FNUS74 KBRO 191047
FWSBRO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BAHIA GRANDE 3...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
547 AM CDT WED OCT 19 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON OCTOBER 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE THIS
MORNING. WINDS AT 1000 FEET ARE CURRENTLY FROM THE NORTH AT 40
MPH. SOME OF THIS ENERGY WILL MIX TO THE SURFACE THIS
MORNING...WITH WIND DIRECTION FROM 320 TO 350 DEGREES AT 13 TO 16
MPH AT 20 FEET AND 9 TO 12 MPH AT EYE LEVEL. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
CURRENTLY AT 53 PERCENT AT BROWNSVILLE AND 57 PERCENT AT PORT
ISABEL AIRPORT...WHICH WILL QUICKLY LOWER TO THE LOWER 20S TODAY.
RH VALUES WILL CROSS THE 25 PERCENT THRESHOLD BETWEEN 12 NOON AND
1 PM. MIXING HEIGHT LAST EVENING WAS AT 5000 FEET. LOW INVERSION
JUST BELOW 1000 CURRENTLY WILL MIX OUT QUICKLY AFTER SUNRISE AND
SHOULD BE ABOVE 4000 FEET BY 9 AM. SKIES WILL REMAIN CLEAR.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-47 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............66  70  74  77  79  80  81  81  79
RH..............38  33  29  27  25  23  22  22  24
20 FT WIND DIR..NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT WIND SPD..13  15  16  16  16  16  15  14  13
20 FT WIND GUST.20  23  24  23  25  24  22  20  18
EYE LVL WND DIR.NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
EYE LVL WND SPD.11  11  12  12  12  11  10  10  9

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FORECASTER...64
REQUESTED BY...THAD HERZBERGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111019.BAHIA.02/BRO