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FNUS22 KWNS 171933
FWDDY2

Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0232 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024

Valid 181200Z - 191200Z

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SOUTHWEST NEVADA...

A critical area has been added to southwest Nevada with this update.
Here, conditions tomorrow (Sunday) should be similar to today
(Saturday). Relative humidity should fall below 10% over a sizeable
portion of the area, with numerical guidance indicating increasing
confidence of winds in the afternoon approaching 20 mph.

Elsewhere, the forecast remains on track.

..Marsh.. 08/17/2024

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0153 AM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024/

...Synopsis...
A mid-level trough will continue to meander along the West Coast
while upper ridging persists across the central U.S. tomorrow
(Sunday). A 500 mb speed max within the upper trough should progress
northward toward the Pacific Northwest and International border,
with a gradual weakening in isallobaric flow expected to the lee of
the Cascades and Sierra. Nonetheless, boundary-layer mixing will
promote Elevated dry and breezy conditions in terrain-favoring
locations east of the Sierra into the Great Basin by afternoon,
where Elevated highlights have been introduced.

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

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