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GRASS FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
830 AM CST SUN APR 2 2006

...FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED THIS AFTERNOON...

A DRYLINE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY. TO ITS WEST...GUSTY
WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL LOWER THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW
35 PERCENT.

AS A RESULT...THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED TODAY...EVEN IN AREAS
THAT RECENTLY RECEIVED RAINFALL. THE PRIMARY AREA OF INTEREST IS
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO GRANBURY...TO
GAINESVILLE. ALTHOUGH SPRING VEGETATION IS GREEN...THERE IS STILL
ABUNDANT FUEL.

AVOID OUTSIDE BURNING ON WINDY DAYS. BURN BANS CONTINUE IN EFFECT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...COMANCHE...EASTLAND...JACK...
PALO PINTO...PARKER...STEPHENS...AND YOUNG.

REPORT WILDFIRES OR SMOKE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE OR
FIRE DEPARTMENT.

CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE DURING THE EVENING AS WINDS DECREASE AND THE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY INCREASES.

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   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0400 AM CDT SUN APR 02 2006
   
   VALID 021200Z - 031200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A PORTION OF THE SRN PLAINS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL ADVANCE EWD FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE MS
   VALLEY/GREAT LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROUGH...A
   DRYLINE WILL MOVE INTO ERN KS/OK DURING THE AFTERNOON. TO THE WEST
   OF THE DRYLINE...WARM/DRY AIR AND MODERATE WINDS WILL LEAD TO
   CRITICAL/NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF WRN
   TX/ERN NM...OK AND SRN KS.
   
   ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE NATION...DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS WILL EXIST
   OVER NEW ENGLAND IN THE WAKE OF AN UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO THE
   CANADIAN MARITIMES. UPPER RIDGING WILL OCCUR OVER THE SWRN STATES
   LEADING TO A WARMING TREND...BUT LIGHT WINDS WILL BE PREVALENT.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - PORTIONS OF ERN NM...WRN TX...SWRN
   KS...WRN/CENTRAL AND ERN OK...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: WLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH THROUGH
   MID-AFTERNOON...MIN RH READINGS 15-25 PERCENT...LONG TERM DROUGHT
   
   A DRYLINE WILL MOVE EWD THROUGH ERN OK/KS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   MEANWHILE...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SWD THROUGH NEB INTO NRN KS.
   SOUTH OF THE COLD FRONT AND TO THE WEST OF THE DRYLINE...LOW RH
   READINGS FROM 15-25 PERCENT WILL OCCUR AS DRY CONTINENTAL AIR MOVES
   INTO THE REGION AND DOWNSLOPE FLOW AIDS IN TEMPERATURES 10-15 DEG
   ABOVE NORMAL. MUCH OF SCENTRAL/SERN KS AND PORTIONS OF SWRN THROUGH
   NERN OK RECEIVED ANYWHERE FROM 0.50 TO MORE THAN 1 INCH OF RAINFALL
   LAST NIGHT. WITH THE PRESENCE OF HIGH DWPTS OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS
   MORNING INITIALLY LIMITING EVAPORATION AND LACK OF STRONG WINDS
   TODAY...IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THESE AREAS WILL NOT SEE CRITICAL
   FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. OUTSIDE OF AREAS THAT RECEIVED WETTING
   RAINS...SUSTAINED WLY WINDS AROUND 20 MPH COMBINED WITH LOW RH
   READINGS WILL AID IN A CRITICAL FIRE THREAT. WITH THE WEAKENING LOW
   LEVEL WIND FIELDS THROUGH THE DAY AS THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES AWAY
   FROM THE REGION...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL  OCCUR BEFORE 21Z WITH A
   WEAKENING TREND THEREAFTER.
   
   ...SRN NEW ENGLAND...
   WITH THE DEPARTURE OF THE UPPER SYSTEM INTO THE CANADIAN
   MARITIMES...NWLY WINDS WILL BRING IN DRIER AIR /DWPTS IN THE 20S/
   FROM SRN QUEBEC. MEANWHILE...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL
   WITH READINGS IN THE 60S. THIS COMBINATION WILL LEAD TO MIN RH
   READINGS FROM 20-30 PERCENT. SFC WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST THIS
   MORNING WITH WEAKENING THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN OVER THE AREA
   YESTERDAY ALONG WITH MARGINAL WINDS DURING PEAK HEATING /15-20 MPH/
   ARE ANTICIPATED TO PRECLUDE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 04/02/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0402 AM CDT SUN APR 02 2006
   
   VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   ANOTHER STRONG UPPER TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE WEST COAST TOMORROW.
   DOWNSTREAM OF THIS SYSTEM...UPPER RIDGING WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EWD
   ACROSS THE ROCKIES. UNDER THE PRESENCE OF THE UPPER RIDGE...ABOVE
   NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE PRESENT OVER THE SWRN/ROCKIES STATES.
   SWLY SFC WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WITH THE
   APPROACH OF THE UPPER TROUGH...BUT RH READINGS WILL NOT BE
   SUFFICIENTLY LOW FOR ANY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS IN THIS REGION.
   ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE SWRN STATES...WINDS WILL AVERAGE LESS THAN 15
   MPH PRECLUDING ANY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.  FURTHER EAST...A STRONG
   UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EWD TOWARDS THE ERN SEABOARD. BEHIND
   AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...MODERATE NE-NWLY WINDS AND MILD
   TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED FROM THE SRN PLAINS EWD INTO THE LOWER
   MS VALLEY/SERN STATES.
   
   ...SWRN TX...
   A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SWD THROUGH MUCH OF THE SRN PLAINS EARLY IN
   THE DAY AS A STRONG UPPER TROUGH MOVES TOWARDS THE ERN SEABOARD. IN
   THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...ENELY WINDS FROM 10-20 MPH WILL DEVELOP
   DURING THE MORNING HRS. DEWPTS IN THE 20S AND MILD TEMPERATURES IN
   THE 70S/80S WILL SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS FROM 15-20 PERCENT. LACK OF
   STRONGER WINDS WILL PRECLUDE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
   
   ...LOWER MS VALLEY...
   MODERATE NWLY WINDS FROM 15-25 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA AS
   STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND A MODERATE PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOP
   IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. MIN RH READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
   MARGINALLY LOW /30-40 PERCENT/. COMBINED WITH RECENT
   RAINFALL...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 04/02/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0412 AM CDT MON APR 03 2006
   
   VALID 031200Z - 041200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   POWERFUL UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT EWD ACROSS THE OH VALLEY AND
   APPALACHIANS TODAY WITH SEVERE WEATHER ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE
   COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS WRN NY/PA INTO VA AND THE CAROLINAS.
   BEHIND THIS FRONT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED ACROSS THE
   CENTRAL PLAINS AND WILL ALLOW DRIER AIR TO INFILTRATE INTO MUCH OF
   THE MS VALLEY AND SRN STATES.
   
   MEANWHILE...ANOTHER STRONG TROUGH WILL BRING WIDESPREAD
   PRECIPITATION TO THE PACIFIC COASTAL STATES WITH TROUGH AXIS JUST
   STILL OFFSHORE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD TUE MORNING. AHEAD OF THIS
   TROUGH...SWLY FLOW WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ACROSS THE DESERT SW BUT
   SPEEDS WILL NOT BE VERY STRONG TODAY...ALTHOUGH RH WILL REMAIN LOW.
   
   ...SRN MS/AL/GA AND NRN FL...
   WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE W AND NW AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILD INTO
   THE AREA. SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15-20 MPH WILL BE LIKELY...WHILE
   TEMPERATURES WARM AND RH DROPS TO 35-40 PERCENT. ALTHOUGH RH LEVELS
   WILL BE MARGINALLY LOW...VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION HAS FALLEN OVER
   THE PAST MONTH ALONG THE GULF COAST AND OVER FL. THUS...WITH WARM
   AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED WIND SPEEDS...A MARGINAL FIRE
   THREAT WILL EXIST.
   
   ...CENTRAL AND WRN TX...
   MARGINALLY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR TODAY BEHIND A COLD
   FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH EARLY TODAY. WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE
   NE AT AROUND 15-20 MPH WITH MIN RH DROPPING TO NEAR 25 PERCENT.
   ALTHOUGH DROUGHT CONDITIONS PERSIST...SOME RECENT RAINFALL AS WELL
   AS ONLY MARGINALLY LOW RH VALUES WILL HELP MITIGATE FIRE THREAT
   TODAY.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 04/03/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0436 AM CDT MON APR 03 2006
   
   VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER RIDGE WILL BE SITUATED OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. WITH TROUGHS
   ALONG THE W AND E COASTS. STRONG SWLY WINDS WILL MATERIALIZE ACROSS
   THE DESERT SW AHEAD OF THE TROUGH WHICH WILL INCREASE FIRE DANGER.
   FARTHER E...SLY FLOW WILL BE STRONG THROUGH THE PLAINS IN BETWEEN
   NRN HIGH PLAINS LEE TROUGH AND HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE LOWER MS
   VALLEY. THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALSO CAUSE LOW RH VALUES
   OVER THE SERN STATES...INCREASING THREAT OF FIRES THERE AS WELL.
   
