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Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook  

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

1147 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024



Valid 261700Z - 271200Z



...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH

PLAINS...



Removed southeast Colorado from the Elevated delineation based on

location of the surface front/dryline this morning and only minimal

northward progression expected. Otherwise no changes were made. See

previous discussion below.



..Bentley.. 04/26/2024



.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0151 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024/



...Synopsis...

On the backside of a departing mid-level low, enhanced

west-southwesterly flow will continue across southern New Mexico

into portions of the southern High Plains today. Given a dry air

mass in place post-dryline, critical fire-weather conditions will be

favored across this region during the afternoon. 



...Southern New Mexico and much of the Southern High Plains...

Deep boundary layer mixing of strong flow aloft and tight surface

pressure gradients will yield sustained winds around 20-25 mph

overlapping relative humidity reductions to around 10-15 percent

across portions of southern New Mexico into portions of the Texas

Panhandle and far western Texas. Fuels within this region are

sufficiently dry, given little to no rainfall in the past 7-14 days,

to support increased fire spread potential and Critical fire weather

conditions. Elevated fire weather concerns will extend as far

northward as southeastern Colorado into the Oklahoma Panhandle.



...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...



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