FNUS22 KWNS 020641
FWDDY2

Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0140 AM CDT Fri May 02 2025

Valid 031200Z - 041200Z

...Synopsis...
Fire weather concerns will continue to be focused across the
Southwest as isolated to scattered thunderstorms develop through
late Saturday afternoon. Upper ridging is expected to spread across
the High Plains through the day as an upper wave begins to approach
the West Coast. Southerly low/mid-level flow ahead of the upper wave
will help maintain a modestly moist air mass (characterized by 0.4
to 0.6 inch PWAT values) across the Southwest into the Great Basin.
Increasing broad scale ascent, coupled with antecedent steep
mid-level lapse rates, will promote isolated thunderstorms from
central NM to central NV by late afternoon. Limited moisture
throughout the column combined with deep boundary layers will act to
limit precipitation amounts and support dry lightning strikes. While
this potential is noted across a broad swath of the region, the fire
weather threat will be greatest across eastern AZ into NM where fuel
conditions are currently the driest per recent fuel and drought
guidance.

..Moore.. 05/02/2025

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

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