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PFWF38



DAY 3-8 FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREAL OUTLINE

NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK

0437 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2025



VALID TIME 201200Z - 261200Z



FIRE WEATHER OUTLOOK POINTS DAY 3-8



... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA ...



D3     35950512 36560453 36890397 36780355 36700318 36570274

       36330223 36100071 35770047 35210034 33850041 32550084

       29790092 29480109 29630146 29760203 29760217 29780236

       29680253 29580270 29590286 31720446 33010488 34600522

       35190524 35950512

D4     35050346 36090366 36680334 36990271 37400103 37559938

       37389839 37239807 36939760 36329738 33949776 33229804

       32259922 31320047 31370114 31310197 31730270 32150305

       32550331 33870359 35050346

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FNUS28 KWNS 182139

FWDD38



Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook  

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

0437 PM CDT Tue Mar 18 2025



Valid 201200Z - 261200Z



An active fire weather pattern will continue across much of the

central/southern Plains through the extended period with multiple

days of Elevated to Critical fire weather expected.



...D3 - Thursday through D4 - Friday, Southern Plains...

Winds will shift to become southeasterly on D3-Thursday, but

conditions look to remain very dry and breezy, with slow moisture

return late D3/Thursday into D4/Friday. Lee troughing will

strengthen, with Critical fire weather conditions possible across

eastern New Mexico into the Texas Panhandle. Some critical

meteorological conditions will extend into portions of southern

Colorado and the Oklahoma Panhandle but precipitation D2 - Wednesday

is expected across these areas. A 70 percent area was added in

across eastern New Mexico into the Texas Panhandle with this

outlook.



A belt of strong west-southwesterly flow aloft will overspread the

central Plains again on Friday with surface low development expected

across eastern Colorado. This system has trended further north and

faster, leading to reduction of some of the D4 - Friday 70 percent

probabilities with a shift northward in the 40 percent

probabilities. 



...D5- Saturday through D8 Tuesday Southern Plains...

Weak surface troughing and periods of breezy post frontal

northwesterly flow will keep periods of windy/dry conditions

possible across the central/southern High Plains each day through

the end of the extended. There is low confidence in strength/track

of a shortwave tracking across the central/high Plains into the

Midwest on D5 - Saturday. Depending on the evolution of this

feature, some Critical conditions may occur across the central high

Plains again. A small 40 percent area was added on D5 with this

outlook.



..Thornton.. 03/18/2025



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



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