FNUS74 KCRP 241117
FWSCRP

SPOT FORECAST FOR CRANE C10...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
517 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012

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

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH
TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG NORTH WIND...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS
OF 30 MPH TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED TODAY. IN ADDITION...DRIER AIR
WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION AND CONTRIBUTE TO LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES AREAWIDE. THE COMBINATION OF CRITICALLY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND STRONG WIND WILL RESULT IN RED FLAG
CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. RED FLAG CONDITIONS
SHOULD END BY THIS EVENING AS WINDS DECREASE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES INCREASE.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      5 AM   7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
CLOUD COVER.....MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY  CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............63     60     58     59     60     61     61
RH..............59     53     45     38     34     33     32
20 FT WIND......N 25   N 24   N 24   NNE 23 NNE 20 NNE 17 NNE 15
20 FT WIND GUST.40     35     40     35     30     25     25
EYE LEVEL WIND..N 21   N 19   N 19   NNE 18 NNE 16 NNE 14 NNE 12
EYELVL WND GUST.40     35     40     35     30     25     25
MIX HGT (FT)....1700   2200   2200   2600   3100   3500   3300
TRANSPORT WIND..N 45   N 41   N 43   NNE 40 NNE 36 NNE 30 NNE 26
MIX HGT (FT)....1700   2200   2200   2600   3100   3500   3300
POP.............20     20     20     20     10     10     10
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1      1
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      3      3      3      3

$$

FORECASTER...COLLINS
REQUESTED BY...JEFF ADAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120224.CRANE.01/CRP