FNUS74 KBRO 042128 FWSBRO SPOT FORECAST FOR S BENTSEN PALM...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 428 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1619 CDT ON APRIL 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION...A STRONG BUT DRY COLD FRONT IS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN A RETURN OF STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS EARLY THIS EVENING. NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO RESULT IN RAPID FIRE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL THEN REBOUND BACK INTO THE 30 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........94 AT REQUEST...MAX 94. RH..................21 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 17 TO 20 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 19 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 17 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............0 0 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TEMP................94 91 RH..................21 21 20 FT WIND DIR......N N 20 FT WIND SPD......17 20 20 FT WIND GUST.....30 30 EYE LVL WND DIR.....N N EYE LVL WND SPD.....10 11 EYE LVL WND GST.....30 30 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58. RH..................MAX 33 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 13 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 13 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TEMP................88 83 77 73 69 68 66 65 63 62 60 59 RH..................20 22 26 29 32 33 33 34 34 32 36 37 20 FT WIND DIR......N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD......21 22 21 17 15 13 10 9 8 8 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.....35 35 30 30 25 20 15 15 15 15 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.....N N N N N N N N N N N N EYE LVL WND SPD.....13 13 12 10 9 8 7 5 5 5 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.....35 35 30 30 25 20 15 15 15 15 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...60 REQUESTED BY...DON DEVRIENDT TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110404.SBENT.01/BRO