FNUS74 KSJT 200307 FWSSJT SPOT FORECAST FOR CENTRAL TEXAS WILDFIRE ACADEMY...TEXAS FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO 907 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CST ON FEBRUARY 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LOW CLOUDS WILL RETURN TO BROWN COUNTY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS MOISTURE RICH AIR MOVES NORTH FROM THE TEXAS COASTAL REGION. BY SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING...EXPECT OVERCAST SKIES AND PATCHY FOG. ALSO...SOME PATCHY LIGHT DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER NEARS SATURATION. A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WEST TEXAS TOMORROW MORNING IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THUS...LOOK FOR SOUTH WINDS AT 20 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL TO GUST NEAR 15 MPH AT IGNITION -TIME. IN ADDITION...EXPECT LOW CLOUDS ACROSS BROWN COUNTY TO LINGER UNTIL AROUND IGNITION TIME AS DRIER AIR FROM THE WEST WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE INTO THE HEARTLAND. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. PATCHY DRIZZLE EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MAX 67. MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2000-2900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 22 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........66 59 64 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............65 67 67 RH..............63 61 61 20 FT WIND......S 8 S 9 S 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...HUBER REQUESTED BY...SHAWN WHITLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100220.CENTR.01/SJT