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FNUS21 KWNS 120700
FWDDY1

Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0159 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Valid 121200Z - 131200Z

...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF THE EDWARDS
PLATEAU IN SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS...
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO INTO MUCH
OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL TEXAS...

...Synopsis...
A mid-level trough will eject from the southern Rockies today,
supporting surface low development across the Southern Plains. A
dryline, pendant from the surface low, will surge eastward toward
the I-35 corridor in Texas during the afternoon, with very dry and
windy conditions behind the dryline supporting very dangerous
wildfire-spread potential. By afternoon peak heating, sustained
surface winds will exceed 20 mph amid RH dipping to at least 15
percent across much of the southern High Plains, warranting the
continuation of broad Elevated/Critical highlights. However, much of
western into central Texas may experience RH lowering to 10 percent
as sustained westerly surface winds reach 30 mph over several
locales, for at least a few hours. Extremely Critical highlights
have been introduced for the Edwards Plateau in southwestern Texas,
where these dangerous meteorological surface conditions will
overspread dry fuels that are highly receptive to wildfire spread.

..Squitieri.. 03/12/2025

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

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