ZCZC SPCFWDDY1 ALL
FNUS21 KWNS 110604
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0104 AM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025
Valid 111200Z - 121200Z
...Synopsis...
Somewhat limited fire weather concerns are expected today across the
Southwest/Four Corners region. Very dry conditions will persist
across the eastern Great Basin/Four Corners with widespread 5-15% RH
minimums expected this afternoon. However, low-level winds are
expected to be somewhat weaker today compared to previous days as a
surface high gradually builds across the Intermountain west.
Sustained winds between 10-15 mph will likely be accompanied by
15-25 mph gusts by around peak heating when boundary-layer mixing
will be maximized, but confidence in sustained elevated conditions
remains too limited to warrant highlights.
Instead, fire weather concerns will manifest as another day of dry
thunderstorm potential along the Mogollon Rim. Lightning data and
MRMS imagery from the past 24 hours shows a mixture of heavy
precipitation cores (QPE values near 0.25 inch) as well as multiple
dry lightning strikes. Additionally, a couple of small fire starts
were noted over the past 24 hours due to lightning. Similar
thermodynamic conditions will be in place this afternoon and will
likely yield a similar mixture of wet and dry thunderstorms.
Unlikely previous days, thunderstorm coverage may be more limited
due to weaker synoptic-scale forcing for ascent.
..Moore.. 08/11/2025
U.S. Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
FNUS22 KWNS 110635
Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0135 AM CDT Mon Aug 11 2025
Valid 121200Z - 131200Z
...Synopsis...
Isolated dry thunderstorms will remain the primary fire weather
concern for Tuesday across the country. Latest forecast guidance
hints that a deeply-mixed, but adequately buoyant, environment will
remain in place across central AZ on the northern fringe of deeper
monsoonal moisture. Forcing for ascent will be fairly weak and
largely driven by orographic ascent along the Mogollon Rim. However,
several deterministic CAM and recent HREF guidance hints at the
potential for at least a few thunderstorms. This thermodynamic
environment has yielded a mixture of wet and dry thunderstorms over
the past 24 hours, so a similar combination appears probable for
Tuesday. Fine fuels largely remain dry across the region, and recent
lightning-caused fires hint that the fuel environment should support
at least some fire starts.
...Pacific Northwest...
A weak mid-level trough is forecast to move across the Pacific
Northwest on Tuesday. While flow aloft will be fairly modest, the
zonal flow over the Cascades and northern Sierra Nevada will likely
induce a downslope flow regime within an antecedent dry environment
with receptive fuels. Ensemble support was too limited to warrant
additional highlights, but localized elevated fire weather
conditions appear possible across far northwest NV, eastern OR, and
southern WA Tuesday afternoon.
..Moore.. 08/11/2025
U.S. Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
ZCZC SPCFWDD38 ALL
FNUS28 KWNS 102150
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0450 PM CDT Sun Aug 10 2025
Valid 121200Z - 181200Z
Upper-level troughing will develop across the Pacific Northwest
D3/Tuesday into D4/Wednesday, bringing an increase to winds amid dry
conditions. Rain and thunderstorm chances may increase across this
region by late in the period. As the western highs shifts into the
Four Corners Region, monsoonal moisture may return northward across
portions of Arizona through mid to lake week, with lingering
isolated dry thunderstorm chances before a shift to more wetting
rainfall potential.
...Dry Thunderstorms...
Isolated thunderstorms D3/Tuesday - D5/Thursday will become more
widely scattered with a gradual increase in moisture northward as
the western high shifts into the Four Corners region through the
weekend. This may lead to an increase in wetting rainfall, with less
potential for dry thunderstorms. Some lingering isolated dry
thunderstorm chances may be possible, but for now this threat
appears too low for inclusion of any areas.
...Wind/RH...
Breezy conditions are expected across the Pacific Northwest as the
pattern becomes more progressive, with broad troughing and several
shortwave disturbances moving through early to mid-week. The most
widespread winds are expected D4/Wednesday, when Elevated to locally
Critical conditions are expected across portions of the Columbia
River Basin in eastern Washington and Oregon as a trough moves
inland and enhanced westerly flow overspreads the Cascade Range. A
40% delineation was added with this outlook to cover this potential.
..Thornton.. 08/10/2025