   ...ERN AZ INTO NM...
   WINDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY AS UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES...WITH
   SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 20 MPH OUT OF THE SW...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
   CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS IN REGARD TO THE HUMIDITY FORECAST
   FOR DAY 2 GIVEN POTENTIAL FOR CLOUD COVER...BUT VALUES OF 15-20
   PERCENT APPEAR LIKELY. THUS...A CRITICAL AREA WILL NOT BE ISSUED AT
   THIS TIME...BUT COULD BE IN NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK IF HUMIDITY IS LOWER
   THAN EXPECTED.
   
   ...SRN GA/AL AND NRN FL...
   HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TUE...WHICH WILL ALLOW RH
   LEVELS TO LOWER INTO THE 25-35 PERCENT RANGE. AT THIS TIME...IT
   APPEARS SUSTAINED NWLY WIND SPEEDS WILL BE NEAR 10 MPH. GIVEN
   INCREASING KBDI VALUES AND RECENT DROUGHT...THIS AREA COULD BE
   UPGRADED TO CRITICAL IN NEXT DAY 1 OUTLOOK ESPECIALLY IF WINDS ARE
   STRONGER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.
   
   ...ERN CO / WRN KS / WRN TX PANHANDLE...
   IT WILL BECOME WINDY AT TIMES TUE AFTERNOON AS SURFACE PRESSURE
   GRADIENT TIGHTENS. FORECAST WIND SPEEDS FROM GUIDANCE VARY...BUT
   SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 20 MPH WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS ERN CO ALONG
   WITH MIN RH NEAR 20 PERCENT. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE FARTHER E INTO KS
   AND THE TX/OK PANHANDLES...BUT RH LEVELS WILL BE HIGHER AND ABOVE
   CRITICAL LEVELS. STILL...STRONG WINDS NEAR 25 MPH FROM WRN KS INTO
   WRN OK AND NWRN TX WILL INCREASE FIRE THREAT COMPARED TO PREVIOUS
   DAY.
   
   ...VA / NC...
   STRONG WLY WINDS BEHIND DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING IN DRIER
   AIR TUE. MIN RH LEVELS NEAR 20 PERCENT APPEAR LIKELY...ALONG WITH
   SUSTAINED WLY SPEEDS NEAR 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS KIND OF
   WIND AND RH COMBINATION USUALLY WOULD WARRANT A CRITICAL AREA GIVEN
   DROUGHT CONDITIONS...BUT ACTUAL FIRE THREAT WILL DEPEND HEAVILY ON
   HOW MUCH RAIN FALLS ON MONDAY...WHICH COULD BE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS.
   
   ..JEWELL.. 04/03/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0314 AM CDT TUE APR 04 2006
   
   VALID 041200Z - 051200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DOMINATE THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE
   UNITED STATES THROUGH MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...BRINGING
   SEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT SURFACE WINDS TO A LARGE PART
   OF THE REGION. THE STORM SYSTEM IN THE NEW ENGLAND AREA WILL PRODUCE
   SOME RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS AS IT EXITS TO THE NORTHEAST DURING THE
   FIRST HALF OF TUESDAY...WHILE A UPPER LEVEL STORM DEVELOPING NEAR
   THE WEST COAST BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS...PRODUCING
   RAIN AND SNOW IN THAT AREA.  BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...THIS STORM WILL
   HAVE MOVED INTO THE WESTERN STATES...AND A LEE CYCLONE WILL BE
   DEVELOPING IN THE GREAT PLAINS.
   
   ...FOUR CORNERS REGION...
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO MID
   TWENTIES ACROSS MOST OF ARIZONA...NEW MEXICO...AND SOUTHEAST
   COLORADO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MOST OF THIS AREA REMAINS IN A PROLONGED
   DROUGHT...AND WITH RELATIVELY WARM AFTERNOON SURFACE TEMPERATURES
   AND DRY FUELS...A FIRE WEATHER THREAT DOES EXIST. HOWEVER...OVERALL
   SURFACE WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT FORECAST TO BE PARTICULARLY
   STRONG...THOUGH SOME ISOLATED AREAS COULD SEE SPEEDS APPROACHING
   TWENTY TO TWENTY-FIVE KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS...THE LACK OF SUSTAINED
   STRONG WIND SPEEDS WILL LIMIT THE FIRE WEATHER RISK IN THIS AREA.
   
   ...NRN FL...MOST OF AL AND GA...EAST NC/SC...
   DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...TEMPERATURES IN THE REGION WILL
   WARM INTO THE LOW TO MID 70 DEGREES F...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
   WILL BRIEFLY FALL INTO THE LOW TO UPPER TWENTIES.  THIS AREA WILL
   HAVE VERY LIGHT SURFACE WIND SPEEDS...MOST AREAS WILL SEE SPEEDS
   FROM FIVE TO TEN KTS.  THE LACK OF STRONG WIND SPEED VALUES
   MAINTAINS THAT THE FIRE WEATHER RISK WILL BE MINIMAL THROUGH THE
   REGION.
   
   ..LEVIT.. 04/04/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0412 AM CDT TUE APR 04 2006
   
   VALID 051200Z - 061200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR EASTERN AZ...ALL OF
   NM...SOUTHEASTERN CO...WEST/SOUTHWEST TX...SOUTHWEST KS...OKLAHOMA
   PANHANDLE...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT DOMINATED THE EASTERN TWO
   THIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES WILL CONTINUE MOVING TO THE EAST...WHILE
   A NEW STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE WESTERN COAST
   INTO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN AND SNOW
   TO THE AREA...AS A STRONG LEE CYCLONE DEVELOPS IN THE CENTRAL GREAT
   PLAINS. THE SURFACE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CYCLONE WILL BE QUITE
   STRONG...AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A FIRE WEATHER RISK FOR A PORTION OF
   THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - EASTERN AZ...ALL OF
   NM...SOUTHEASTERN CO...WEST/SOUTHWEST TX...SOUTHWEST KS...OKLAHOMA
   PANHANDLE...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG SUSTAINED SURFACE WIND SPEEDS...LOW
   RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...CONTINUED DROUGHT
   
   A VIGOROUS SPRINGTIME UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE
   REGION DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD...BRINGING VERY STRONG SURFACE
   WIND SPEEDS. A LARGE PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA COULD SEE SUSTAINED
   WIND SPEEDS AROUND THIRTY TO THIRTY-FIVE KTS...WITH HIGHER GUSTS
   NEAR FORTY TO FIFTY KTS.  THIS REGION REMAINS IN A SUSTAINED DROUGHT
   WITH DRY SURFACE FUELS...AND COUPLED WITH WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES
   AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
   EVENING HOURS...A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER RISK EXISTS. ANY FIRES THAT
   DO DEVELOP IN THE REGION WILL BE ESPECIALLY ENHANCED BY THE VERY
   STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY SURFACE WINDS.
   
   ...MOST OF AL/GA...NORTHWEST SC...WESTERN NC...NORTHERN FL...
   
   A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN OVER THIS AREA DURING THE
   FORECAST PERIOD...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL AGAIN DIP INTO
   THE TWENTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE
   TO REMAIN LIGHT...FROM FIVE TO TEN KTS...SO THE FIRE WEATHER RISK
   WILL BE FAIRLY MINIMAL...BUT THE FUELS IN THE REGION CONTINUE TO BE
   RELATIVELY DRY DUE TO A CONTINUED DROUGHT...SO SOME RISK DOES EXIST.
   
