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Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1158 PM CST Fri Dec 06 2019 Valid 071200Z - 081200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... A positively tilted mid-level trough will progress across the southwest CONUS, with a 50+ knot mid-level jet traversing the Southwest into the southern Plains during the period. Elsewhere aloft across the lower 48, relatively zonal flow is expected. High pressure will dominate the surface pattern across the eastern half of the CONUS, with a low pressure/lee-trough becoming established across the southern/central High Plains, where generally southwesterly flow is expected. Brief instances of elevated wind/RH conditions may be achieved across portions of the southern High Plains (mainly northeast New Mexico into southeast Colorado), but the brevity of such conditions atop marginally receptive fuels precludes any elevated delineations at this time. ..Squitieri.. 12/07/2019 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1159 PM CST Fri Dec 06 2019 Valid 081200Z - 091200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... Zonal mid-level flow across the CONUS will gradually transition to broad cyclonic flow, as a longwave trough slowly develops across the northern/central CONUS towards the end of Day 2/Sunday. A smaller-scale mid-level trough will intensify across the southwest CONUS, with a 70+ knot mid-level jet streak and associated intensifying surface low traversing the southern Plains. The net result will be strong westerly flow across the southern High Plains. Currently, RH appears to be too high (especially given the marginal receptiveness of fuels) to support an appreciable risk for fire spread at the moment. ..Squitieri.. 12/07/2019 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...
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