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SPOT FORECAST FOR 2013 BLUE STEM1...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
653 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013

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

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY WITH STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW
AND DRIER CONDITIONS. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR
30 MPH WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM AND CONTINUE UNTIL MID
AFTERNOON THEN RELAX THIS EVENING.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........CLDYCLDYCLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
TEMP............56  56  58  60  61  63  64  64  64  63
RH..............42  40  37  34  32  31  29  26  28  32
20FT WIND DIR...NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20FT WIND (MPH).12  16  21  23  24  24  23  21  17  14
20FT WIND GUST..15  25  30  33  35  36  34  29  26  23
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.7 2.4 2.6 3.1 3.7 4.0 4.3 5.2 4.5 4.3
MIX HGT (KM)....0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.3
TRANS WIND DIR..300 300 300 310 310 310 310 320 320 330
TRANS SPD (KTS).30  32  36  38  39  38  37  35  33  32
TRANS SPD (M/S).15  16  19  20  20  20  19  18  17  16
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............61     51     48
RH..............38     54     60
20FT WIND DIR...NW     NW     NW
20FT WIND (MPH).9      7      6
20FT WIND GUST..15     10
MIX HGT (FT)....3900   1700   1300
MIX HGT (M).....1190   520    400
TRANS WIND DIR..330    330    330
TRANS SPD (KTS).29     13     8
TRANS SPD (M/S).15     7      4
CWR.............0      0      0

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FORECASTER...PROCHAZKA
REQUESTED BY...DAVID CHISOLM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130130.2013B.01/HGX