   ..LEVIT.. 04/04/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0311 AM CDT THU APR 06 2006
   
   VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
   
   ...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF WRN/CENTRAL OK
   AND PORTIONS OF WRN TX/ERN NM...
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE SRN PLAINS
   INCLUDING PORTIONS OF SRN KS...ERN OK...SERN CO AND SWRN TX/SERN
   NM...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A STRONG UPPER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE ROCKIES INTO THE
   PLAINS TODAY. AT THE SURFACE...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN
   OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS OF NEB. STRONG MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS
   COMBINED WITH AN INCREASINGLY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AND LOW RH
   READINGS WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER A LARGE
   PORTION OF THE SRN PLAINS REGION. WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL AVERAGE
   OVER 35 MPH...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST
   OVER PORTIONS OF OK...ERN NM AND WRN TX. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE
   NATION...UPPER RIDGING WILL PROVIDE FOR TRANQUIL WEATHER OVER THE
   SERN STATES/MID ATLANTIC AND SWRN STATES/GREAT BASIN. DESPITE LOW RH
   READINGS IN THE SERN STATES...LIGHT WINDS WILL PRECLUDE A CRITICAL
   FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
   
   ...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - MUCH OF WRN/CENTRAL OK
   AND PORTIONS OF WRN TX/ERN NM...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WLY WINDS FROM 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
   TO 60 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 8-20 PERCENT...LONG TERM DROUGHT
   
   BEHIND AN ADVANCING DRYLINE...WHICH WILL BE LOCATED FROM ERN OK INTO
   CENTRAL TX BY LATE AFTERNOON...THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS THE SRN
   PLAINS WILL OCCUR IN THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL AREA...ALONG AND JUST
   NORTH OF THE MID LEVEL JET AXIS. STRONG COLD ADVECTION IN THE MID
   LEVELS IN THIS REGION WILL SUPPORT NEAR DRY ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES
   FROM THE SFC UP TO 500 MB /15000 FT/...AIDING IN MOMENTUM TRANSFER
   OF THE STRONGEST WINDS ALOFT TO THE SURFACE. THIS COMBINED WITH A
   STRENGTHENING SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE SRN PLAINS IN RESPONSE
   TO A DEEPENING SFC LOW OVER NEB...WILL LEAD TO VERY STRONG SUSTAINED
   WINDS OF 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. DURING THE AFTERNOON
   HOURS...RH VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 8-15 PERCENT OVER ERN NM/WRN
   TX AND BETWEEN 10-20 PERCENT OVER CENTRAL AND WRN OK...AS
   TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 70S/80S AND DEWPTS FALL INTO THE
   TEENS/20S. THIS COMBINATION OF LOW RH READINGS WITH THE STRONG WINDS
   WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER SITUATION IN THE
   EXTREMELY CRITICAL OUTLOOK AREA. COUPLED WITH A CONTINUED DROUGHT IN
   THE REGION AND VERY DRY SURFACE FUELS...ANY FIRES THAT MIGHT DEVELOP
   WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 2 - SURROUNDING THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL
   FIRE WEATHER AREA INCLUDING THE REMAINDER OF ERN NM/WRN
   TX...WRN/CENTRAL OK AND PORTIONS OF NCENTRAL TX...ERN OK...SRN
   KS/SERN CO...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WLY WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH...WITH GUSTS
   OVER 40 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 8-20 PERCENT...LONG TERM DROUGHT
   
   SURROUNDING THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA IS A CRITICAL
   FIRE WEATHER AREA...WHERE WIND SPEEDS WILL STILL BE RELATIVELY
   STRONG /SUSTAINED 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH/...BUT NOT QUITE
   AS INTENSE AS THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL AREA...DUE TO FARTHER PROXIMITY
   FROM THE MID LEVEL JET. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE EASTERN PORTION
   OF THE OUTLOOK AREA /ERN OK SWD INTO NCENTRAL TX/ WILL BE SOMEWHAT
   HIGHER THAN FARTHER WEST...AND WILL NOT FALL TO CRITICAL LEVELS
   UNTIL MID-LATE AFTERNOON WITH PASSAGE OF THE DRYLINE. HOWEVER THE
   REMAINDER OF THE AREA WILL SEE MIN RH READINGS FROM 8-20 PERCENT
   /LOWEST OVER SWRN TX AND SERN NM/ THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. IN
   ADDITION TO THE STRONG WINDS/LOW RH READINGS...ISOLATED DRY
   THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LEVEL
   TROUGH AXIS OVER THE NRN TX PANHANDLE/OK PANHANDLE AND FAR NRN
   OK/SRN KS DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   
   ...SERN STATES...
   LOW RH READINGS /20-30 PERCENT/ WILL ACCOMPANY AN AREA OF SURFACE
   HIGH PRESSURE AREA  THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY.
   RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS IN THE 5-10 MPH WILL LIMIT A CRITICAL FIRE
   WEATHER THREAT.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 04/06/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0312 AM CDT THU APR 06 2006
   
   VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF THE SRN PLAINS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A STRONG UPPER STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL/SRN PLAINS WILL MOVE
   EWD WHILE PHASING WITH A NRN STREAM SYSTEM MOVING SEWD FROM CANADA.
   THIS PHASING OF THE TWO SYSTEMS WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
   BROAD UPPER TROUGH OVER THE ERN HALF OF THE NATION BY THE END OF DAY
   TWO. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR BEHIND AN ASSOCIATED COLD
   FRONT OVER MUCH OF THE NRN/CENTRAL PLAINS AND GREAT LAKES REGIONS.
   ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER
   PORTIONS OF THE SRN PLAINS BEHIND A DRYLINE AND AHEAD OF THE COLD
   FRONT.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - PORTIONS OF SERN NM...SRN/ERN
   OK...MUCH OF NRN/WRN AND CENTRAL TX...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WNWLY WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS
   OVER 40 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-25 PERCENT
   
   AN AREA OF SFC LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SEWD FROM KS TO THE LOWER MS
   VALLEY TOMORROW. ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW...A DRYLINE WILL MOVE EWD
   INTO WRN AR AND ERN TX DURING THE AFTERNOON. TO THE WEST OF THE
   DRYLINE...LOW RH READINGS FROM 10-25 PERCENT /HIGHEST FARTHER EAST/
   WILL DEVELOP. MEANWHILE...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SEWD THROUGH
   OK/TX PANHANDLE DURING THE MORNING LEADING TO A WIND SHIFT TO THE NW
   AND INCREASE IN WINDS SPEEDS TO OVER 35 MPH AND HIGHER RH READINGS.
   FARTHER SOUTH...WLY WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH WILL PREVAIL MOST OF THE
   AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE FRONT. COMBINED WITH THE LOW RH
   READINGS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. THE
   STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE MID LEVEL JET AXIS FROM SWRN
   TX INTO CENTRAL TX WHERE WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST OVER TO 40 MPH.
   
   ...REST OF OK AND THE TX PANHANDLE/ERN NM...
   LOW RH READINGS FROM 15-25 PERCENT WILL BE LIKELY FOR A FEW HR
   PERIOD DURING THE MID-LATE MORNING OVER MUCH OF WRN/CENTRAL OK AHEAD
   OF A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT. GIVEN EXPECTED COOLER TEMPERATURES IN
   THE 50S/60S WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...MIN RH READINGS ARE EXPECTED
   TO RISE TO ABOVE 30 PERCENT BY AFTERNOON. DESPITE THE HIGHER RH
   READINGS...SUSTAINED NWLY WINDS FROM 20-35 MPH WILL LEAD TO VERY
   HIGH FIRE DANGER /ALBEIT NOT CRITICAL CONDITIONS/ AND HAMPER
   POTENTIAL FIRE CONTAINMENT EFFORTS.
   
   ...WRN AR AND SWRN MO...
   SWLY WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH AND LOW RH READINGS FROM 20-30 PERCENT ARE
   EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF A DRYLINE. EXPECTED WETTING RAINS ON DAY ONE
   WILL PRECLUDE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT ON DAY TWO.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 04/06/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0330 AM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
   
   VALID 071200Z - 081200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE SRN
   PLAINS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   A STRONG UPPER SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL MOVE SEWD TOWARDS
   THE LOWER MS VALLEY THROUGH TODAY. AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT
   WILL PUSH SWD THROUGH THE SRN PLAINS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS
   SYSTEM. AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND WEST OF A DRYLINE...WARM...DRY AND
   BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT
   OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE SRN PLAINS. FURTHER EAST AHEAD OF THIS
   SYSTEM...SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC/CAROLINAS.
   THIS INCREASE IN WINDS WILL SUPPORT HIGH FIRE DANGER...BUT MODERATE
   RH READINGS DUE TO HIGHER DEWPTS WILL PRECLUDE A CRITICAL FIRE
   WEATHER THREAT.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - MUCH OF WRN/NRN AND CENTRAL
   TX...PORTIONS OF ERN NM...SRN/ERN OK...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WNWLY WINDS 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
    40 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 8-20 PERCENT...LONG TERM DROUGHT
   
   AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING SWD THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS
   MORNING...STEEP LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND MODERATE WINDS ALOFT
   WILL SUPPORT ANOTHER WINDY AND DRY DAY TO MUCH OF THE SRN PLAINS.
   THE NWD EXTENT OF THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT IS DELINEATED
   ROUGHLY ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR WHICH IS WHERE THE COLD FRONT IS
   EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 18Z. SOUTH OF THIS LINE...AT LEAST 3-4 HRS OF
   VERY LOW RH /10-20 PERCENT/ WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE
   DEEPLY MIXED AIRMASS. THE LOW RH READINGS/MODERATE WINDS WILL SPREAD
   WELL SOUTH INTO SCENTRAL TX DURING THE AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT
   WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WITH THE
   PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT IN SRN OK/NRN TX LATER THIS
   AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A NWLY DIRECTION. ANY ONGOING FIRES
   WILL ACCORDINGLY SHIFT TO A SELY DIRECTION WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
   FRONT. HOWEVER...INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE/COOLER TEMPERATURES
   WILL SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS RISING ABOVE 35 PERCENT WITHIN AN HOUR
   OR TWO OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
   
   ...MID ATLANTIC/CAROLINAS AND ERN GA...
   SLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH WITH
   SPEEDS AVERAGING 15-20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SURFACE DEWPTS
   EARLY THIS MORNING WERE RELATIVELY LOW /30S-40S/...SLY WINDS WILL
   AID IN HIGHER MOISTURE TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE. IT IS ANTICIPATED
   THAT DESPITE LOW SOIL MOISTURE...ADVECTIVE PROCESSES WILL SUPPORT
   INCREASE IN DEWPTS TO THE 50S OVER MOST OF THE AREA TODAY. WITH
   TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S-MID 80S...MIN RH READINGS WILL AVERAGE
   FROM 30-40 PERCENT...OR JUST BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS.
   
