanced west to southwesterly flow moving across the Cascades into the Northern Rockies. This will bring potential for breezy/dry downslope flow to overspread dry fuels in the lee of the Cascades across western Washington/northern Oregon within the Columbia Basin. Afternoon relative humidity reductions to 15-25 percent will overlap sustained winds 15-20 mph. Locally Critical fire weather concerns will be possible, though Critical winds appear too localized to include any areas at this time. Ahead of the western US trough, a surface trough across southern Nevada into western Arizona will bring breezy/dry conditions across southern Nevada into southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, where relative humidity reductions into the teens to single digit will overlap sustained southwesterly flow around 10-15 mph. This warrants inclusion of an Elevated delineation as fuels are critically dry across this region. ..Thornton.. 06/14/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... $$