FNUS74 KEWX 251637 FWSEWX SPOT FORECAST FOR POST ROAD COMPLEX...SOUTH HAYS FD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1137 AM CDT SUN SEP 25 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1115 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO APPROACH BUT NOT REACH THE WILDFIRE LOCATION... .DISCUSSION... ...GUSTY AND DRY SOUTHWEST 20-FOOT LEVEL WINDS WILL PERSIST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AT AROUND 15 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH POSSIBLE. THE DRY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL HELP LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO NEAR 20 PERCENT...BEFORE WINDS WEAKEN AND TURN MORE FROM THE SOUTHEAST BY EARLY EVENING. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH CENTRAL TEXAS...BUT IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO STALL OVER THE AUSTIN METRO AREA THIS EVENING. EXPECT SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH BETWEEN 7 AND 10 PM...BUT DIRECTIONS WILL BE SHIFTY DUE TO THE HIGHLY MIXED AIR MASS. THE CHANGE IN WIND DIRECTION WILL BRING GOOD OVERNIGHT MOISTURE RECOVERIES ABOVE 75 PERCENT...BUT THE DRY AND BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN BY AROUND 10 AM MONDAY. 20-FOOT WIND SPEEDS ON MONDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH. DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING...AN UPDATED SPOT FORECAST REQUEST IS RECOMMENDED FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 99. MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 17 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (CDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........20 20 20 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............84 94 98 98 RH..............51 32 24 22 20 FT WIND......SW 15 S 17 SW 16 S 14 20 FT WIND GUST.25 30 29 24 EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 11 S 14 SW 13 SW 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..20 30 25 20 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........20 20 20 20 30 30 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............97 90 84 80 76 72 RH..............23 28 32 49 63 74 20 FT WIND......S 12 S 10 S 10 S 9 S 8 S 7 20 FT WIND GUST.22 15 18 15 15 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 9 S 7 S 8 S 6 S 6 S 5 EYE LEVEL WIND..20 15 20 15 15 10 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 6 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 98. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........30 20 20 20 20 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............71 71 83 91 95 98 RH..............76 76 50 40 34 30 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 6 S 8 S 9 S 10 S 12 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 15 20 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 4 S 5 S 6 S 7 S 8 S 9 EYE LEVEL WIND..10 10 15 15 15 20 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 6 $$ FORECASTER...18 REQUESTED BY...IC D SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110925.POSTR.02/EWX