   ...SWRN MO/WRN AR/SERN OK...
   THE DRYLINE WILL MIX EWD INTO WRN AR AND SWRN MO THIS MORNING.
   AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...SWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY. MILD
   TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S WILL LEAD TO LOW RH READINGS FROM 20-30
   PERCENT. YESTERDAYS WETTING RAINFALL WILL PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL FIRE
   WEATHER THREAT.
   
   ...NRN OK/TX PANHANDLE...
   LOW RH READINGS FROM 20-30 PERCENT WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING
   BEFORE A COLD FRONT MOVES SWD THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE MID-LATE
   MORNING HRS. BEHIND THE FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 50S
   AND RH READINGS WILL RISE ABOVE 40 PERCENT. STRONG NWLY WINDS FROM
   20-30 MPH WILL LEAD TO HIGH FIRE DANGER NONETHELESS.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 04/07/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0331 AM CDT FRI APR 07 2006
   
   VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ERN STATES TOMORROW. IN IT/S
   WAKE...SFC HIGH PRESSURE WILL ENCOMPASS MUCH OF THE ERN HALF OF THE
   NATION. AS A RESULT...COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR
   ALONG WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS AND NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.
   FURTHER WEST...UPPER RIDGING WILL OCCUR OVER ROCKIES AHEAD OF
   ANOTHER WRN TROUGH. GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS OVER THE SWRN STATES WILL
   PRECLUDE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT IN THIS REGION.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 04/07/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0432 AM CDT SAT APR 08 2006
   
   VALID 081200Z - 091200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER TROUGH WILL TRANSITION OVER THE EASTERN CONUS TODAY...WITH LOW
   PRESSURE/COLD FRONT AND SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
   SOUTHEAST STATES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE MIDDLE OF THE
   COUNTRY IN PRESENCE OF UPPER RIDGING...DOWNSTREAM OF UPPER TROUGH
   OFF THE PACIFIC WEST COAST.
   
   ...SOUTH TX...
   IN WAKE OF COLD FRONT...BREEZY N/NW WINDS WILL EXIST ACROSS FAR
   SOUTH TX. WIND SPEEDS OF 15-20 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE
   AFTERNOON...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
   FROM THE UPPER 70S TO MIDDLE 80S.
   
   ..GUYER.. 04/08/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0553 AM CDT SAT APR 08 2006
   
   VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT EASTWARD OFF THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD EARLY
   SUNDAY...WITH SUBTLE UPPER RIDGING PREVALENT OVER THE MAJORITY OF
   THE CONUS DOWNSTREAM OF WEST COAST TROUGH. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
   WILL DOMINATE MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY...WITH LOW
   PRESSURE DEVELOPING LATE IN THE PERIOD ACROSS THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN
   ROCKIES.
   
   ...SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN/LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY...
   AS LEADING SHORTWAVE IMPULSE ADVANCES ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
   STATES...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL EXIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE
   SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY SUNDAY
   AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15-30 MPH /WITH SOME
   HIGHER GUSTS/ ARE EXPECTED. MILD 70S AND 80S WILL BE COMMON IN THE
   LOWER ELEVATIONS...ALTHOUGH AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL TEND TO BE
   MARGINAL.
   
   ..GUYER.. 04/08/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0403 AM CDT SUN APR 09 2006
   
   VALID 091200Z - 101200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER RIDGING AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL ENCOMPASS THE EASTERN
   HALF OF THE CONUS TODAY...WITH DRY CONDITIONS PREDOMINANT. IN THE
   WEST...BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL SHIFT EASTWARD TOWARD THE PACIFIC
   COAST...WITH LEADING SHORTWAVE IMPULSE CROSSING THE SOUTHWEST
   STATES.
   
   ...SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN/LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY INTO THE FOUR CORNERS
   AREA...
   AS SHORTWAVE TROUGH PROGRESSES EASTWARD...GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED
   THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING FROM THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN OF NV AND THE
   LOWER CO RIVER VALLEY INTO MUCH OF THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. SOUTHWEST
   WINDS OF 15-25 MPH /WITH HIGHER GUSTS/ WILL BE COMMON...ESPECIALLY
   FROM SOUTHERN NV INTO SOUTHERN UT/NORTHERN AZ AND WESTERN NM. IN
   SPITE OF THE GUSTY WINDS AND MILD TEMPERATURES TODAY...AFTERNOON
   MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL TEND TO BE MARGINAL.
   
   ..GUYER.. 04/09/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0506 AM CDT SUN APR 09 2006
   
   VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF NM/FAR WEST TX/OK
   PANHANDLE/SOUTHEAST CO/SOUTHWEST KS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
   COUNTRY...WHILE SHORTWAVE TROUGH ADVANCES EASTWARD ACROSS THE
   ROCKIES DOWNSTREAM OF SECONDARY TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC. LEE
   CYCLOGENESIS WILL LEAD TO DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE
   NORTHERN/CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS...WITH LEE TROUGH/DRYLINE SHARPENING
   ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - MUCH OF NM/FAR WEST TX/OK
   PANHANDLE/SOUTHEAST CO/SOUTHWEST KS...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY SW WINDS AND LOW RH VALUES
   
   IN WAKE OF DEVELOPING LEE TROUGH/DRYLINE...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND
   LOW RH VALUES WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED FIRE DANGER MONDAY ACROSS
   MUCH OF NM INTO WEST TX/OK PANHANDLE/SOUTHEAST CO/SOUTHWEST KS. WITH
   A WELL MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25-30 MPH /WITH
   GUSTS TO 40-45 MPH/ ARE EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY FROM THE
   EASTERN NM PLAINS INTO THE TX/OK PANHANDLES...NORTHWEST OK...AND
   WESTERN/CENTRAL KS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S/LOWER
   80S WILL BE COMMON...WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES OF 8-15 PERCENT.
   
   ..GUYER.. 04/09/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
306 AM CDT SUN APR 9 2006

...HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS WESTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FORECAST OF INCREASED SOUTH WINDS...TEMPERATURES IN THE MID
70S TO NEAR 80 DEGREES...AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO
A HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH
TEXAS. THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGER AND TEMPERATURES HIGHER ACROSS
THE WESTERN ONE-QUARTER OF OKLAHOMA DOWN INTO A SMALL PORTION OF
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

A BURN BAN IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS EXCEPT ARCHER
COUNTY...AND ALL OF OKLAHOMA EXCEPT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE
STATE. EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION TO PREVENT THE START OR SPREAD OF
WILDFIRES. REMEMBER THAT WILDFIRES CAN RESULT IN THE DESTRUCTION
OF GRASSLANDS... LIVESTOCK...FORESTS...AND PROPERTY.

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   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0343 AM CDT MON APR 10 2006
   
   VALID 101200Z - 111200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF THE SRN/CENTRAL HIGH
   PLAINS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AS AN UPPER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE SWRN STATES TODAY...INCREASING
   WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SYSTEM OVER MUCH OF THE PLAINS. LOW RH
   READINGS WILL ACCOMPANY THE WINDS OVER THE SRN/CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS
   OF WRN TX...CENTRAL/ERN NM NWD INTO ERN CO/WRN KS. THE COMBINATION
   OF LOW RH READINGS AND WINDS WILL LEAD TO A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
   THREAT IN THESE AREAS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE PLAINS THE LACK OF LOW
   RH READINGS DUE TO COOLER TEMPERATURES/HIGHER DEWPTS WILL PRECLUDE A
   CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. FURTHER EAST...A BROAD AREA OF HIGH
   PRESSURE WILL RESIDE OVER THE ERN SEABOARD. AS A RESULT...LOW RH
   READINGS WILL BE PREVALENT OVER MUCH OF THIS REGION. THE EXCEPTION
   WILL BE OVER FLA...WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10-15
   MPH...AND ONSHORE FLOW FROM THE ATLANTIC WILL LEAD TO MIN RH
   READINGS FROM 35-45 PERCENT.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - MUCH OF CENTRAL/ERN NM...ERN
   CO/WRN KS...WRN TX...THE OK PANHANDLE...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS
   OVER 40 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-15 PERCENT.
   
