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   FNUS21 KWNS 261647

   Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1147 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024

   Valid 261700Z - 271200Z

   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGH
   PLAINS...

   Removed southeast Colorado from the Elevated delineation based on
   location of the surface front/dryline this morning and only minimal
   northward progression expected. Otherwise no changes were made. See
   previous discussion below.

   ..Bentley.. 04/26/2024

   .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0151 AM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024/

   ...Synopsis...
   On the backside of a departing mid-level low, enhanced
   west-southwesterly flow will continue across southern New Mexico
   into portions of the southern High Plains today. Given a dry air
   mass in place post-dryline, critical fire-weather conditions will be
   favored across this region during the afternoon. 

   ...Southern New Mexico and much of the Southern High Plains...
   Deep boundary layer mixing of strong flow aloft and tight surface
   pressure gradients will yield sustained winds around 20-25 mph
   overlapping relative humidity reductions to around 10-15 percent
   across portions of southern New Mexico into portions of the Texas
   Panhandle and far western Texas. Fuels within this region are
   sufficiently dry, given little to no rainfall in the past 7-14 days,
   to support increased fire spread potential and Critical fire weather
   conditions. Elevated fire weather concerns will extend as far
   northward as southeastern Colorado into the Oklahoma Panhandle.

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

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