FNUS74 KBRO 182102 AAA FWSBRO SPOT FORECAST FOR BAHIA GRANDE RX...USFWS...UPDATED FOR MIXING INFO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 401 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CDT ON OCTOBER 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND DRY AIR ACROSS THE LAGUNA MADRE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HUMIDITY WILL FALL INTO THE 20S AND 30S THIS EVENING...RISE INTO THE 50S AND 60S OVERNIGHT BEFORE FALLING BACK INTO THE 23 TO 26 PERCENT RANGE AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER NOON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH DURING THE MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF FLOW OFF THE LAND WITH A STEADY MID TO LATE MORNING WARMING WILL BRING MIXING HEIGHTS UP FROM 2500 TO 3000 FEET AT IGNITION TIME TO AROUND 5000 FEET AT NOON...AND NEAR 6000 FEET BY 2 PM. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 80. RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT NEAR IGNITION. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 14 TO 18 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 16 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 14 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TEMP................59 59 62 65 68 71 74 77 79 80 80 78 RH..................65 59 56 50 45 38 32 27 24 23 23 25 20 FT WIND DIR......NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD......16 16 16 16 17 18 18 18 17 16 16 14 20 FT WIND GUST.....25 25 25 25 30 30 30 30 30 25 25 20 EYE LVL WND DIR.....NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N N EYE LVL WND SPD.....8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 7 EYE LVL WND GST.....25 25 25 25 30 30 30 30 30 25 25 20 $$ FORECASTER...52/BSG REQUESTED BY...DON DEVRIENDT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111019.BAHIA.01/BRO