Just a heads up to our members in the southwest USA that June 5-10th critical wild fire conditions will develop across all of Arizona...New Mexico...Utah...Colorado...and much of SE California...SE Nevada...and SW Wyoming...
Let the droughts begin.
DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0412 AM CDT SUN JUN 03 2007
VALID 051200Z - 111200Z
...DISCUSSION...
AN ACTIVE FIRE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
ROCKIES/SOUTHWEST DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD. A STRONG UPPER TROUGH
WILL MOVE SEWD INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON DAY 3 BEFORE EJECTING NEWD
THROUGH THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS ON DAY 4. STRONG SWLY WINDS
COMBINED WITH LOW RH READINGS WILL OCCUR AT THE SURFACE AHEAD OF
THIS UPPER TROUGH AND SFC COLD FRONT LEADING TO CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER A LARGE AREA OF THE SOUTHWEST AND ROCKIES
ON DAY 3 /JUNE 5/. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
LAST INTO DAY 4 /JUNE 6/ OVER PORTIONS OF WRN/CENTRAL
NM...WRN/CENTRAL CO AND ERN AZ ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE MAIN UPPER
TROUGH PASSAGE. STRONG SWLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP INTO THE HIGH PLAINS
ON DAY 4...BUT LONG TERM MOIST SPELL WILL PRECLUDE ANY CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER THREAT OVER THIS REGION. ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP LATER THIS WEEK OVER THE WEST COAST/GREAT BASIN IN THE WAKE
OF THE FIRST SYSTEM. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST ON DAY 5-6 /JUNE 7-8/ AS A RESULT.
..CROSBIE.. 06/03/2007
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV/FIRE FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
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link to www.spc.noaa.gov]
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