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FNUS22 KWNS 120657

FWDDY2



Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook  

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

0156 AM CDT Tue Mar 12 2024



Valid 131200Z - 141200Z



...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...WESTERN

TEXAS INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...PORTIONS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA INTO

THE EASTERN OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE....



...Synopsis...

A belt of enhanced westerly mid-level flow will round the western US

longwave trough on Wednesday before overspreading the Rocky

Mountains and the central Plains. Lee cyclogenesis will occur across

the central high Plains, with a surface dryline extending from

central Kansas southward into western/central Texas. Elevated to

Critical fire weather conditions are expected behind the surface

dryline, where strong westerly flow is expected to overlap low

afternoon relative humidity.



Across southeastern New Mexico into western Texas and northward into

western Oklahoma, relative-humidity reductions to 10-20 percent will

overlap surface winds around 20-25 mph (locally as high as 30 mph).

Latest fuel guidance indicates fuels within this region remain

critically dry, which will support inclusion of a Critical risk.

Recent fire activity also supports the notion that fuels within this

area remain critically dry.



..Thornton.. 03/12/2024



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



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