Monday, November 29, 2010

WEATHER SERVICE: FIRE DANGER FOR PARTS OF TEXAS

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

211 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010



...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

AND THE HILL COUNTRY LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING

FOR BREEZY AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS...



.A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TONIGHT AND

WILL USHER IN A VERY DRY AIRMASS ON TUESDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS OF

15 TO 25 MPH WILL SETTLE INTO THE REGION EARLY TUESDAY MORNING

AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL

FILTER INTO THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH RELATIVE

HUMIDITIES FALLING TO NEAR 20 PERCENT BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND

INTO THE TEENS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL

FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.



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211 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010



...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST TUESDAY...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM CST

TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.



A COLD FRONT PUSHING THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT WILL BRING

NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH TO THE REGION BEGINNING EARLY

TUESDAY. A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL SETTLE INTO THE REGION THROUGHOUT

THE DAY...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING TO NEAR 20 PERCENT BY

LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND INTO THE TEENS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

WINDS WILL DECREASE AFTER SUNSET...AND RH VALUES WILL SLOWLY

INCREASE OVERNIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN AT OR BELOW 60 PERCENT FOR MUCH

OF THE REGION.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PROMOTE FIRES

THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A RED FLAG

WARNING IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL BURN BAN WHICH IS

ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS

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