Another prescribed burn became uncontrolled over southern Duval County. The wildfire burned over 1000 acres and threatened several homes.
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Another prescribed burn became uncontrolled over southern Duval County. The wildfire burned over 1000 acres and threatened several homes.
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 Jan 26, 11:56 AM CST, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1156 AM CST WED JAN 26 2011 .DISCUSSION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE COAST WILL RESULT IN LIGHT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS. HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS (25KFT) WILL MOVE IN FROM MEXICO TONIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. && .AVIATION... && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 957 AM CST WED JAN 26 2011/ DISCUSSION...VERY DRY AND CALM CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AS A WEAK RIDGE BUILDS IN ALOFT IN THE WAKE OF THE EXITING TROUGH ADVANCING UP THE EAST COAST. SFC HIGH WILL SLIDE EAST INTO LOUISIANA THIS AFTN RESULTING IN A LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING. KCRP SOUNDING WAS VERY DRY WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AT 0.25". THUS WITH FULL SUN...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO MODERATE INTO THE 60S MOST AREAS WITH A FEW 70 DEGREE READINGS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. MIN RH VALUES WILL BE LOW DIPPING INTO THE MID 30S ALONG THE COAST TO LOWER 20S OUT WEST. HOWEVER THE LIGHT WINDS WILL TEMPER ANY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. MAY HAVE A FEW CIRRUS CLOUDS STREAMING BY LATE AFTN AS 100KT UPR JET APPROACHES IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT TROUGH OVER THE BAHA. THIS NEXT SYSTEM WILL EVENTUALLY BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN TO SOUTH TEXAS OVER THE WEEKEND. CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK. NO CHANGES ARE ANTICIPATED. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 535 AM CST WED JAN 26 2011/ DISCUSSION...PLEASE SEE UPDATED AVIATION DISCUSSION. AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE TAF PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL LEAD TO CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT NORTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY WINDS TODAY. HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 511 AM CST WED JAN 26 2011/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...HIGHER PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER OVER SOUTH TEXAS BRINGING CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. A DRY AND COOL AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REACH INTO 60S WITH NEAR 70 TEMPS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME NORTHERLY AS A REINFORCING WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN FROM THE WEST TONIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DIP DOWN ONCE AGAIN INTO THE 30S BUT EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING EXCEPT FOR A FEW LOW LYING AREAS IN THE FRIO/NUECES VALLEYS WEST OF CHOKE CANYON RESERVOIR WHICH COULD SEE NEAR FREEZING TEMPS FOR A BRIEF TIME. HIGH CLOUDS WILL BUILD IN FROM THE SOUTH LEADING TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR THURSDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE MOST PART FOR THURSDAY...TAKING ON A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE HIGH BEGINS TO SHIFT EASTWARD. LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT WILL TRANSLATE EAST INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO FRIDAY WITH MOISTURE RETURN SET TO COMMENCE. CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH BY FRIDAY EVENING AS ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE INCREASES IN THE 290-300K LAYER. MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER LOW NEAR BAJA SPUR FRIDAY MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST TO THE TEXAS BIG BEND SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH 00Z NAM A LITTLE FASTER AND 00Z ECMWF MORE TO THE NORTH AND A LITTLE SLOWER. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL INCREASE TO 25-30 KNOTS BRINGING IN HIGHER MOISTURE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 1.5 INCHES OVER THE COASTAL BEND SATURDAY. WILL SHOW HIGH END CHANCE POPS OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. IT APPEARS THERE WILL BE ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER SUCH THAT ANY INSTABILITY WILL BE LIMITED SATURDAY AND KEPT THUNDER OUT OF THE FORECAST. AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES OF 7-7.5 DEGS/KM IN 85-50H LAYER...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. EXPECT ISOLATED-SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY NIGHT LINGERING INTO SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. MOST UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 1000 J/KG AND EVEN THOUGH 0-6 KM SHEAR WILL BE STRONG...LOW LEVEL FLOW IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT VEERS SATURDAY NIGHT. NOT EXPECTING STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE AT THIS TIME. PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE OUT BY SUNDAY EVENING AS THE UPPER LOW DAMPENS TO A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING INTO LOUISIANA. EXPECT ONE DAY OF WEAK RETURN FLOW MONDAY IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT UPPER TROUGH TAKING SHAPE OVER THE ROCKIES. ECMWF SHOWS A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE PLAINS WITH ARCTIC COLD FRONT PLUNGING SOUTH INTO THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND RESULT IN MUCH COLDER AND WINDY CONDITIONS TUESDAY. 06Z GFS SHOWED A LOT MORE ENERGY DIVING SOUTH ALONG THE WEST COAST AND FORMING A DEEP CLOSED LOW OVER ARIZONA TUESDAY LEADING TO ANOTHER WET SCENARIO FOR SOUTH TEXAS...WHILE THE 00Z GFS SHOWED THE LOW IN A SIMILAR POSITION BUT WEAKER AFTER A BROAD TROUGH MOVED IN FROM THE PACIFIC. UKMET IS IN BETWEEN THESE SOLUTIONS WITH A DEEP TROUGH MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES MONDAY AND MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TUESDAY. WILL SHOW THE ARCTIC FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND SHOW A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR RAIN ON TUESDAY IN CASE THERE IS AN UPPER TROUGH STILL HANGING BACK TO THE WEST OF THE AREA. CONFIDENCE IS MODEST FOR TIMING OF THE FRONT BUT LOW ON THE RAIN CHANCES AT THIS POINT. FIRE WEATHER...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BELOW 40 PERCENT ALONG THE COASTAL BEND WITH RH PERCENTAGES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 20S ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. HOWEVER...EASTERLY WINDS WILL BE WEAK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 63 38 67 38 70 / 0 0 0 0 10 VICTORIA 62 33 66 35 69 / 0 0 0 0 10 LAREDO 70 44 70 47 75 / 0 0 0 0 10 ALICE 65 38 69 37 72 / 0 0 0 0 10 ROCKPORT 59 40 66 40 67 / 0 0 0 0 10 COTULLA 66 35 70 36 73 / 0 0 0 0 10 KINGSVILLE 65 36 68 37 71 / 0 0 0 0 10 NAVY CORPUS 61 44 64 44 65 / 0 0 0 0 10 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && JM/75...SHORT TERM RG/82...LONG TERM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 540 AM CST WED JAN 26 2011 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-271145- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 540 AM CST WED JAN 26 2011 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. CB/TMT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Control was lost on a prescribed burn causing a wildfire approximately 3 miles southwest of Ramirez. The wildfire burned over 1000 acres and threatened several homes.
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