A brush fire in La Salle County burned around 1500 acres on the Richie Ranch, off FM 468. One abandoned structure was destroyed.
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A brush fire in La Salle County burned around 1500 acres on the Richie Ranch, off FM 468. One abandoned structure was destroyed. The time and name of the fire was unknown at the time of this writing.
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NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 20, 9:04 AM CST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 904 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 .UPDATE...SFC HIGH WILL MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH RETURN FLOW ADVECTING MOISTURE OVR THE GULF INLAND. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO REMOVE MENTION OF FREEZE WARNING. SEAS HAVE LOWERED TO BELOW SCA CRITERIA AND WILL REMOVE SCA FROM THE COASTAL WATERS FCST. OTHERWISE...FCSTD CONDITIONS STILL LOOK GOOD WITH NO MAJOR CHANGES AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 546 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008/ UPDATE...WENT AHEAD AND EXPANDED THE FREEZE WARNING TO INCLUDE SAN PATRICIO...NUECES...AND KLEBERG COUNTIES. OBS ALONG HIGHWAY 77 ARE CURRENTLY 32 DEGREES IN ROBSTOWN AND 31 DEGREES IN KINGSVILLE. EXPECT FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 77 FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS OR SO. UPDATED PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN SENT. AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION AND SUBSEQUENTLY MVFR CIGS WILL DEVELOP FROM EAST TO WEST AFTER SUNSET. SHOWER ACTIVITY MAY EVENTUALLY DEVELOP ALONG THE COASTAL BEND AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS STREAMER SHOWERS DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO COASTAL CONVERGENCE. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 426 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008/ SHORT-TERM (TODAY THROUGH MONDAY)...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE CWA THIS MORNING WITH RETURN FLOW DEVELOPING IN EARNEST ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. INCREASING MOISTURE/THERMAL ADVECTION WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. GENERALLY SIDED WITH THE WARMEST GUIDANCE NUMBERS FOR THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN THE WAA PATTERN IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. FOR TONIGHT...LLJ IS PROGGED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30-35KTS OVER THE REGION. INCREASING LLJ DYNAMICS COMBINED WITH MOISTURE TRANSPORT AND UPPER DIFLUENCE FROM THE SUBTROPICAL JET WILL LEAD TO CHANCE POPS AREAWIDE LATE TONIGHT. PRECIP CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY. THE DEEPEST MOISTURE WILL BE LOCATED OVER THE EASTERN CWA. HAVE GRADED POPS FROM LIKELY NE TO SLIGHT CHANCE OUT WEST AS A RESULT. FORECAST SOUNDINGS PROG A CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY. THE NAM/GFS PROG THE CWA TO BE IN THE LFQ OF A 125+KT SUBTROPICAL JET STREAK DURING THE 12Z-18Z MONDAY PERIOD. DUE TO FAVORABLE JET DYNAMICS AND CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...WILL MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDER DURING THE MONDAY MORNING HOURS. THE SUBTROPICAL JET IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTH OF THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON SO WILL OMIT THUNDER FROM THE MONDAY AFTERNOON PERIOD. GENERALLY EXPECT NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES MONDAY. MARINE...SCA CONDITIONS DUE TO SEAS RUNNING 7 TO 9 FEET ACROSS THE GULF 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT OCONNOR WILL DIMINISH TO SCEC SEAS AROUND 10 AM CST TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS INTO THE NORTHERN GULF. SCEC CONDITIONS OVER THE GULF WILL BE SHORT LIVED THIS AFTERNOON AS ONSHORE FLOW WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE SCA WINDS/SEAS AFTER SUNSET. SCA CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...BRIEF POTENTIAL FOR ISENTROPIC LIFT MONDAY NIGHT MAINLY OVER THE NORTHEAST AND GULFMEX...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH SO LOWERED POPS A BIT. NEXT SHOT FOR RAIN WILL BE LATE TUESDAY WITH FROPA. GFS IS FASTEST WITH NAM SLOWER MODEL...DECIDED TO FOLLOW THE NAM A BIT MORE SINCE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN SUGGESTS SLOWER MOVEMENT. MOISTURE VALUES NEAR THE COAST APPROACH 1.5 INCHES AND WITH BOUNDARY APPROACHING IN THE AFTERNOON...MENTIONED A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS (AND SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDER) EASTERN AREAS WHERE INSTABILITY LIES AND RAIN FARTHER WEST. BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WHERE LITTLE RAINFALL (PATCHY) WILL BE OBSERVED (BELIEVE GFSX-MOS IS KEYING TOO HIGH ON 90 PERCENT RH FIELDS RATHER THAN ANY SIGNIFICANT FORCING). ANOTHER COASTAL TROUGH DEVELOPS LATE WEDNESDAY AND HERE THE ISENTROPIC PATTERN BEGINS TO TAKE HOLD. STILL...WILL NOT GO AS HIGH AS GFS-MOS ON RAIN FOR LATE WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME AS THINK MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE LIGHT IN NATURE AND SOME MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MEASURE (ALSO REMEMBER A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE GFS WAS DEVELOPING COASTAL TROUGHS THAT WERE NOT VERIFYING). HIGH PRESSURE GETS RE-ENFORCED ON THURSDAY WITH A LITTLE DRIER AIR MOVING IN AS UPPER RIDGE AMPLIFIES...SO THINK RAINFALL CHANCES WILL DIMINISH ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN/NORTHEASTERN AREAS. ANOTHER COASTAL TROUGH ON FRIDAY BUT MOISTURE LOOKS A LITTLE LOWER...SO DID NOT HIT POPS TOO HARD FOR FRIDAY. DRY FORECAST FOR SATURDAY WITH LESS MOISTURE AND LACK OF NOTABLE FORCING (UPPER FORCING APPEARS TO REMAIN NORTH). PASSAGE OF NEXT UPPER SYSTEM TO NORTH WILL ALLOW ANOTHER FRONT TO MOVE ACROSS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT/EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. MADE NOTABLE CHANGES TO TEMPERATURE FORECAST BASED ON CHANGES IN THE TIMING OF THE BOUNDARIES...MOS...AND ISC CONSIDERATIONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 60 54 68 58 73 / 10 40 50 10 30 VICTORIA 59 50 65 55 71 / 10 40 70 20 30 LAREDO 60 50 70 55 74 / 0 30 20 10 20 ALICE 60 52 70 56 75 / 10 40 40 10 20 ROCKPORT 59 53 65 59 71 / 10 40 70 20 30 COTULLA 60 49 68 52 70 / 0 30 20 10 20 KINGSVILLE 60 52 70 56 75 / 10 40 50 10 30 NAVY CORPUS 60 56 67 61 72 / 10 40 50 10 30 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && TE/81...SHORT TERM MB/80...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 553 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 TXZ229>234-239>247-211200- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 553 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING FOR THE COUNTIES OF VICTORIA...GOLIAD...BEE...LIVE OAK...LA SALLE... MCMULLEN...DUVAL...WEBB...JIM WELLS...SAN PATRICIO...NUECES AND KLEBERG. HOWEVER...THIS FREEZE WARNING DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CITY OF LAREDO OR CORPUS CHRISTI. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-211200- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR- COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM- 553 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE GULF WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE GULF WATERS MONDAY...THEN BRIEFLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS A COASTAL TROUGH DEVELOPS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TM/GW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A brush fire in La Salle County burned around 1500 acres on the Richie Ranch, off FM 468. One abandoned structure was destroyed. The time and name of the fire was unknow at the time of this writing.
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