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FNUS22 KWNS 081849

FWDDY2



Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook  

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

0148 PM CDT Wed Jul 08 2026



Valid 091200Z - 101200Z



...Afternoon Update...

No changes were made to the ongoing forecast. A dry airmass will

persist across the Columbia Basin into eastern Oregon on Day

2/Thursday, though lighter westerly sustained winds of 10-15 mph

preclude the introduction of broader fire weather highlights.

Localized wind gusts exceeding 25 mph are possible in

terrain-favored and gap flow regions of the Cascades, potentially

impacting any new or ongoing wildfires. Farther south, dry and

breezy conditions will remain across the Greater Four Corners into

interior southern California. These conditions following consecutive

days of dry thunderstorms could promote the emergence of lightning

holdovers. In addition, locally critical conditions are possible

where high resolution guidance depicts stronger sustained winds of

over 20 mph across portions of southern UT, and the interior side of

the southern California mountain regions into the adjacent deserts.

See the previous discussion for more information.



..Elizalde-Garcia.. 07/08/2026



.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1249 AM CDT Wed Jul 08 2026/



...Synopsis...

Westerly flow aloft will continue across much of the West as the

upper high is suppressed to just off the southern California coast.

A shortwave trough is likely to track along the northern periphery

of the upper high from central California towards the Four Corners,

with slightly enhanced westerly mid-level flow (30-40 knots) from

central California into the southern Great Basin. The Pacific cold

front will stall and weaken across the northern Great Basin and

northern Rockies. 



Mid-level moisture will continue to get pushed eastward and

suppressed southward across the Four Corners, with most of the

moisture confined to along and east of the Front Range and southern

Rockies and across southern Arizona/New Mexico. Isolated mostly dry

thunderstorms remain likely in portions of western Colorado and

eastern Utah as enough residual mid-level moisture should combine

with insolation and terrain circulations to establish sufficient

updraft depth for cloud electrification. Additionally, some forcing

for ascent could be present as weak disturbances move through the

westerly flow aloft. 



A broad area of elevated winds/RH is likely to develop across the

southern Great Basin, Four Corners, and interior southern

California. West-southwest sustained winds of 12-20 mph with gusts

of 20-30 mph amid minimum RH of 5-15% are expected to develop across

this region. Holdovers and growth on active large wildfires in the

Four Corners region are a concern given the recent lightning and

still very dry fuels.



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



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