1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 19, 11:21 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1121 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006 .AVIATION... VFR CONDTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE STRONG SOUTWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AS A SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST ACROSS THE PANHANDLE THE MODELS INDICATE A 40KT 850 MB WEST WIND WILL DEVELOP AROUND 09Z...SO LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR MAY BE A PROBLEM AGAIN TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY AT KABI. && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1008 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006) UPDATE...MAIN UPDATE WAS TO ACCOUNT FOR CURRENT WIND TRENDS ALONG WITH DEW POINTS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. CORE OF STRONGER WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE NORTH AND EAST...HOWEVER STILL GUSTY IN THE NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES...HOWEVER THESE TO SHOULD SLACKEN THROUGH THE DAY. FIRE WEATHER...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING AND RH VALUES IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST COUNTIES STAYING UP THROUGH THE DAY...WILL TRIM THE RED FLAG WARNING BACK SEVERAL COUNTIES. WILL CONTINUE FOR THE BIG COUNTRY AND EASTERN COUNTIES...HOWEVER EVEN THERE WILL BE ON THE FENCE AND WINDS AND LOW RHS MAY NOT COINCIDE. UPDATED PRODUCTS TO FLY SHORTLY. BRAZZELL PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 534 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006) AVIATION... KSJT VAD SHOWED A 45 KNOT 3000 FT MSL LOW LEVEL JET IN THE LOWEST GATE AT 11Z...WHILE 45 KNOTS WAS INDICATED AT 4000 MSL AT KABI. SOME OF THIS ENERGY WAS WORKING DOWNWARD...WITH THE STRONG WINDS OF 18-21 KNOTS GUSTING TO 27 KTS OCCASSIONALLY AT THE SURFACE. WILL MAINTAIN LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR MENTION AT KSJT AND KABA UNTIL 14Z...THOUGH THE STRONG SURFACE WINDS WILL MAKE LLWS CRITERIA ON THE MARGINAL SIDE. STRONG WINDS WILL DROP OFF LATE AFTERNOON...TOWARD 23Z. MAY SEE SOME LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR PROBLEM AGAIN TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY IN THE 9Z-12Z AREAS FOR KABI AS A SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST ACROSS THE RED RIVER. THIS BRINGS IN A 40 KNOT 850 HGT WEST WIND AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LOW. PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 322 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006) SHORT TERM... LOW LEVEL JET IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS OVERHEAD THIS MORNING KEEPING SURFACE WIND SPEEDS UP AND TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 50S. DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE WIND SPEEDS QUITE AS HIGH AS YESTERDAY AND RHS SHOULD BE A TAD HIGHER. STILL...GIVEN THE DRY CONDITIONS AND NUMEROUS FIRES THAT ARE STILL SMOLDERING FROM YESTERDAY...WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE THE RED FLAG WARNING DESPITE THE SOMEWHAT MARGINAL CONDITIONS LIKELY. TEMPS SHOULD BE A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN YESTERDAY...ALTHOUGH SHOULD STAY JUST BELOW RECORD LEVELS. WARM AGAIN TONIGHT AS WINDS STAY UP AHEAD OF A PACIFIC FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. MOST AREAS WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 15 DEGREES COOLER ON FRIDAY THAN TODAY...ALTHOUGH STILL ABOVE NORMAL. LONG TERM... MODELS HAVE CONTINUED TO SHOW SOME CONSISTENCY ON THE POSSIBILITY OF RAIN FOR LATE IN THE WEEKEND. COMBINATION OF OVERRUNNING OVER A SECONDARY COLD FRONT AND A DECENT SHORTWAVE SHOULD START TO KICK OFF A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES AS EARLY AS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. HAVE BUMPED UP POPS A LITTLE MORE. GIVEN THE CLOUD COVER EXPECTED AS WELL...HAVE LIMITED THE DIURNAL RANGES A FEW DEGREES FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...RAISING OVERNIGHT LOWS A FEW DEGREES AND LOWERING AFTERNOON HIGHS. SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BROWN...CALLAHAN...COLEMAN...FISHER...HASKELL...JONES... MCCULLOCH...NOLAN...RUNNELS...SHACKELFORD...TAYLOR...AND THROCKMORTON. && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BROWN...CALLAHAN...COLEMAN...FISHER...HASKELL...JONES... MCCULLOCH...NOLAN...RUNNELS...SHACKELFORD...TAYLOR...AND THROCKMORTON. && 99/99/28
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 609 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-201215- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 609 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WILD FIRE DANGER IS ELEVATED TODAY...WITH A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ALONG WITH DRY AIRMASS AND DEAD VEGETATION WILL AID THE SPREAD OF WILD FIRES TODAY. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILD FIRE DANGER WILL AGAIN BE ELEVATED FRIDAY...AS A SURFACE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS DURING THE MORNING...AND A DRY COLD FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A 325 acre fire occured on a ranch just to the east of Grape Creek. The fire destroyed 60 thousand dollars worth of water testing equipment.
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