Fire Weather Watch Issued
From
Taft
Sent
Thu, Mar 13 @ 3:33am
Description
Fire Weather Watch issued March 13 at 3:25AM CDT until March 14 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Corpus Christi TX
...Fire Weather Watch in Effect for Friday and Saturday Afternoons...
A dryline will swing across the region Friday afternoon ahead of
our next cold front Friday night into Saturday. This dryline will
filter in drier air which will combine with Energy Release
Component (ERC) values in the 90-96th percentile which will lead
to critical fire weather conditions. For Saturday, stronger winds
will enter the mix with the critically low relative humidity
values dry fuels as ERC values will be above the 97th percentile.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING FOR CRITICALLY DRY FUELS AND CRITICALLY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WITH MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS FOR ALL OF
SOUTH TEXAS EXCEPT FOR THE BARRIER ISLANDS...
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a Fire
Weather Watch for critically dry fuels and critically low
relative humidity values, which is in effect from Friday afternoon
through Friday evening. A Fire Weather Watch has also been issued
from Saturday morning through Saturday evening.
* AFFECTED AREA...La Salle, McMullen, Live Oak, Bee, Goliad,
Victoria, Webb, Duval, Jim Wells, Inland Kleberg, Inland
Nueces, Inland San Patricio, Inland Refugio, Inland Calhoun,
Coastal Kleberg and Coastal Nueces.
* TIMING...Late Friday and Saturday mornings through the early
evening hours
* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 6 percent.
* TEMPERATURES...Up to 99.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended
A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.
This notification was posted by Taft. Taft is solely responsible for this notification and unless specifically indicated, no other community or individual utilizing Savvy Citizen is sponsoring, responsible for, or endorsing this notification.
