ZCZC SPCFWDDY2 ALL
   FNUS22 KWNS 110651

   Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1251 AM CST Sun Jan 11 2026

   Valid 121200Z - 131200Z

   ...NO CRITICAL AREAS...

   ...Synopsis...
   Fire-weather concerns over the US are negligible Monday. Broad
   troughing is forecast to persist over the eastern US with high
   pressure building to the West. This will favor continued
   Northwesterly flow over much of the CONUS. Cooler surface
   temperatures and recent rainfall should largely preclude
   fire-weather concerns.

   The only exception will be stronger downslope winds beneath an
   advancing shortwave trough embedded within the northwesterly flow
   aloft over the central High Plains D2/Monday. The dry downsloping
   will favor warmer and drier surface conditions with no recent
   precipitation in these areas. Some locally dry/breezy conditions are
   possible over northern CO, southern WY and western NE atop very dry,
   albeit seasonally limited fuels. However, cooling surface temps and
   only transient overlap of stronger winds should preclude more
   sustained elevated fire-weather concerns.

   ..Lyons.. 01/11/2026

      

   ZCZC SPCFWDD38 ALL
   FNUS28 KWNS 102152

   Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0352 PM CST Sat Jan 10 2026

   Valid 121200Z - 181200Z

   ...Synopsis...
   An amplifying upper ridge over the western U.S. will support
   increasing temperatures and dry conditions through midweek. A
   residual dry, post-frontal air mass will remain across the Southeast
   through Day 4/Tuesday, but overall winds should remain light. An
   upper-level low moving from Baja California into Southwest TX could
   usher in deeper Pacific moisture and rainfall into portions of
   Southwest TX and the Rio Grande Valley on Day 4/Tuesday. A potent
   upper trough and accompanying surface cold front should move through
   the central/eastern CONUS Day 5-6/Wednesday-Thursday, with some
   potential to bring fire weather concerns back into the
   central/southern Plains on Wednesday.

   ...Day 3-4/Monday-Tuesday - Central High Plains...
   A subtle mid-level short wave within broad northwesterly flow should
   pass over the Southern Rockies on Day 3/Monday supporting enhanced
   downslope winds across northeastern CO, southeastern WY and the NE
   Panhandle. An intensifying mid-level jet over the northern High
   Plains will similarly promote breezy northwest winds across the
   same, snow-free region on Day 4/Tuesday. However, limited RH
   reductions could mitigate a larger fire weather concern.

   ...Day 5-6/Wednesday-Thursday - Central/Southern Plains
   A strong, dry cold front moving through the central and southern
   Plains should bring gusty north winds and conditional fire weather
   concerns back into portions of TX on Day 5/Wednesday. Pacific
   moisture and precipitation associated with an upper-level low
   currently near Baja California could mitigate fire weather impacts 
   across much of southwest TX and the Rio Grande Valley on Day
   4/Tuesday, preceding the passage of the cold front on Day
   5/Wednesday. 40% critical probabilities were introduced across
   portions of north-central TX where minimal rainfall is expected amid
   receptive/dormant fuels. Potential for an impactful dry return flow
   event is possible on Day 6/Thursday across the Southern Plains, but
   considerable timing/spatial uncertainty exists with the next surface
   cold front entering the central U.S. Therefore, critical
   probabilities were withheld for Thursday.

   ..Williams.. 01/10/2026