SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1123 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024 Valid 301700Z - 011200Z Trimmed the northeast portion of the Elevated area based on forecast frontal position today. Otherwise, the forecast remains on track. See previous discussion below. ..Bentley.. 04/30/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0110 AM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024/ ...Synopsis... A belt of enhanced mid-level flow will spread across the Northern Rockies from an upper low across the northwestern US today. A cold frontal passage will bring rainfall across much of eastern Montana and Wyoming this morning. Behind the cold front, a dry continental air mass will overspread this region into the western Dakotas, with relative humidity dropping as low as 15 percent amid sustained winds 20-25 mph. Fuels within southern Montana into the western Dakotas, where less rainfall is forecast, are sufficiently dry to carry risk of Elevated fire weather concerns. ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov/fire for graphic product...