NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0358 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2008
   
   VALID 121200Z - 131200Z
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR SRN CA COASTAL AREA...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   LARGE-SCALE WRN CONUS UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH SHOULD BECOME INCREASINGLY
   ELONGATED AS EMBEDDED SHORT WAVE LIFTS N FROM THE CNTRL ROCKIES OVER
   THE NRN HIGH PLAINS...WHILE A SECONDARY VORTICITY MAXIMUM HANGS BACK
   ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FROM
   THE PACIFIC NW INTO THE CNTRL GREAT BASIN.
   
   ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SRN CA COASTAL AREA...
   
   PRIMARY CONDITIONS: GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS / LOW RH / MODERATE TO
   SEVERE DROUGHT
   
   OFFSHORE FLOW WILL INCREASE LATE SUN NIGHT INTO EARLY MON
   MORNING...AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH PASSES TO THE NE OF THE REGION AND
   A SURFACE HIGH BUILDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN. THE NET RESULT WILL BE
   STRENGTHENING AND VEERING OF LOW/MID-LEVEL FLOW TO A MORE N/NELY
   COMPONENT. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
   COINCIDENT WITH RH VALUES AROUND 15 PERCENT IN FAVORED
   CANYONS/PASSES OF THE COASTAL MTNS FROM 06-12Z ON THE 13TH.
   
   ...PORTIONS OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS/COASTAL
   MTNS OF NRN CA...
   LOCALLY GUSTY NLY WINDS WILL LIKELY BE ONGOING SUN MORNING AND
   SHOULD REDEVELOP SUN NIGHT AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT
   NOCTURNALLY TIGHTENS. THIS WILL MAINTAIN POCKETS OF POOR OVERNIGHT
   RH RECOVERY WITH WIDESPREAD LOW VALUES FROM 8 TO 15 PERCENT DURING
   THE DAY. ONE CHANGE FROM FRI AND SAT WILL BE AN INCREASE IN
   SUBSIDENCE AND WARMING IN THE MID-LEVELS...LIMITING BOUNDARY LAYER
   DEPTH. THIS WILL INHIBIT MIXING OF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT AND
   SUSTAINED SURFACE SPEEDS SHOULD STRUGGLE TO REACH 20 MPH OVER MOST
   OF THE AREA.
   
   ..GRAMS.. 10/11/2008