FNUS74 KHGX 011743 FWSHGX SPOT FORECAST FOR BERMUDA TRIANGLE FIRE...U. S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1243 PM CDT THU SEP 1 2011 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO ON FRIDAY. THE FLOW AROUND THIS FEATURE WILL GENERALLY BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST AND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.. THE NORTHERLY FLOW WILL DRAW DRIER AIR INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE REGION...WHILE THE SOUTHERN HALF WILL EXPERIENCE SOME SLIGHTLY MORE HUMID AIR ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE DEVELOPING GULF SYSTEM. GIVEN THE ALREADY EXTREMELY DRY FUELS AND INCREASED WIND SPEEDS...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............90 91 91 92 93 92 RH..............56 52 52 49 47 49 20FT WIND DIR...E E E E E E 20FT WIND (MPH).16 17 17 17 16 15 20FT WIND GUST..20 25 25 25 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.9 4.4 4.9 5.3 5.6 5.7 MIX HGT (KM)....1.2 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 TRANS WIND DIR..060 060 070 070 080 070 TRANS SPD (KTS).13 14 15 16 17 18 TRANS SPD (M/S).7 7 8 8 9 9 CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........PC PC PC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............91 89 87 85 84 84 83 82 82 81 81 81 RH..............49 52 57 63 67 67 72 77 77 79 79 79 20FT WIND DIR...E E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE 20FT WIND (MPH).14 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 20FT WIND GUST..20 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.7 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.3 3.8 3.4 3.0 2.6 2.3 2.0 MIX HGT (KM)....1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 TRANS WIND DIR..070 070 070 070 060 060 060 060 050 050 050 050 TRANS SPD (KTS).18 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 TRANS SPD (M/S).9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 CWR.............20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 $$ FORECASTER...WONG REQUESTED BY...JULIE CHISOLM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110901.BERMU.01/HGX