   AHEAD OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE FROM SRN CA INTO THE SRN
   ROCKIES...A LEE TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. THE LEE
   TROUGH/DRYLINE IS ANTICIPATED TO EXTEND FROM A SURFACE LOW OVER WRN
   NEB SWD INTO THE ERN TX PANHANDLE/SWRN TX BY AFTERNOON. TO THE WEST
   OF THIS DRYLINE ...LOW DEWPTS IN THE TEENS/20S COMBINED WITH ABOVE
   NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S/80S WILL AID IN MIN RH READINGS FROM
   10-15 PERCENT. NEARLY DRY ADIABATIC LAPSE RATES FROM THE SFC UP TO
   10 KFT AGL ALONG WITH MODERATE MID LEVEL WINDS WILL SUPPORT WINDS AT
   THE SURFACE FROM 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. WINDS WILL
   DIMINISH THIS EVENING OVER MOST OF THE AREA...BUT REMAIN MODERATE
   OVER THE TX/OK PANHANDLES WHERE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL REMAIN
   STRONGEST.
   
   ...GA/CAROLINAS/VA...
   LOW DEWPTS IN THE 20S/30S IN ASSOCIATION WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE
   CENTERED OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC ALONG WITH MILD TEMPERATURES WILL
   SUPPORT MIN RH READINGS FROM 20-30 PERCENT. NELY WINDS AVERAGING
   5-10 MPH WILL PRECLUDE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 04/10/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0345 AM CDT MON APR 10 2006
   
   VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A PORTION OF THE SRN PLAINS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE NEWD FROM THE SRN ROCKIES INTO THE GREAT
   LAKES ON DAY TWO. IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...MODERATE WLY WINDS
   WILL OCCUR BEHIND A DRYLINE OVER THE SRN HIGH PLAINS. LOW RH
   READINGS WILL ACCOMPANY THE WINDS SUPPORTING ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL
   FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. BREEZY SLY WINDS WILL OCCUR
   ACROSS MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE CENTRAL U.S...BUT RH READINGS
   WILL BE TOO HIGH TO PRODUCE ANY ADDITIONAL CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
   THREAT AREAS. FURTHER EAST...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE ERN
   SEABOARD...PROVIDING FOR DRY AIR AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS. AGAIN
   THE EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE OVER FLA...WHERE SUSTAINED NELY WINDS
   WILL AVERAGE 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 20 MPH. HOWEVER DEWPTS WITH
   THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL BE HIGHER THAN AREAS FURTHER NORTH...LIMITING
   ANY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT AS WELL.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - PORTIONS OF ERN NM....WRN TX/WRN
   OK/OK PANHANDLE...SERN CO/SWRN KS...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
   OVER 35 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-20 PERCENT...LONG TERM DROUGHT
   
   AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT...AND BEHIND A UPPER LEVEL TROUGH/SFC
   DRYLINE...DEWPTS IN THE 20S/30S AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S WILL
   PRODUCE MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-20 PERCENT. PROXIMITY OF A MODERATE
   LOW LEVEL JET...MID LEVEL COOLING AND STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL SUPPORT
   MODERATE SUSTAINED WSWLY WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35
   MPH. WITH THE NEWD MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER SYSTEM...THE DRYLINE SHOULD
   MIX INTO WRN OK ALLOWING FOR CRITICAL CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP INTO
   THIS AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET AS
   THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES WITH APPROACH OF A WEAK SURFACE FRONT
   AND AS UPPER SYSTEM MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION.
   
   ...SERN STATES...
   A BROAD AREA OF MIN RH READINGS FROM 25-35 PERCENT WILL EXIST ON DAY
   TWO AS DRY AIR REMAINS OVER THE AREA IN PROXIMITY TO A LARGE SFC
   HIGH PRESSURE AREA. AS ON DAY ONE...GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS WILL
   PRECLUDE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 04/10/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
441 AM CDT MON APR 10 2006

...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGERS TODAY...

A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL
RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
RESULT IN VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE REGION...ESPECIALLY WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN
NORTH TEXAS.

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE ACROSS A
LARGE PART OF OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS...WITH PEAK GUSTS
AROUND 40 MPH OVER NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA. MEANWHILE...TEMPERATURES
WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
PRODUCE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGERS IN AREAS THAT STILL HAVE
DORMANT VEGETATION.

A BURN BAN IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS EXCEPT ARCHER
COUNTY...AND ALL OF OKLAHOMA EXCEPT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE
STATE. EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION TO PREVENT THE START OR SPREAD OF
WILDFIRES. REMEMBER THAT WILDFIRES CAN RESULT IN THE DESTRUCTION
OF GRASSLANDS... LIVESTOCK...FORESTS...AND PROPERTY.

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   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1219 AM CDT TUE APR 11 2006
   
   VALID 111200Z - 121200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR A PORTION OF THE SRN PLAINS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN UPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE NEWD FROM THE SRN ROCKIES INTO THE GREAT
   LAKES TODAY. IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...MODERATE WLY WINDS WILL
   OCCUR BEHIND A DRYLINE OVER THE SRN HIGH PLAINS. LOW RH READINGS
   WILL ACCOMPANY THE WINDS SUPPORTING ANOTHER DAY OF CRITICAL FIRE
   WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THIS REGION. BREEZY SLY WINDS WILL OCCUR
   ACROSS MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE CENTRAL U.S...BUT RH READINGS
   WILL BE TOO HIGH TO PRODUCE ANY ADDITIONAL CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
   THREAT AREAS. FURTHER EAST...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE ERN
   SEABOARD...PROVIDING FOR DRY AIR AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS FOR MUCH
   OF THE NATION EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS. AGAIN THE EXCEPTION TO THIS
   WILL BE OVER FLA...WHERE SUSTAINED NELY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10-15 MPH
   WITH GUSTS OVER 20 MPH. HOWEVER DEWPTS WITH THE ONSHORE FLOW WILL BE
   HIGHER THAN AREAS FURTHER NORTH...LIMITING ANY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
   THREAT AS WELL.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - MUCH OF ERN NM....WRN TX/WRN OK/OK
   PANHANDLE...SERN CO/SWRN KS...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
   OVER 35 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-20 PERCENT...LONG TERM DROUGHT
   
   AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT...AND BEHIND A UPPER LEVEL TROUGH/SFC
   DRYLINE...DEWPTS GENERALLY IN THE 20S/30S AND TEMPERATURES IN THE
   UPPER 70S TO 80S WILL PRODUCE MIN RH READINGS FROM 10-20 PERCENT.
   PROXIMITY OF A MODERATE LOW LEVEL JET...MID LEVEL COOLING AND STEEP
   LAPSE RATES ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROUGH PASSAGE WILL SUPPORT
   MODERATE SUSTAINED WSWLY WINDS FROM 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35
   MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED ALONG THE LOW LEVEL JET
   AXIS FROM THE NRN TX PANHANDLE NEW INTO SWRN KS. WITH THE NEWD
   MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER SYSTEM...THE DRYLINE SHOULD MIX INTO WRN OK
   ALLOWING FOR CRITICAL CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP INTO THIS AREA DURING
   THE MID-LATE AFTERNOON. FURTHER EAST...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
   INCREASE EAST OF THE DRYLINE LIMITING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
   CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL/ERN OK AND SCENTRAL KS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH
   AFTER SUNSET AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES AND WITH APPROACH OF A
   WEAK SURFACE FRONT.
   
   ...SERN STATES...
   A BROAD AREA OF MIN RH READINGS FROM 25-35 PERCENT WILL EXIST TODAY
   AS DRY AIR REMAINS OVER THE AREA IN PROXIMITY TO A LARGE SFC HIGH
   PRESSURE AREA OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST. SUSTAINED WINDS MAY
   BRIEFLY EXCEED CRITICAL THRESHOLDS /15 MPH/ FOR AN HR OR TWO DURING
   THE AFTERNOON...BUT GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS WILL PRECLUDE A CRITICAL
   FIRE WEATHER AREA.
   
