Fire Threat Increases

DESPITE RECENT RAINS THE FIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.ON WEDNESDAY A STRONG SURFACE TROUGH IN THE PANHANDLE WILL BRING BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE BIG COUNTRY AND CONCHO VALLEY. A PACIFIC FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSSTHE REGION ON THURSDAY BRINGING BREEZY WEST WIND SATURSDAY 10 TO 15 MPH . THE FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED TO BE CRITICALON FRIDAY AS CONDITIONS REACH RED FLAG CRITERIA...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S AND BREEZY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED.