FNUS74 KSJT 180300
FWSSJT

SPOT FORECAST FOR PRICE FIRE...TEXAS FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO
1000 PM CDT TUE MAY 17 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2119 CDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
DRYLINE WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY NORTHWEST THROUGH THE PRICE FIRE
LOCATION AT 940 PM. EXPECT RH TO REBOUND TO AROUND 50 PERCENT AND
SHIFT TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST BY MIDNIGHT. A LOW LEVEL JET WILL BE
DEVELOPING TONIGHT...AND PARTIALLY MIX DOWN BEGINNING AROUND
MIDNIGHT. EXPECT SOME GUSTS OF 25 MPH AS IT DOES...ESPECIALLY ON
HIGHER TERRAIN.

WINDS SHIFT BACK SOUTHWEST 8-9 AM THIS MORNING AS DRYLINE AND
TROUGH MOVE THROUGH. WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH ARE LIKELY AS LOW LEVEL
INVERSION BREAKS AROUND 8-9 AM. STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS SURFACE LOW IN PANHANDLE
DEVELOPS. FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT 1 PM TO 8 PM.

STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TOMORROW NIGHT...WITH
DRYLINE MOVING BACK WEST LATE EVENING.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MAX HUMIDITY........56-63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 32 TO 41 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........41     45     48     48     49
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............81     75     72     69     67
RH..............7      45     50     54     60
20 FT WIND......SW 13  S 13   S 13   S 11   SW 11
20 FT WIND GUST.18     25     25     15     15


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO
                    22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9100-10900 FT
                    AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 28 TO 35 MPH DECREASING TO 24 TO 26
                    MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO
                    22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........49     48     46     44     43     43
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............66     68     75     82     87     90
RH..............50     53     39     21     14     13
20 FT WIND......S 10   SW 14  SW 20  SW 20  SW 21  SW 21
20 FT WIND GUST.10     25     30     30     35     35


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FORECASTER...DECKER
REQUESTED BY...MARY LEATHERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110517.PRICE.01/SJT