   ...MID-ATLANTIC NWD INTO NRN NEW ENGLAND...
   AS IN THE SE...THE AREA WILL RESIDE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A BROAD
   SFC HIGH PRESSURE AREA CENTERED OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC. ABOVE NORMAL
   TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S/70S ALONG WITH DWPTS IN THE 30S WILL PRODUCE
   MIN RH READINGS FROM 25-35 PERCENT. GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS /LESS THAN
   10 MPH/ WILL PRECLUDE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
   
   ...CENTRAL/ERN OK AND SCENTRAL KS...
   EAST OF THE DRYLINE /WHICH IS FCST TO MOVE TO THE POSITION OF U.S
   HWY 183 BY THE LATE-AFTERNOON/ STRONG SLY LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL
   EXIST. WITH DEWPTS IN THE 50S AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S /LIKELY
   COOLER THAN YESTERDAY DUE TO THE COPIOUS MID-HIGH CLOUD COVER
   ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE SWRN STATES/ MIN RH
   READINGS WILL LIKELY NOT FALL BELOW 40 PERCENT. THIS WILL PRECLUDE A
   CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. HOWEVER WINDS GUSTY OVER 35 MPH WILL
   CREATE HIGH FIRE DANGER.
   
   ...REMAINDER OF ERN CO/WRN KS AND SWRN NEB...
   BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT...WINDS WILL SHIFT NWLY EARLY IN THE DAY.
   BEING NORTH OF THE LOW LEVEL JET...AND RELATIVELY WEAK PRESSURE
   RISES...SUSTAINED NWLY WINDS LESS THAN 20 MPH SHOULD OCCUR FOR THE
   MAJORITY OF THE DAY. MILD TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S-MID 70S WILL
   KEEP RH READINGS AROUND 15 PERCENT. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED MAINLY
   DRY TSTMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 04/11/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   1221 AM CDT TUE APR 11 2006
   
   VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AHEAD OF AN UPPER TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE
   GREAT LAKES THROUGH THE PERIOD...SSWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE
   ERN GREAT LAKES AND MUCH OF NEW ENGLAND. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL
   BE ABOVE NORMAL IN THE 60S TO 70S...INCREASING MOISTURE SHOULD
   OFFSET THE WARMING AND KEEP MIN RH READINGS ABOVE 30 PERCENT. IN
   ADDITION...SCT PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE/LIKELY OVER MUCH OF
   THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON HRS. THUS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
   CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR OVER THIS REGION. IN THE
   WAKE OF A DEPARTING UPPER TROUGH...UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER THE
   ROCKIES/PLAINS STATES. WHERE THE SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE
   STRONGEST /OVER THE NRN PLAINS AND THE GREAT LAKES/ MIN RH READINGS
   WILL APPROACH OR EXCEED CRITICAL LEVELS FROM MN INTO NRN WI /25-35
   PERCENT/. HOWEVER WETTING RAINS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA TODAY WILL
   LIMIT THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT. GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS ARE
   EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE HIGH PLAINS/SWRN STATES WHERE RH
   READINGS WILL AGAIN BE LOW.
   
   ...NEW ENGLAND...
   INCREASING SFC SWLY WINDS FROM 20-25 MPH WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF AN
   UPPER TROUGH THAT WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES DURING THE
   PERIOD AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT INTENSIFIES. WHERE THE WINDS ARE
   FCST TO BE STRONGEST...NRN/ERN NY AND VT...CLOUD COVER WILL INCREASE
   DURING THE AFTERNOON /WITH THE CHANCE OF RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON/.
   THIS SHOULD INCREASE RH READINGS DURING THIS PERIOD. THUS CRITICAL
   FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR FOR POSSIBLY A COUPLE HR PERIOD
   AROUND MIDDAY...NOT SUFFICIENT FOR AN OUTLOOK AREA.
   
   ...SERN/MID ATLANTIC STATES...
   ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE SLOWLY BETWEEN TODAY AND
   TOMORROW...RH READINGS ARE STILL ANTICIPATED TO BE LOW /30-35
   PERCENT/. HOWEVER...UNLIKE FURTHER NORTH WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
   GET ABOVE 15 MPH.
   
   ...SRN GREAT BASIN/FOUR CORNERS AND SRN HIGH PLAINS...
   SWLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 10-20 MPH OVER THE SRN HIGH
   PLAINS/SRN ROCKIES TO BETWEEN 20-30 MPH OVER THE SRN GREAT BASIN.
   MIN RH READINGS WILL BE LOWEST WHERE THE WINDS ARE WEAKEST...WITH
   MIN RH READINGS EXPECTED TO BETWEEN 15-25 PERCENT OVER THE SRN GREAT
   BASIN/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. THUS NO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
   CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED.
   
   ..CROSBIE.. 04/11/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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GRASS FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
800 AM CST SUN APR 11 2006

...FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED THIS AFTERNOON...

SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WILL
OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS.  RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL ALSO FALL BELOW 45 PERCENT ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT WEST
OF INTERSTATE 35.

DESPITE THE RAINFALL THIS SPRING...RECENT DRY WEATHER THE LAST
COUPLE WEEKS HAS ALLOWED FUELS TO DRY OUT AND BECOME VULNERABLE ONCE
AGAIN FOR WILDFIRES.

AVOID OUTSIDE BURNING TODAY...USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN WELDING...AND
DO NOT TOSS LIT CIGARETTE BUTTS OUTSIDE.  REPORT WILDFIRES TO THE
NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT.  CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE DURING THE EVENING AS WINDS DECREASE AND THE RELATIVE
HUMIDITY INCREASES.

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   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0459 AM CDT WED APR 12 2006
   
   VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR ERN NY/SRN VT/SWRN NH/MA/CT/NW
   RI...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   UPPER STORM SYSTEM OVER UPPER MIDWEST EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL MOVE
   INTO THE OH VALLEY REGION BY LATE AFTN/EVENING.
   MEANWHILE...MID/UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ACROSS THE
   SOUTHWEST. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE
   SOUTHERN CONUS...WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE
   CNTRL/SRN CONUS AND NEW ENGLAND. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
   ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND TODAY...IN ADVANCE OF
   LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - ERN NY/SRN VT/SWRN NH/MA/CT/NW
   RI...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED SLY WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER
   GUSTS/MINIMUM RH VALUES 20-30 PERCENT/ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS/DRY FUELS
   
   STRONG SLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP FROM OH/PA EWD INTO THE MID ATLANTIC
   AND NEW ENGLAND TODAY...WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR OF AN APPROACHING
   STORM SYSTEM. VERY LOW RH VALUES /15-20 PERCENT/ WERE OBSERVED ON
   TUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF PA AND WCNTRL NY...AND A VERY DRY AIRMASS
   REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS NEW ENGLAND PER 00Z/12 SOUNDINGS WHICH
   INDICATED DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 20S ACROSS ME/PA/NY. MINIMUM RH
   VALUES THIS AFTN WILL LIKELY FALL IN THE 25-30 PERCENT RANGE WITH
   SLIGHTLY LOWER VALUES POSSIBLE.
   
   SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 15-25 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS
   TO 35+ POSSIBLE. OBSERVATIONS FROM 10HR FUELS SUGGEST MOISTURE IS
   LESS THAN 10 PERCENT AMONG FINE FUELS...SO THE COMBINATION OF WINDY
   AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DRIVEN FIRES.
   
   ...PORTIONS OF MN/WI...
   TEMPS WILL BE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL IN THE 70S...WITH STRONG WLY SFC
   WINDS. POINT FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL RANGE
   FROM 20-30 PERCENT WITH SUSTAINED 15-25 MPH WINDS. RECENT FIRE
   DANGER OBSERVATIONS ARE IN THE HIGH/VERY HIGH RANGE. THE WARM AND
   WINDY CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY ENHANCE FIRE WEATHER THREATS.
   
   ..TAYLOR.. 04/12/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0500 AM CDT WED APR 12 2006
   
   VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   NRN STREAM WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE AS SEVERAL IMPULSES MOVE EWD
   ACROSS THE NRN TIER. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE
   GULF COAST AND SRN PLAINS STATES ON THU. SFC TROUGH WILL FORM ACROSS
   THE NRN PLAINS IN RESPONSE TO MODEST LARGE SCALE HEIGHT FALLS. SFC
   WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE SRN AND CNTRL PLAINS THROUGH THE
   LOWER MS VALLEY. TEMPS WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL...WITH RECORD HIGH
   TEMPS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF KS AND OK.
   
   ...SRN PLAINS...
   STRENGTHENING SFC WINDS INVOF LEE TROUGH IN THE PLAINS WILL INCREASE
   POTENTIAL FOR WIND DRIVEN FIRES. TEMPS WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN
   THE 80S/90S COMBINED WITH S/SWLY WINDS OF 15-25 MPH WITH HIGHER
   GUSTS. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT...AND THE
   ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE NOT IMPROVED. A CRITICAL AREA MAY BE
   ISSUED IN THE NEXT OUTLOOK.
   
