FNUS74 KHGX 151328 FWSHGX SPOT FORECAST FOR ZARUBA...U. S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 728 AM CST MON FEB 15 2010 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH STRONG TRANSPORT WINDS. A DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK WITH LIGHTER WINDS. WINDS ON TUESDAY WILL BE LESS BUT STILL RESPECTABLE FROM THE NORTHWEST. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL DROP INTO THE 30 PERCENTILE EACH AFTERNOON WITH MIXING HEIGHTS REACHING AROUND 5000 FEET. WINDS WILL DECREASE QUICKLY EACH EVENING. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY RAIN CHANCES WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER MUCH OF TEXAS THROUGH THURSDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CST) NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............49 52 52 RH..............40 35 37 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..16 17 15 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 20 MIX HGT (FT)....4200 5100 4800 MIX HGT (M).....1280 1555 1460 TRANSP WIND DIR.330 330 330 TRANSP WIND SPD.24 26 25 TRANS SPD (M/S).11 12 11 CWR.............0 0 0 SMOKE DISP......16465 20000 18815 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............48 40 37 34 33 31 RH..............44 56 62 68 69 70 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 5 3 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....3400 1200 300 300 300 300 MIX HGT (M).....1036 366 91 91 91 91 TRANSP WIND DIR.320 300 300 320 300 300 TRANSP WIND SPD.18 10 6 6 6 6 TRANS SPD (M/S).8 4 3 3 3 3 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 SMOKE DISP......13328 4705 470 470 470 470 .TUESDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............30 32 43 51 55 55 RH..............75 77 55 40 38 41 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 9 10 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1300 3100 5000 5900 4300 MIX HGT (M).....91 396 945 1524 1800 1311 TRANSP WIND DIR.310 350 350 340 330 330 TRANSP WIND SPD.6 9 14 17 18 15 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 4 6 8 8 7 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 SMOKE DISP......470 3058 7291 11760 13877 10114 $$ FORECASTER...OVERPECK REQUESTED BY...CARL SCHWOPE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100215.ZARUB.01/HGX