FNUS74 KHGX 091159 FWSHGX SPOT FORECAST FOR YELLOW RAIL 2012...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 659 AM CDT SAT JUN 9 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LOW JUST OFF THE COAST WILL PROVIDE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE COAST THROUGH AT LEAST MID MORNING. DO EXPECT THE STORMS TO TAPER OFF DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT THIS WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON HOW FAR THE UPPER LEVEL LOW DRIFTS EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA AND IF A SEABREEZE DEVELOPS. SURFACE WINDS MAY BECOME GUSTY NEARBY THE STRONGER STORMS. IF THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN RAINFALL COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON...MIXING HEIGHTS MAY INCREASE HIGHER THAN FORECAST. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............78 82 84 86 87 RH..............82 72 67 65 63 20FT WIND DIR...NE NE E E E 20FT WIND (MPH).5 6 5 5 3 20FT WIND GUST.. 5 MIX HGT (FT)....1600 3500 2700 1900 1800 MIX HGT (M).....490 1070 820 580 550 TRANS WIND DIR..020 040 040 040 060 TRANS SPD (KTS).9 6 7 7 7 TRANS SPD (M/S).5 3 4 4 4 CWR.............30 30 30 30 30 VENT RATE.......2359 3898 2944 2056 2029 CATEGORY DAY....2 2 2 2 2 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............85 83 80 79 78 76 RH..............67 72 79 82 85 90 20FT WIND DIR...SE SE SE S S SW 20FT WIND (MPH).3 3 3 3 3 5 20FT WIND GUST..5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....1800 1700 1600 1700 1500 1100 MIX HGT (M).....550 520 490 520 460 340 TRANS WIND DIR..080 100 140 190 240 320 TRANS SPD (KTS).6 5 3 2 1 2 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 2 1 1 1 CWR.............30 30 30 30 10 10 VENT RATE.......1640 1246 871 298 255 346 CATEGORY DAY....1 1 1 1 1 1 .SUNDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............76 79 84 87 89 91 RH..............90 82 70 65 61 58 20FT WIND DIR...SW SW SW S S S 20FT WIND (MPH).3 5 6 7 8 10 20FT WIND GUST..5 10 15 15 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 VENT RATE.......99 1419 7476 10409 12025 5285 CATEGORY DAY....1 1 3 4 4 3 $$ FORECASTER...LEWIS REQUESTED BY...JIM STOCKIE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120609.YELLO.01/HGX