####018000271#### FNUS38 KWNS 172114 PFWF38 DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0312 PM CST TUE DEC 17 2024 VALID TIME 191200Z - 251200Z FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK POINTS DAY 3-8 ... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA ... && ####018001410#### FNUS28 KWNS 172114 FWDD38 Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0312 PM CST Tue Dec 17 2024 Valid 191200Z - 251200Z Upper-level ridging in the West will slowly shift eastward the rest of this week. Stronger shortwave troughs are expected to move through the Plains/East accompanied by surface high pressure/cold front. By the weekend, flow aloft is forecast to become more quasi-zonal in nature. By next week, current guidance suggests a trough will move into southern California and then the Southwest. Some lingering, locally elevated conditions may continue in the typical Santa Ana mountains/foothills Thursday. The pressure gradient will be weakening with time and whatever remaining threat exists will be quite spatially limited. Additional fire weather concerns are possible in parts of the central High Plains as the upper-level troughs progress eastward. Temperatures will be much cooler except near the terrain/downslope influences. Again, concerns may only be localized. With models predicting a lower-latitude trough moving into the Southwest early/mid next week, there could be an increase in fire weather concerns in the southern High Plains. Continued lack of precipitation will keep fuels dry in this area. ..Wendt.. 12/17/2024 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product... $$