   ..TAYLOR.. 04/12/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0411 AM CDT THU APR 13 2006
   
   VALID 131200Z - 141200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SE WY/WRN NEB/ERN CO/WRN KS/NE
   NM/OK AND TX PANHANDLES...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   LARGE RIDGE ALOFT WILL REMAIN CENTERED ACROSS THE SRN PLAINS...WITH
   SEVERAL IMPULSES MOVING EWD ACROSS THE NRN STATES. MID LEVEL SPEED
   MAX OF 60-70 KT WILL EXTEND FROM SRN MN THROUGH WY BY LATE AFTN.
   TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL /15-20 DEGREES/ ACROSS THE
   PLAINS...WITH MORE RECORD HIGH TEMPS LIKELY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
   CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HIGH PLAINS WHERE HOT
   AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOW RH VALUES.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - SE WY/WRN NEB/ERN CO/WRN KS/NE
   NM/OK AND TX PANHANDLES...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WINDS 15-20 MPH WITH HIGHER
   GUSTS/MINIMUM RH VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT/ABOVE NORMAL TO RECORD HIGH
   TEMPS/LONG TERM DROUGHT
   
   TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MUCH ABOVE NORMAL...WITH RECORD HIGHS
   POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST SFC DEWPOINTS
   WILL BE IN THE TEENS ACROSS SE WY/ERN CO/WRN NEB WHICH WILL ALLOW
   MINIMUM RH VALUES TO FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT. STEEP LAPSE RATES ON THE
   ORDER OF 9 C/KM WILL ALLOW THE BOUNDARY LAYER TO BE MIXED TO NEARLY
   500MB ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HIGH PLAINS. HIGHER MOMENTUM AIR WILL
   BE MIXED TO LOWER LEVELS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS DEVELOPING BY AFTN.
   
   LATEST 10 HR FUEL OBSERVATIONS ARE LESS THAN 5 PERCENT ACROSS THE
   CRITICAL AREA. WIND CRITERIA MAY NOT BE MET ACROSS ALL OF THE
   AREA...BUT THE COMBINATION OF VERY DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL
   INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DRIVEN FIRES.
   
   ...SRN PLAINS...
   ABOVE NORMAL TO RECORD HIGH TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH LOW
   HUMIDITY. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL RANGE FROM BELOW 10 PERCENT WEST OF
   THE DRYLINE TO 20-30 PERCENT ACROSS ERN OK/NCNTRL TX. THERE WILL
   CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT OF WILDFIRE GIVEN THE DRY FUELS AND
   FAVORABLE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE RIDGE ALOFT WILL TEND TO
   DISCOURAGE STRONG SYNOPTIC SCALE WINDS.
   
   ..TAYLOR.. 04/13/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0412 AM CDT THU APR 13 2006
   
   VALID 141200Z - 151200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR AZ/NM...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH NOW OFF WEST COAST IS FORECAST TO MOVE
   INLAND ACROSS CA AND THE GREAT BASIN ON FRIDAY. WINDS ALOFT WILL
   INCREASE TO 80-90 KT ACROSS SRN CA/AZ BY AFTN. ASSOCIATED SFC TROUGH
   WILL DEEPEN OVER SRN GREAT BASIN IN RESPONSE TO LARGE SCALE HEIGHT
   FALLS...WHILE LEE TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE PLAINS. INCREASING
   PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INDUCE STRONGER WINDS ACROSS THE PLAINS ON
   FRIDAY.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - AZ/NM...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG WINDS OF 20-35 MPH/ LOW RH VALUES /
   LONG TERM DROUGHT
   
   SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20-35 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON FRIDAY AHEAD OF A VERY
   STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL FALL BELOW
   15 PERCENT ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND DESERTS WHERE
   TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 80S/90S. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS ALOFT
   AND TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN HIGHER SFC WIND GUSTS
   BETWEEN 40-50 MPH. RECENT FIRE DANGER OBSERVATIONS RANGE FROM HIGH
   TO EXTREME.
   
   ...SRN PLAINS...
   TEMPS IN THE 90S COMBINED WITH LOW RH VALUES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AN
   INCREASING FIRE WEATHER THREAT WHICH WILL BE EVEN MORE ENHANCED ON
   SATURDAY. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 20-25
   PERCENT EVEN WITH SFC DEWPOINTS IN THE 40S/50S.
   
   ..TAYLOR.. 04/13/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
441 AM CDT THU APR 13 2006

...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY...

A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
PLAINS... AND AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO WILL RESULT IN MODERATELY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS TODAY. THE WINDS AND
EXTREMELY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER
ACROSS THE REGION.

AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...
WHICH IS FAR ABOVE THE SEASONAL AVERAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 70
DEGREES.  THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15
TO 20 MPH TO PRODUCE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IN AREAS THAT STILL HAVE
ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DORMANT OR DEAD VEGETATION.

A BURN BAN IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS EXCEPT ARCHER
COUNTY...AND ALL OF OKLAHOMA EXCEPT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE
STATE. EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION TO PREVENT THE START OR SPREAD OF
WILDFIRES. REMEMBER THAT WILDFIRES CAN RESULT IN THE DESTRUCTION
OF GRASSLANDS... LIVESTOCK...FORESTS...AND PROPERTY.

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   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0511 AM CDT FRI APR 14 2006
   
   VALID 141200Z - 151200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SE CA/SRN AND CNTRL AZ/NM/TX
   PANHANDLE...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   EARLY MORNING WATER VAPOR LOOPS SHOW WEST COAST UPPER LOW STILL
   SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES OFFSHORE. CLOSED MID/UPPER CIRCULATION IS
   FORECAST TO MOVE INTO SRN CA BY AFTN WITH ASSOCIATED 100 KT JET. AT
   LOWER LEVELS...LEE TROUGH WILL SET UP IN THE PLAINS WITH A LOW
   PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY BY EVENING. VERY
   STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND
   ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CRITICAL FIRE
   WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS AZ/NM TODAY.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - SE CA/SRN AND CNTRL AZ/NM/TX
   PANHANDLE...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WINDS 20-40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS/RH
   VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT/ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS/LONG TERM DROUGHT
   
   ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST LOCATIONS WITH MORE RECORD
   HIGHS POSSIBLE. HIGH TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE 60S/70S IN HIGHER
   ELEVATIONS TO 80S/90S IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. MINIMUM RH VALUES
   WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS SE AZ AND PORTIONS OF CNTRL/SRN
   NM. LAPSE RATES WILL BE DRY ADIABATIC WHICH WILL FACILITATE STRONG
   BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING. SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 20-30 MPH WILL BE
   POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 45-55 MPH.
   
   ...SRN PLAINS...
   PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE RELATIVELY WEAK...BUT DAYTIME WINDS WILL
   STILL INCREASE INTO THE 15-25 MPH RANGE. IN ADDITION...WITH TEMPS IN
   THE UPPER 80S/90S...DEWPOINT DEPRESSION VALUES WILL BE 30-40
   DEGREES. SMOKE PLUMES OBSERVED DAILY ON VISIBLE SATELLITE SUGGEST
   FIRES ARE OCCURRING EVEN IN THE RELATIVELY MOIST AIR. THREAT FOR
   WIND DRIVEN FIRES WILL INCREASE TODAY AND EVEN MORE SO ON SATURDAY
   AS WEST COAST TROUGH APPROACHES.
   
   ..TAYLOR.. 04/14/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0514 AM CDT FRI APR 14 2006
   
   VALID 151200Z - 161200Z
   
   ...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SWRN KS/SE CO/ERN NM/WRN
   OK/NW AND W TX...
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR ERN NM/ERN CO/SRN NEB/KS/WRN AND
   CNTRL OK/WRN AND NCNTRL TX...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   POTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
   INTO THE HIGH PLAINS ON SATURDAY AFTN. AT MID LEVELS...WINDS WILL
   INCREASE TO 70-80 KT WITH JET MAX EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS ERN NM
   INTO THE TX PANHANDLE/WRN OK. SFC LOW WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT
   MOVES E/NEWD FROM CO INTO SCNTRL NEB BY 16/00Z. DRYLINE WILL MIX EWD
   INTO CNTRL OK...AND THE MOST EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL
   OCCUR ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF THIS BOUNDARY.
   
