FNUS22 KWNS 091913
FWDDY2

Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook  
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0213 PM CDT Thu Jul 09 2026

Valid 101200Z - 111200Z

...Afternoon Update...
The Elevated risk area was expanded into far south-central WA where
recent guidance depicts an overlap of 10-20% RH and sustained
westerly winds of up to 20 mph. Strong wind gusts of 25-30 mph are
likely in terrain-favored areas along the Cascades and Sierra
Nevada. In addition, locally critical conditions are possible across
northwest NV/northeast CA. As daytime mixing ensues, and a 700 mb
25-35 kt jet emerges aloft, occasional wind gusts of up to 35 mph
may mix down to the surface. The rest of the forecast remains on
track, see the previous discussion for more information.

..Elizalde-Garcia.. 07/09/2026

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1243 AM CDT Thu Jul 09 2026/

...Synopsis...
An upper-level trough will move towards and deepen offshore from the
Pacific Northwest, while the upper high will shift eastward over
southern California. Stronger mid-level winds will begin to
overspread the Northwest with the onshore pressure gradient
strengthening again as a Pacific cold front moves into the
Northwest. Mid-level moisture that has been present across the Great
Basin and Four Corners will continue to push east of the Front Range
and suppressed southward to southern Arizona/New Mexico.

Dry and breezy conditions are expected to develop across much of the
Great Basin into the Four Corners. West-southwest sustained winds of
12-20 mph amid minimum RH of 8-20% are likely to develop from
central/eastern Oregon to the Four Corners. The strongest winds are
likely across the Sierra Front and northwest Nevada into portions of
southeast Oregon and southwest Idaho. While winds will not be as
strong across portions of central/northern Utah into western
Colorado, locally elevated conditions are expected. Locally elevated
conditions may extend into portions of southeast/eastern Idaho as
well. 

Isolated high-based showers and thunderstorms are possible across
portions of southeast Idaho, northern Utah, and northwest Colorado.
While building to towering Cu are likely over the higher terrain,
thunderstorm chances are less than 10%, with high-based convective
showers with little to no rainfall reaching the ground more likely.

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

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