FNUS22 KWNS 080550
FWDDY2

Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook  
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1249 AM CDT Wed Jul 08 2026

Valid 091200Z - 101200Z

...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.

..Nauslar.. 07/08/2026

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

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