Fire Weather Outlook Discussion
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
856 FNUS22 KWNS 110706 FWDDY2 Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0205 AM CDT Sat May 11 2024 Valid 121200Z - 131200Z ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO INTO FAR WEST TEXAS... ...Synopsis... A mid-level trough will traverse the southern Plains tomorrow (Sunday), encouraging surface lee troughing across the southern High Plains as a low-level mass response. Across portions of southern New Mexico into Far West Texas, surface winds may exceed 20 mph at times (with higher gusts) while RH drops to 10 percent for at least a few hours Sunday afternoon. Critical highlights have been introduced where there is strong agreement among guidance members in these conditions occurring. Elsewhere across the CONUS, dry conditions may persist across the Florida Peninsula, but the lack of an appreciable surface wind field precludes fire weather highlights. Likewise, fire weather highlights have been withheld over portions of the northern Plains. Here widespread northerly surface winds exceeding 15 mph will be common, but with marginally supportive RH and fuels tempering the wildfire-spread threat to anything more than a localized threat. ..Squitieri.. 05/11/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... $$