A wildfire near Sandia, off of CR 361, burned 100 acres. Four homes were threatened and saved.
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A wildfire near Sandia, off of CR 361, burned 100 acres. Four homes were threatened and saved. Numerous local and volunteer resources responded. The exact location and time 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 Feb 3, 11:29 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1129 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2009 .DISCUSSION...NOTE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION...VERY DRY CONDITIONS/SUBSIDENCE WL CONTRIBUTE TO CONTINUED VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH TUE (NO SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER EXPECTED ALONG THE WEAK FRONT EARLY TUE.) && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 943 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2009/ DISCUSSION...CONCUR WITH THE CURRENT FCST WTIH REGARD TO EWD MOVEMENT OF THE SFC ANTICYCLONE (RESULTING IN RTN OF WEAK SLY FLOW)...MAX TEMPS FCST FOR THIS AFTN (CONSISTENT WITH THE NAM DETERMINISTIC SOLN)...AND SUNNY SKIES (WHEN CONSIDERING THE UPPER PATTERN/WEAK SUBSIDENCE AND EXTREMELY LOW PW VALUES.) OWING TO EXPECTED VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND LIMITED FUEL MOISTURE...WL RETAIN THE FIRE DANGER STATEMENT FOR TDA. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 345 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2009/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...AFTER A COOL START THIS MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES MAINTAINING FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 8 AM...ANOTHER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEATHER DAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALONG THE COAST MOVES EAST AND WINDS TURN AROUND TO SOUTH-SOUTHWEST TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TODAY. WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES NOT QUITE AS COOL AS THIS MORNING. A FRONT WILL BACK DOOR INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY PUSHING TEMPERTURES DOWN TO AROUND NORMAL LEVELS. NORTHEAST WINDS MAY APPROACH SCA CRITERIA OVER THE GULF WATERS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD...BUT LEFT AT SCEC FOR NOW. LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...CONTINUED QUIET WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT OFF TO OUR EAST DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD LEADING TO RETURN FLOW AND SUBSEQUENTLY A GRADUAL INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. PERSISTENT BREEZY/WINDY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM THAT IS PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ECMWF/GFS PROG A COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK...HOWEVER THE TIMING IS STILL AN ISSUE. REGARDLESS...EVEN THROUGH THE MODELS ARE HINTING AT SOME PRECIP WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM...AS HAS BEEN THE CASE WITH THE LAST SEVERAL SYSTEMS...DO NOT THINK THE PRECIP WILL MAKE IT THIS FAR SOUTH AND HAVE THEREFORE MAINTAINED A DRY FORECAST FOR NOW. AVIATION...CLEAR SKIES/VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. FIRE WEATHER...VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER OVER SOUTH TEXAS BEFORE A BIT HIGHER BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE ARRIVES TONIGHT AS WIND BECOME EAST AND NORTHEAST BY WEDNESDAY WITH A FRONT. WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES EXPECTED TO FALL TO 10-15 PERCENT INLAND AREAS AND 25-30 PERCENT ALONG THE COAST...WILL ISSUE A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT WITH CURRENT DRY FUEL CONDITIONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 74 43 69 48 70 / 0 0 0 0 10 VICTORIA 72 37 65 41 68 / 0 0 0 0 10 LAREDO 77 46 76 51 73 / 0 0 0 10 10 ALICE 76 40 72 44 72 / 0 0 0 0 10 ROCKPORT 69 47 67 51 67 / 0 0 0 0 10 COTULLA 76 36 71 46 69 / 0 0 0 10 10 KINGSVILLE 75 40 70 45 71 / 0 0 0 0 10 NAVY CORPUS 70 50 67 51 67 / 0 0 0 0 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && WC/87...SHORT TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 435 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2009 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-031800- 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- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 435 AM CST TUE FEB 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TMT/KR
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A wildfire near Sandia, off of CR 361, burned 100 acres. Four homes were threatened and saved. Numerous local and volunteer resources responded. The exact location and time was unknown at the time of this writing.
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