Elevated Fire Threat Today

Good Morning from Meteorologist Chris Whited...


* From our friends at the NWS/San Angelo:

FIRE WEATHER WATCH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY...

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FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-HASKELL- THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD-TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-
957 PM CST MON DEC 29 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

TWENTY FOOT SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 MPH...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT AND VERY DRY FUELS...WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.

.DISCUSSION...

A DEVELOPING LEE TROUGH WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 20 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY. WHILE THE WINDS WILL BE BORDERLINE AT 20 MPH...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 10 PERCENT WITH VERY DRY FUELS WILL ENHANCE POTENTIAL
WILDFIRE DANGER.

A COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT WINDS TO THE NORTH...TUESDAY NIGHT. FIRE DANGER WILL AGAIN BECOME ELEVATED THURSDAY AS A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS IN THE PANHANDLE.