####018000667#### FNUS38 KWNS 132043 PFWF38 DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0342 PM CDT SAT APR 13 2024 VALID TIME 151200Z - 211200Z FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK POINTS DAY 3-8 ... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA ... D3 28910342 29200415 29530457 30080506 30530554 31220615 31580701 31540792 32210769 32690714 33940640 34120614 34820535 35180458 35550430 36770399 37970431 38730426 39240398 40090231 40090173 39450129 38740139 37430175 36490254 36110266 35980282 34780377 33860389 33270383 32900360 32490316 32190268 31370237 30700271 29280318 28910342 && ####018002727#### FNUS28 KWNS 132043 FWDD38 Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0342 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2024 Valid 151200Z - 211200Z A potent upper-level trough will enter the Four Corners region and eject into the southern Plains on Monday. This feature will be the primary driver of fire weather concerns in the coming days. As this trough lifts into the Midwest/Great Lakes Tuesday into Wednesday, it is forecast to weaken while another upper-level trough moves through the northern Plains and eventually the Great Lakes region by the weekend. Models have general agreement that flow aloft will become more zonal through the week. At the surface, a deep lee cyclone along the CO/KS border will develop Monday afternoon, lifting northeastward with time along with its parent upper trough. Another weaker lee cyclone may develop in the southern High Plains around midweek. As the next trough moves eastward, a cold front is expected to push into parts of the southern Plains late next week. ...Central/Southern High Plains... The deep lee cyclone and strong upper-level winds will combine to produce widespread elevated to critical fire weather across parts of New Mexico into West Texas and the central High Plains vicinity on Monday. Critical fire weather appears most likely along and east of the central/southern Rockies. While some of these areas have somewhat marginal fuel receptiveness, the potential for locally extremely critical conditions should act to compensate. RH could broadly fall to near 10% with winds of 20-35 mph (gusts of 40-50 mph). The eastern extent of the risk, particularly for parts of the Texas Panhandle/South Plain, will be determined by how much fuels have dried since the last round of precipitation a few days ago. Fire weather concerns are expected to continue into Tuesday behind the Pacific front for parts of southeastern New Mexico and West Texas. Depending on where precipitation occurs on Monday, some eastward expansion of probabilities could occur as similarly dry/windy conditions are possible into the Rolling Plains/Hill Country. For Wednesday, uncertainty remains as to the degree of fire weather risk. Given the more zonal upper-level pattern, fire weather risk should be much more spatially restricted. Models have shown increased agreement in a modest lee cyclone developing in the southern High Plains. While some elevated fire weather could occur in northeast New Mexico into southeast Colorado, critical fire weather potential is too low for highlights. ..Wendt.. 04/13/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... $$