Storms Sunday Night / Fire Watch Tuesday

From KRBC Chief Meteorologist Randy Turner ...

Hope for rain Sunday night and Monday morning will be replaced by the same scenario we've grown accustomed to, wildfire danger by Tuesday.

Thunderstorms look likely from late Sunday night through the overnight and early morning hours of Monday, followed by clearing skies.

Another fast moving upper level disturbance will crank the wind from the west Tuesday, drying out the area causing a rise in the fire danger. Don't be surprised to see dust blow into the area Tuesday. The following statement was released by the National Weather Service Sunday afternoon, regarding the Tuesday wildfire potential.


...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

.WITH THE APPROACH OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE FROM NEW
MEXICO...A DRYLINE WILL ADVANCE EAST ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL
TEXAS ON TUESDAY.

A COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...DRY AIR AND GUSTY WINDS BEHIND THE DRYLINE MAY BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO ROUGHLY THE WESTERN HALF OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH AT THE 20 FT LEVEL
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT.

THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS WILL ELEVATE THE FIRE WEATHER DANGER TO CRITICAL LEVELS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS.