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SPOT FORECAST FOR BORGER RX BURN...BORGER FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
353 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE BURN SITE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW
HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE
OKLAHOMA AND EXTREME NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLES BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.
THE WEAK COLD FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO STALL CLOSE TO OR JUST NORTH
OF THE BURN SITE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
BURN SITE BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THEN LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH
AS A WARM FRONT ON THURSDAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE BURN SITE BY EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NO
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AT THE BURN SITE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.WEDNESDAY...

MIN HUMIDITY........12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 15 TO 17 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
RH..............24     18     13     12     12
20 FT WIND......W 16   W 17   W 17   W 17   W 15
20 FT WIND GUST.25     25     25     25     20

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

MAX HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING SHIFTING TO THE EAST 7 TO 9 MPH...THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING LIGHT.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
RH..............12     18     30     29     33     43
20 FT WIND......W 14   SW 12  E 8    E 9    NE 7   NW 2
20 FT WIND GUST.20     15     10     10     10     5

.THURSDAY...

MIN HUMIDITY........13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO
                    SOUTHWEST 20 TO 28 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
RH..............44     46     38     24     17     13
20 FT WIND......W 6    W 10   SW 20  SW 24  SW 28  SW 28
20 FT WIND GUST.       15     25     35     40     40

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FORECASTER...SCHNEIDER
REQUESTED BY...BOB WATSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110406.BORGE.01/AMA