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FNUS21 KWNS 080748
FWDDY1

DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK  
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0148 AM CST WED FEB 08 2012

VALID 081200Z - 091200Z

...NO CRITICAL AREAS...

...SYNOPSIS...
ACROSS THE WEST...AN UPPER LOW OFF THE NRN BAJA COAST WILL CONTINUE
A SLOW DRIFT SWD...WHILE STRONG UPPER RIDGING AMPLIFIES OVER THE ERN
PACIFIC INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE RESULTING STRENGTHENING IN
NELY/OFFSHORE FLOW ACROSS SRN CA WILL LEAD TO GUSTY WINDS
/ESPECIALLY THROUGH FAVORED CANYONS AND PASSES/ PARTICULARLY WED
EVENING INTO THU MORNING. HOWEVER...GIVEN LINGERING MOISTURE ACROSS
THE AREA...MODEL FORECASTS INDICATE THAT THE SOMEWHAT BRIEF PERIOD
OF OFFSHORE FLOW WILL NOT BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.
FURTHERMORE...RECENT RAINFALL HAS LIKELY MOISTENED FINER
FUELS...LEADING TO UNSUPPORTIVE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE START/SPREAD.

FARTHER EAST...ALTHOUGH A SERIES OF UPPER TROUGHS WILL CONTINUE TO
ROTATE AROUND THE HUDSON BAY...A COMPACT WAVE MOVING OFFSHORE OF THE
MID ATLANTIC WILL LEAD TO A SHORT PERIOD OF SUBSIDENCE OVER THE
SOUTHEAST. AT THE SURFACE...A HIGH OVER THE CNTRL U.S. WILL SHIFT
SLIGHTLY EWD INTO MO...WHILE A COLD FRONT AT THE SURFACE PROGRESSES
TO S FL OVERNIGHT. DRY AFTERNOON CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE FL PANHANDLE...BUT LOW ERC VALUES AND WINDS AOB 10 MPH WILL
TEMPER THE THREAT.

..HURLBUT.. 02/08/2012

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