FNUS74 KCRP 032322
FWSCRP

SPOT FORECAST FOR TATTON UNITS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
522 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2012

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...CRITICAL FIRE DANGER OCCURRING THIS AFTERNOON WILL
END BY EARLY EVENING...AS NORTHERLY WINDS DIMINISH AND RELATIVE
HUMIDITY RISES. HOWEVER...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS COULD
EXIST THROUGH 8 PM NEAR THE IMMEDIATE COAST. FARTHER
INLAND...WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH TO AROUND 10 MPH AFTER SUNSET...
AND THEN BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT. RH VALUES ONLY RECOVER TO AROUND
50-70 PERCENT OVERNIGHT. A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ON SUNDAY WILL
THEREFORE LEAD TO VERY LOW RH VALUES SUNDAY AFTERNOON...BOTTOMING
OUT AROUND 15-25 PERCENT INLAND AND 25-35 PERCENT ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE COAST. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW RED FLAG
CRITERIA TOMORROW...HOWEVER THE WIND DIRECTION WILL START THE DAY
FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST AND TURN SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST INTO
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.


.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
TEMP............69     60     53     49     46     44     42
RH..............30     40     51     57     64     72     71
20 FT WIND......N 15   N 12   N 7    N 7    N 6    NNW 2  NNW 1
20 FT WIND GUST.25     15     10     10     10     5      5
EYE LEVEL WIND..N 13   N 10   N 6    N 5    N 5    NNW 2  NNW 2
EYELVL WND GUST.25     15     10     10     10     5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....6300   4300   200    200    200    200    100
TRANSPORT WIND..N 29   N 22   N 8    NNE 6  N 5    NW 3   NW 3
MIX HGT (FT)....6300   4300   200    200    200    200    100
SMOKE DISPERS...EXCEL V GOOD  POOR  POOR    POOR  POOR    POOR

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FORECASTER...WILK
REQUESTED BY...KATHY DODSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120303.TATTO.02/CRP