####018001853#### FNUS28 KWNS 312146 FWDD38 Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0344 PM CST Tue Dec 31 2024 Valid 021200Z - 081200Z ...Synopsis... An amplifying upper-level ridge will traverse the western CONUS Day 3/Thursday, and then move over the Rockies Day 4/Friday, while troughing persists over the eastern half of CONUS. A Pacific trough will likely move onshore by early Day 5/Saturday, and then into the Southern Plains late this weekend. ...Day 3/Thursday Southern CA... One more night of localized Santa Ana winds will remain possible across the Transverse Ranges. The most likely areas to experience a few hours of near critical RH/wind combinations will be on the seaward facing slopes and valleys. For now, confidence remains too low to justify an increase to 70% probabilities since only very localized critical relative humidity is anticipated. This will be monitored closely in subsequent forecasts. ...Day 5-6 Saturday-Sunday High Plains of NM/Southern Plains... Increasing mid level flow associated with a shortwave trough moving into the Southern Plains this weekend, along with accompanying pressure falls in the lee of the Rockies, will aid in breezy conditions developing from NM eastward into the Southern Plains. Dry southerly flow could develop across the TX Panhandle Day 5 Saturday before low level moisture begins to increase from southern TX northward to near OK Day 6 Sunday. Further west, downslope westerly flow should persist from NM into west TX. If confidence in the timing and location of the shortwave trough were slightly better, low critical probabilities would have been introduced for at least west TX Day 6 Sunday. ..Barnes.. 12/31/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... $$ ####018000271#### FNUS38 KWNS 312146 PFWF38 DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0344 PM CST TUE DEC 31 2024 VALID TIME 021200Z - 081200Z FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK POINTS DAY 3-8 ... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA ... &&