   ...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - SWRN KS/SE CO/ERN NM/WRN
   OK/NW AND W TX...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WINDS 25-40 MPH/MINIMUM RH VALUES
   BELOW 15 PERCENT/LONG TERM DROUGHT
   
   VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON
   SATURDAY...AS SUSTAINED VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 25-40 MPH
   WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 90S EXCEPT OVER
   THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF ERN NM/W TX. WEST OF THE DRYLINE...RH VALUES
   WILL DROP INTO THE 5-15 PERCENT RANGE...WITH TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREADS
   OF 50-60 DEGREES LIKELY. RECENT FIRE DANGER CLASS OBSERVATIONS
   INDICATE HIGH TO EXTREME VALUES...AND 10 HR FUEL MOISTURE IS LESS
   THAN 5 PERCENT. WINDS WILL ALSO SHIFT FROM A MORE SLY DIRECTION TO
   WLY INVOF OF THE DRYLINE.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 2 - ERN NM/ERN CO/SRN NEB/KS/WRN AND
   CNTRL OK/WRN AND NCNTRL TX...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED WINDS 20-35 MPH/MINIMUM RH VALUES
   BELOW 15 PERCENT/LONG TERM DROUGHT
   
   COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH ERN CO/NM ON SATURDAY...SO TEMPS
   WILL BE COOLER /IN THE 60S AND 70S/. DOWNSLOPE WLY WINDS WILL STILL
   ALLOW STRONG MIXING TO OCCUR AND WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 20-35 MPH
   WITH HIGHER GUSTS. RH VALUES WILL BE VERY LOW ACROSS THE CO/NM/W TX
   PORTIONS OF THE CRITICAL AREA. HOWEVER...DEWPOINTS WILL LIKELY BE IN
   THE 50S/60S ACROSS NCNTRL TX/ERN OK...OR EAST OF THE DRYLINE. THREAT
   FOR WIND DRIVEN FIRES WILL BE INCREASED GIVEN THE EXTREME LONG TERM
   DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
   
   ..TAYLOR.. 04/14/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
435 AM CDT FRI APR 14 2006

...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER TODAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST ACROSS KANSAS TODAY WILL CAUSE
MODERATELY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS. THE WINDS AND EXTREMELY WARM TEMPERATURES
WILL RESULT IN VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE REGION.

AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE LOW TO MID 90S...
WHICH IS NEARLY 20 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES. THE WARM
TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO
25 MPH TO PRODUCE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER IN AREAS THAT STILL HAVE ANY
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DORMANT OR DEAD VEGETATION.

A BURN BAN IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NORTH TEXAS EXCEPT ARCHER
COUNTY...AND ALL OF OKLAHOMA EXCEPT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE
STATE. EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION TO PREVENT THE START OR SPREAD OF
WILDFIRES. REMEMBER THAT WILDFIRES CAN RESULT IN THE DESTRUCTION
OF GRASSLANDS... LIVESTOCK...FORESTS...AND PROPERTY.

FIRE DANGER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE EXTREME CATEGORY ACROSS
WESTERN PORTIONS OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTH TEXAS ON SATURDAY AS WINDS
INCREASE AND HUMIDITIES FALL BEHIND A DRYLINE THAT MOVES THROUGH THE
REGION.

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   DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0451 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006
   
   VALID 151200Z - 161200Z
   
   ...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR FAR ERN NM/FAR SERN
   CO/SWRN KS/WRN OK/NWRN TX...
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR ERN NM/SERN CO/WRN AND CNTRL
   KS/CNTRL OK/N-CNTRL AND FAR WEST TX...
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF SW MN...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   VIGOROUS UPR LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST WILL LIFT NEWD
   INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY SUNDAY MORNING. AN 80-90 MPH MID-LEVEL JET
   MAX WILL SHIFT NE FROM ERN NM INTO S-CNTRL KS/WRN OK THIS AFTN. A
   SFC LOW WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN AHEAD OF THIS SPEED MAX...FROM ERN CO
   INTO CNTRL NEB BY THIS EVENING. THE DRYLINE WILL SURGE EWD INTO
   CNTRL KS AND CNTRL OK...WITH THE MOST EXTREME FIRE WEATHER
   CONDITIONS TO THE WEST OF THIS BOUNDARY.
   
   ...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - FAR ERN NM/FAR SERN
   CO/SWRN KS/WRN OK/NWRN TX...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: VERY STRONG WINDS / VERY LOW RH / LONG-TERM
   DROUGHT
   
   VERY STRONG W/SW WINDS AND VERY LOW RH WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE
   WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIND
   PROFILERS OVER CNTRL/ERN NM ALREADY INDICATE 50 MPH WINDS AROUND
   3000 FEET AGL. AS LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES STEEPEN LATER THIS
   MORNING...THESE WINDS WILL MIX TOWARDS THE SURFACE AND CREATE
   SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. DEW
   POINTS WILL DROP INTO THE 20S AS THE DRYLINE MIXES EWD INTO CNTRL KS
   AND CNTRL OK BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH TEMPERATURES SOARING INTO
   THE 80S AND 90S...RH VALUES WILL PLUMMET INTO THE 5 TO 10 PERCENT
   RANGE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY LAST
   THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING BEFORE WIND SPEEDS DIMINISH TO BELOW 20
   MPH OVERNIGHT.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 2 - ERN NM/SERN CO/WRN AND CNTRL
   KS/CNTRL OK/N-CNTRL AND FAR WEST TX...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG WINDS / LOW RH / LONG-TERM DROUGHT
   
   SURROUNDING THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL AREA...STRONG WINDS AND LOW RH
   WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. A COLD FRONT
   WILL PUSH THROUGH ERN CO BEHIND THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
   LIFTING INTO NEB THIS AFTN. TEMPERATURES IN ERN CO WILL BE COOLER
   THAN FRIDAY /IN THE 60S AND 70S/. DOWNSLOPE WLY WINDS WILL PROMOTE
   STEEP LOW-LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND STRONG MIXING TO ALLOW WINDS TO
   REACH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. RH VALUES WILL DIP
   INTO THE TEENS. FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST...VERY WARM TEMPERATURES IN
   THE 80S AND 90S COMBINED WITH VERY DRY CONDITIONS BEHIND THE
   DRYLINE...WILL PROMOTE RH VALUES OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT FROM FAR W TX TO
   15 TO 20 PERCENT IN CNTRL OK.
   
   CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH FROM SW TO NE DURING THE EVENING
   AS THE UPPER MIDWEST LOW LIFTS FURTHER NEWD. W/NW WINDS ABOVE 20 MPH
   WILL LIKELY LAST THROUGH MOST OF THE EVENING ACROSS WRN/CNTRL KS.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 3 - PORTIONS OF SW MN...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: MODERATE WINDS / LOW RH / SHORT-TERM DRYNESS
   
   A SMALL AREA OF MODERATE WINDS AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING CO/NEB LOW
   WILL COMBINE WITH WARM TEMPERATURES/LOW RH AND RECENT DRYNESS TO
   PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS
   AFTERNOON. THIS AREA WILL LIKELY BE CONFINED TO THE NE OF THE
   BUFFALO RIDGE ALONG THE MN RIVER VALLEY. HERE AN INCREASING PRESSURE
   GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH BY EARLY
   AFTERNOON. AN ANTECEDENT DRY AIR MASS WILL KEEP DEW POINTS IN THE
   30S THROUGH AT LEAST MID-AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE
   MID 70S TO LOWER 80S...RH VALUES WILL BOTTOM OUT AROUND 15 TO 20
   PERCENT. THE CRITICAL THREAT WILL NOT BE LONG-LIVED...AS MOISTURE
   SURGES NWD THIS EVENING AND RH VALUES SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE.
   
   ..GRAMS.. 04/15/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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   DAY 2 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK 
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0516 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006
   
   VALID 161200Z - 171200Z
   
   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL WEAKEN AND BECOME
   ABSORBED BY A LARGER TROUGH OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST BY MONDAY
   MORNING. IN RESPONSE AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE E/SEWD
   FROM IA TOWARDS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY SUNDAY NIGHT. IN THE WAKE
   OF THIS ERN CONUS SYSTEM...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING
   SUBSTANTIALLY LIGHTER WINDS TO MUCH OF THE HIGH PLAINS REGION.
   FURTHER W...ANOTHER UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INLAND FROM THE W
   COAST.
   
   ...ERN NM/SERN CO/SW KS/TX AND OK PANHANDLES...
   WARM AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THIS REGION...WITH
   TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND MIN RH VALUES IN THE TEENS. HOWEVER
   WINDS WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN ON SATURDAY. A BUILDING HIGH
   PRESSURE RIDGE DURING THE MORNING HOURS WILL GIVE WAY TO WEAK
   LEE-TROUGHING BY AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
   BELOW 20 MPH TO PRECLUDE A CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT.
   
   ..GRAMS.. 04/15/2006
   
   ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

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GRASS FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
528 AM CDT SAT APR 15 2006

...FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED THIS AFTERNOON...

STRONG SOUTH WINDS...WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH...AND AFTERNOON
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 40 PERCENT OR LOWER WILL CREATE AN
ELEVATED GRASS FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON. THE DANGER WILL BE
HIGHEST ACROSS WESTERN PARTS OF NORTH TEXAS WHERE HUMIDITY VALUES
BELOW 30 PERCENT ARE FORECAST BY LATE AFTERNOON.

EXTREME CARE IS RECOMMENDED DURING ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WHERE
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR GRASS FIRES TO GET STARTED.

THE FIRE DANGER SHOULD EASE THIS EVENING AS WINDS GRADUALLY
DIMINISH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES RECOVER IN MOST AREAS.