The Big Oak wildfire broke out in southern Bexar County between Pleasanton Road and US Highway 281. Sixteen acres burned which destroyed 6 stuctures including 4 homes and 16 vehicles.
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The Big Oak wildfire broke out in southern Bexar County between Pleasanton Road and US Highway 281. Sixteen acres burned which destroyed 6 stuctures including 4 homes and 16 vehicles.
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 Austin/San Antonio, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 8, 11:39 AM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1239 PM CDT THU SEP 8 2011 .DISCUSSION... SEE AVIATION FOR 18Z TAF DISCUSSION. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. N-NE WINDS NEAR 10 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED AROUND AUS AND CENTRAL TX THROUGH SUNSET. SFC WINDS WILL AGAIN BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER SUNSET AND INCREASE AGAIN SLIGHTLY OVER CENTRAL TX FRIDAY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 418 AM CDT THU SEP 8 2011/ DISCUSSION... AREAS OF SMOKE ARE EXPECTED MAINLY THROUGH MID MORNING WHEN THE SHALLOW TEMPERATURE INVERSION BREAKS. LOWER VISIBILITIES MAY BE LIMITED TO AREAS AROUND THE BASTROP FIRE COMPLEX AND ACROSS THE AUSTIN AREA. PATCHY LOWER LEVEL SMOKE IS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER NEAR FIRE AREAS. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING WARMER THIS MORNING COMPARED TO THE LAST TWO MORNINGS...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY MAY ACTUALLY BE A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER THAN WEDNESDAY AS A MID TO UPPER LEVEL CLOUD LAYER ATTEMPTS TO MOVE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS AND MODELS INDICATE THIS LAYER WILL ERODE AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST INTO A CONFLUENT FLOW ALOFT BETWEEN AN UPPER LOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND AN UPPER RIDGE OVER NORTHERN MEXICO. THE UPPER LOW WILL MEANDER AROUND THE LOWER OHIO AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS WHILE THE UPPER RIDGE STAYS OVER NORTHERN MEXICO THROUGH MUCH OF THIS WEEKEND WITH A WEAK DRY MAINLY NORTHERLY LOWER LEVEL FLOW. LARGE DAILY RANGES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOW TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW AVERAGE AND HIGH TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. NEXT WEEK...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER TEXAS WHILE THE UPPER LOW FILLS AND MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES AND OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC. SOUTHERLY LOWER LEVEL FLOW WILL RETURN ALONG WITH WARMER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL TREND CLOSER TO AVERAGE AS NIGHTTIME DEWPOINTS RECOVER WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO AROUND 100 AS THE AIRMASS BECOMES MIXED DURING THE DAYTIME. AS FOR RAIN...PWS GENERALLY UNDER AN INCH AND SUBSIDENCE ALONG WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE NATE TURNING WEST INTO MEXICO WELL SOUTH OF OUR AREA...THERE IS NO CHANCE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR THE BIAS CORRECTED NUMBERS AND SLIGHTLY BELOW THE BIAS CORRECTED NUMBERS. FIRE WEATHER... ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. TODAY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...A WELL MIXED AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY LOW AFTERNOON INTO EVENING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT WITH MAINLY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. OVERNIGHT RECOVERY OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY IMPROVE OVER THE WEEKEND AS LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE SLOWLY FILTERS IN. NEXT WEEK...A SOUTHERLY LOWER LEVEL FLOW WILL DEVELOP INCREASING LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE. OVERNIGHT RECOVERY OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL IMPROVE. HOWEVER...A MIXED AIRMASS WILL STILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON INTO EVENING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. ANY MOISTURE AND HIGHER WINDS FROM TROPICAL CYCLONE NATE WILL REMAIN WELL SOUTH OF OUR AREA. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... AUSTIN CAMP MABRY 61 96 64 98 67 / 0 0 0 0 0 AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTL AIRPORT 55 95 56 97 59 / 0 0 0 0 0 NEW BRAUNFELS MUNI AIRPORT 57 95 59 98 62 / 0 0 0 0 0 BURNET MUNI AIRPORT 60 93 61 95 65 / 0 0 0 0 0 DEL RIO INTL AIRPORT 63 95 64 97 66 / 0 0 0 0 0 GEORGETOWN MUNI AIRPORT 58 93 60 95 62 / 0 0 0 0 0 HONDO MUNI AIRPORT 56 97 58 99 60 / 0 0 0 0 0 SAN MARCOS MUNI AIRPORT 57 95 61 97 64 / 0 0 0 0 0 LA GRANGE - FAYETTE REGIONAL 56 94 58 96 60 / 0 0 0 0 0 SAN ANTONIO INTL AIRPORT 60 96 62 97 65 / 0 0 0 0 0 STINSON MUNI AIRPORT 62 98 64 100 66 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && MESOSCALE/AVIATION...11 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...18 PUBLIC SERVICE/DATA COLLECTION...32
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 500 AM CDT THU SEP 8 2011 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-091000- LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA- GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE- MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA- FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT- 500 AM CDT THU SEP 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT. WINDS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE NORTH TO NORTHEAST BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH. POOR OVERNIGHT MOISTURE RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED...WITH MAXIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES STAYING AT OR BELOW 50 PERCENT. AREAS OF SMOKE MAY LINGER AT SURFACE LEVEL EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT NEAR THE BIG FIRES...ACROSS TRAVIS...BASTROP AND CALDWELL COUNTIES. SMOKE MAY SPREAD SOUTH ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR AND EAST...LIMITING VISIBILITIES...EARLY THIS MORNING. THE SMOKE WILL DISSIPATE BY MID MORNING AS BETTER MIXING GETS UNDERWAY. HOWEVER...REDUCED VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED IN LOCATIONS CLOSE TO THE ONGOING WILDFIRES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A WELL MIXED AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN EXTREMELY LOW AFTERNOON INTO EVENING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT WITH MAINLY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. OVERNIGHT RECOVERY OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOW THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. NEXT WEEK...A SOUTHERLY LOWER LEVEL FLOW WILL DEVELOP INCREASING LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE. OVERNIGHT RECOVERY OF RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL IMPROVE. HOWEVER...A MIXED AIRMASS WILL STILL RESULT IN AFTERNOON INTO EVENING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH. .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.
The Big Oak wildfire broke out in southern Bexar County between Pleasanton Road and US Highway 281. Sixteen acres burned which destroyed 6 stuctures including 4 homes and 16 vehicles.
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