The Farco Mine S#35 Wilfire burned around 2200 acres in rural Webb County. 8657) No homes were threatened.
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The Farco Mine S#35 Wilfire burned around 2200 acres in rural Webb County. (N27 49.7330, W99 49.8657) No homes were threatened. Several local and state resources responded.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 29, 9:15 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1015 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 .DISCUSSION...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO VEER/INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE HIGH PLAINS OF COLORADO/NEW MEXICO. NO CHANGES MADE TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. && .MARINE...ONSHORE FLOW WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCEC CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN BAYS. LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES TO 35-40 KNOTS TONIGHT. EXPECT SCA CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS LATER TONIGHT. WILL HOLD OFF ISSUING SCA UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. && .FIRE WEATHER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAIN LOW OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING. BUT TIMING OF THE INCREASE IN WINDS BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL ALSO SEE AN INCREASE IN RH LEVELS ALONG THE COAST. CURRENT FIRE DANGER STATEMENT ON TRACK FOR TODAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 425 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH MONDAY)...TODAY WILL BE THE TRANSITION DAY BACK TO ONSHORE WINDS AS THE NEXT UPR TROUGH MOVES INTO THE CEN ROCKIES. WILL BECOME BREEZY ACROSS CEN/WRN AREAS BY LATE AFTN AS THE PGRAD INCREASES DUE TO PRESSURE FALLS TO THE NORTH. THE LLJ WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 40 KNOTS OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE DEEPENING LOW. THIS WILL BEGIN TRANSPORTING MOISTURE INTO THE AREA AND WILL LEAD TO MUCH WARMER OVERNIGHT LOWS. A LEFT EXIT REGION OF A 120+ KT JET STREAK WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON MON...BUT ONLY NERN ZONES APPEAR TO HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO MENTION POPS IN THE ZFP AND WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW 20% CHC SHRA IN VCT AREA. BREEZY-WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS BUT WINDS WILL DROPS OFF MARKEDLY ACROSS THE WEST AS A SFC TROUGH MOVES NEAR THE RIO GRANDE. THIS SCENARIO WILL ALSO PROVIDE TOASTY HIGHS IN THE WEST AS H85 FLOW TURN WSW. MARINE...IT APPEARS AT LEAST OFFSHORE AREAS WILL INCREASE TO SCA LEVELS MON NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL FLOW INCREASES DUE TO LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTH. NOT BUYING THE NEARLY 25 KT WIND FORECAST SHOWN BY THE NAM AS COOLER SHELF WATERS MAY JUST KEEP NEARSHORE WATERS AND NRN BAYS FROM REACHING SCA WIND THRESHOLDS THROUGH MONDAY...BUT WILL KEEP WATCHFUL EYE. SEAS WILL LIKELY REACH 7 FEET BY LATE MON MAKING THE MARGINAL WINDS A MUTE POINT ANYWAY. THINK SRN BAYS WILL REACH CAUTION LEVELS LATE TODAY AND SCA LEVELS LATE MON W/ THE HELP OF THE SEA BREEZE. FIRE WEATHER...LOW RH VALUES OF 20-30% ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA. NOT CLEAR CUTE HOWEVER AS SE FLOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE LATE THIS AFTN AND SOME GUSTS TO 25 MPH MAY OCCUR AS RH LEVELS BEGIN TO RISE. SO WILL NOT ISSUE RED FLAG BUT THINK FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IS WARRANTED FOR THIS AFTN. LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...PATTERN WILL REMAIN PROGRESSIVE THROUGH THE WEEK WITH A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS AND FRONTS. UPPER LEVEL LOW PINWHEELING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL SEND A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING. SOME DISCREPANCIES WITH STRENGTH/SPEED OF FRONT THROUGH THE CWA...WITH THE 00Z GFS STRONGER AND THE NAM12 WEAKER...HANGING THE FRONT UP ALONG THE COAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO DRIVE A STRONG FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LIKE THE GFS SHOWS IN THE MORNING...AND PREFER SOMETHING CLOSER TO THE 06Z NAM12 (WHICH IS A MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN THE 00Z GFS AND 00Z NAM12). PRECIP CHANCES ALONG FRONT ARE CHALLENGING. WORKING AGAINST CHANCES IS MOISTURE THAT APPEARS SHALLOW AND LIMITED TO THE EASTERN CWA...A STRONG CAP FORECASTED BY MODEL SOUNDINGS TUESDAY MORNING...AND TIMING OF FRONT THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE MORNING. ON THE FLIP SIDE...FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF A 135 KNOT JET STREAK WILL BE IN PLACE...AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A SLIGHTLY SLOWER FRONT THROUGH THE COASTAL BEND (CLOSE TO THE 06Z NAM12 DESCRIBED ABOVE) MAY LEND TO DESCENT INSTABILITY AND WEAKENING CAP ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CWA JUST BEFORE THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. IN FACT 06Z NAM12 IS INDICATING CAPES OF AROUND 1500 J/KG ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CWA JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT AROUND 18Z TUESDAY. WITH ALL THIS SAID...HAVE FORECASTED HIGHEST POPS OF 40% ALONG AND EAST OF A VCT-NGP LINE AND TAPERED POPS QUICKLY OFF WEST OF THIS LINE. COOLER TEMPS TUESDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT...HOWEVER ONSHORE FLOW WILL REFORM BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE YET ANOTHER FRONT...ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRESSIVE SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. COULD BE AN ISOLATED SHOWER ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CWA AHEAD OF THIS NEXT FRONT...HOWEVER MOISTURE RETURN IS VERY LIMITED AND HAVE ONLY PUT GHOST 10 POPS IN GRIDS FOR THIS AREA. ONSHORE FLOW WILL YET AGAIN QUICKLY DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. GFS/ECMWF SHOWS A DEEPER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES BY SATURDAY MORNING...BUT DIFFER ON TIMING OF TROUGH OUT INTO THE PLAINS AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...WITH THE 00Z GFS SLOWER THAN THE 00Z ECMWF. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 77 60 82 66 80 / 0 10 10 10 40 VICTORIA 75 55 79 64 77 / 0 10 20 20 40 LAREDO 87 60 96 66 88 / 0 10 10 10 10 ALICE 81 57 91 65 82 / 0 10 10 10 20 ROCKPORT 73 62 77 70 76 / 0 10 10 10 40 COTULLA 83 56 92 62 83 / 0 10 10 10 10 KINGSVILLE 79 59 89 66 82 / 0 10 10 10 30 NAVY CORPUS 72 65 79 71 77 / 0 10 10 10 40 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && TMT/89...SHORT TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 522 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 TXZ229>234-239>247-301030- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 522 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE COMBINATION OF DRY AIR...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION DUE TO THE DROUGHT WILL PROVIDE AN ELEVATED WILD FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. 77 BEHIND A COLD FRONT. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS BEHIND A SECOND COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-301030- 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- 522 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2009 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 TONIGHT ACROSS THE OFFSHORE GULF WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE GULF WATERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MJG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Farco Mine S#35 Wilfire burned around 2200 acres in rural Webb County. (N27 49.7330, W99 49.8657) No homes were threatened. Several local and state resources responded.
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