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SPOT FORECAST FOR BORGER RX BURN...BORGER FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
611 AM CDT WED APR 6 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...

.DISCUSSION...
AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL WORK
SOUTH AND WEST THROUGH THE PANHANDLES TODAY...AND THIS COLD FRONT WILL
REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF THE BURN SITE THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT AND VARIABLE
WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME WESTERLY BY IGNITION TIME AND THEN NORTHWEST
BY MIDDAY...PERSISTING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS FRONT SLIDES TO SOUTH.
THESE NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS SHOULD BE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 15
AND 20 PERCENT AT THE BURN SITE. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS ALL OF THE PANHANDLES ON THURSDAY...AND THUS
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
25 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE...WHILE
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT.

.TODAY...

RH..................22 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
RH..............22     18     16     14     14
20 FT WIND......W 14   NW 15  NW 15  NW 12  N 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     20     15     15

.TONIGHT...

RH..................MAX 52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
RH..............14     20     28     35     42     45
20 FT WIND......NE 10  E 12   E 13   SE 7   SE 6   S 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     20     10            10

.THURSDAY...

RH..................MIN 12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. WEST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO
                    SOUTHWEST 26 TO 29 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45
                    MPH.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
RH..............50     50     37     24     16     12
20 FT WIND......SW 6   W 10   SW 18  SW 24  SW 26  SW 29
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     25     35     40     45

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