U.S. Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL FNUS22 KWNS 260454 Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1054 PM CST Wed Dec 25 2024 Valid 271200Z - 281200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...Synopsis... Broad/strong west-northwesterly midlevel flow across the central/southern Rockies will maintain lee troughing along the adjacent High Plains. As a result, breezy downslope flow with modest RH reductions will develop across the southern High Plains during the afternoon. However, marginal RH and fuels should limit fire-weather concerns. ..Weinman.. 12/26/2024
U.S. Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
ZCZC SPCFWDD38 ALL FNUS28 KWNS 252147 Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0347 PM CST Wed Dec 25 2024 Valid 271200Z - 021200Z A series of mid-level troughs will progress across the CONUS into the middle of next week, encouraging multiple rounds of surface cyclone development across the central U.S. while surface high pressure remains in place across much of the Interior West. Cool surface conditions will prevail across the northern CONUS, while areas along and east of the Mississippi River, as well as many locales west of the Rockies, are likely to experience appreciable precipitation accumulations. Conditions favorable for wildfire-spread should be absent in most locations, except the southern and central High Plains. Multiple days of dry and/or breezy conditions are possible due to downslope flow from the Rockies, which will be augmented by isallobaric flow from surface cyclones to the east. At the moment, there is consensus among medium-range guidance members in potentially critically dry/windy conditions over portions of the southern High Plains early next week, which will be preceded by dry/breezy afternoons and no forecast precipitation accumulations. As such, there is some potential for modest curing of fine fuels before some of the driest/windiest conditions arrive. Should guidance consensus continue to show critically dry/windy conditions early next week, Critical probabilities may be needed in future outlooks. ..Squitieri.. 12/25/2024
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