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STORM PREDICTION CENTER...NWS/NCEP...NORMAN OK
400 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2001
  
DAY 1 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK...REF AWIPS GRAPHIC PMWE98 KWNS
VALID 221200-231200
  
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SERN NM AND PORTIONS OF
WRN TX...

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NM INTO SWRN TX... 
   
...SYNOPSIS... 
A STRONG UPPER TROUGH LOCATED ALONG THE SERN AZ/SWRN NM BORDER AND
ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW OVER SERN CO EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRACK
TO THE ENE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO THE UPPER MS VALLEY BY
MONDAY MORNING.  SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD EWD
FROM THE WRN U.S. INTO THE CENTRAL/SRN ROCKIES AND SRN PLAINS IN
THE WAKE OF THE CENTRAL U.S. STORM SYSTEM.  MEANWHILE...HIGH
PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT OVER MUCH OF
THE ERN U.S.

...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 1 - SERN NM / WRN TX...
     
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: STRONG SWLY WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST / LOW
AFTERNOON RH / EXTREME FIRE DANGER 

LOW-LEVEL SSWLY WINDS AT 15-25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD.  HOWEVER...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES
ERN NM EARLY THIS MORNING...WINDS OVER AREA 1 ARE EXPECTED TO VEER
SWLY AND INCREASE TO 20-35 MPH.  AS THE COLD FRONT TRACKS EWD
THROUGH WRN OK TO CENTRAL/SWRN TX BY 22/18Z...WINDS OVER ERN NM/WRN
TX WILL BECOME WLY AND INCREASE TO 25-40 MPH.  RH IS EXPECTED TO
FALL INTO CRITICAL VALUES BY NOON WITH AFTERNOON RH VALUES RANGING
FROM 10-15 PERCENT.  DESPITE COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED OVER THIS
REGION TODAY...THE STRONG SWLY TO WLY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RH
VALUES WILL ENHANCE THE FIRE DANGER...ESPECIALLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON.  THE THREAT FOR WIND-DRIVEN FIRES WILL BE VERY HIGH.

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA 2 - SOUTH CENTRAL NM / SWRN TX...

PRIMARY CONDITIONS: MODERATE SWLY WINDS SHIFTING TO THE WEST / LOW
AFTERNOON RH

LOW-LEVEL SWLY WINDS AT 15-25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE WEST
BY 22/18Z.  STRONGER WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF
SWRN TX.  OTHERWISE...WIND SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN AT 15-25 MPH OVER
THE REST OF AREA 2 DURING THE AFTERNOON.  AFTERNOON RH VALUES
RANGING FROM 10-15 PERCENT AND THE FORECAST WIND SPEEDS WILL
ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND-DRIVEN FIRES.

..PETERS.. 04/22/01
   
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