FNUS74 KCRP 231151
FWSCRP

SPOT FORECAST FOR MATAGORDA B5...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
551 AM CST THU FEB 23 2012

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...
AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...LOCALLY DENSE AT TIMES
ACROSS THE REGION. THE FOG AND LOW CLOUDS SHOULD LIFT AFTER
SUNRISE...HOWEVER SEA FOG MAY LINGER AND IMPACT THE BARRIER
ISLANDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES
WILL RAPIDLY WARM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. A
STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING WITH POSSIBLE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING
LATE FRIDAY MORNING...LASTING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING BEFORE WIND SPEEDS DIMINISH.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      5 AM   7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
CLOUD COVER.....CLOUDY PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG    FOG    NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............64     64     65     67     71     74     69
RH..............99     99     99     93     82     74     87
20 FT WIND......SSW 10 SSW 10 SW 10  SSW 10 SSW 12 SSW 12 SSW 12
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     15     15     20     20     20
EYE LEVEL WIND..SSW 9  SSW 8  SW 8   SSW 9  SSW 9  SSW 10 SSW 9
EYELVL WND GUST.15     15     15     15     20     20     20
MIX HGT (FT)....500    500    500    200    200    300    200
TRANSPORT WIND..SSW 18 SW 21  WSW 20 WSW 17 SW 15  SSW 13 SSW 13
MIX HGT (FT)....500    500    500    200    200    300    200
POP.............10     0      0      0      0      0      0

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FORECASTER...GASS
REQUESTED BY...JEFF ADAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120223.MATAG.01/CRP