FNUS21 KWNS 261647
FWDDY1

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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