An arsonist set a house and a recreational vehicle on fire and these spread to consume five acres northwest of Fredericksburg. Two structures and the RV where destroyed.
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An arsonist set a house and a recreational vehicle on fire and these spread to consume five acres northwest of Fredericksburg. Two structures and the RV where destroyed.
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 Mar 14, 10:06 AM CST, 24 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 1106 AM CDT Wed Mar 14 2018 .UPDATE... High clouds associated with the right entrance region of a jet streak aloft are a bit more widespread then the previously expected, so we have expanded this cloud deck a bit further northeast in the grids. In addition, model trends decreased temperatures about a degree due to the slight increase in cloud cover, so our forecast follows suit. Otherwise, no significant changes to the forecast have been made, with winds continuing to veer late this morning and afternoon to become southeasterly at 5-10 mph. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 626 AM CDT Wed Mar 14 2018/ AVIATION... VFR flying conditions continue today through tonight with clouds above FL100. Lower level moisture with SCT MVFR level clouds will return after 12Z Thursday with CIGs possible after 18Z. NE winds around 5 KTs will turn to SE at 5 to 10 KTs most areas by early this afternoon, except 10 to 15 KTs and gusty out west. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 347 AM CDT Wed Mar 14 2018/ SHORT TERM (Tonight through Thursday Night)... The cool morning lows today will not be revisited for several days, and possibly until autumn if the gfs out to 16 days is to be accurate. A persistent zonal flow pattern over the Srn US will resume and bring southerly winds and increasing Gulf moisture for tonight through Thursday night. Morning cloudiness will curb daytime high temp trends for Thursday with more sunshine breaking through today for near normal daytime temps each day; above normal temps will then resume for the long-term forecast. Breezy conditions are expected to develop Thursday into Thursday night which could generate a few sprinkles or light rain showers. No significant rainfall amounts are expected either period. LONG TERM (Friday through Wednesday)... A compact shortwave disturbance deepens while moving into Kansas Friday morning which sends a surface low and trailing dry-line feature eastward out of West TX. The surface pattern becomes more disconnected with this feature over South Central TX, leaving the dry-line feature hung up along a SW-NE orientation from the Srn Edwards Plateau to the DFW metro area while winds above the boundary layer are able to push the drier W TX air farther east Friday morning. This initially leaves the dry-line in a weakened state, but mixing during the day forces the deeper moisture eastward into SE TX. The loosely defined dry-line may settle just east of the I-35 corridor and generate some isolated afternoon storms over the Coastal Prairies. Slight chance PoPs for storms could then expand westward Friday night into Saturday as the dry-line works its way back toward W TX. Limited dynamics aloft and moisture depth near the dry-line has us leaning toward little or no deep convection using the deterministic medium range model consensus, but the flat SWly flow aloft pattern could easily churn up an embedded short-wave as is suggested in the past couple TX Tech WRF forecasts for Thursday/Thursday night over W TX. A weak disturbance is suggested to pass just north of the forecast area and enhance the chance of dry-line storms over North Central TX. Earlier model runs had a cold front settling over Central TX Saturday the deterministic trends are backing away on this happening. Thus will cap thunderstorm chances at 20 percent, thinking an occasional early or mid-morning streamer shower is more likely. The best chance of deep convection may be Sunday when another compact disturbance enters the Central Plains. Again South Central TX will be dynamics challenged and could have the dry-line overrun the area and leave us dry. The gfs and older runs of the ECM have the greater influence on blended guidances, so later forecasts could trend back from "Chance" to "Slight Chance" should the more recent ECM models prove more accurate. A mostly dry front arrives Monday with breezy conditions possibly creating an elevated fire weather day. Temps hardly budge for Monday afternoon, but should return to near mid- March normals Tuesday into next Wednesday. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Austin Camp Mabry 70 51 74 63 86 / 0 0 10 20 20 Austin Bergstrom Intl Airport 69 48 73 62 85 / 0 0 20 20 20 New Braunfels Muni Airport 71 49 72 62 86 / 0 0 20 20 20 Burnet Muni Airport 67 48 72 60 86 / 0 0 - 20 10 Del Rio Intl Airport 70 53 77 60 89 / 0 - - 10 - Georgetown Muni Airport 68 48 73 62 85 / 0 0 10 20 20 Hondo Muni Airport 72 51 72 62 88 / 0 0 10 20 20 San Marcos Muni Airport 70 48 73 62 86 / 0 0 20 20 20 La Grange - Fayette Regional 69 48 74 63 83 / 0 0 20 20 20 San Antonio Intl Airport 71 51 71 63 86 / 0 0 20 20 20 Stinson Muni Airport 71 51 72 63 87 / 0 0 20 20 20 && .EWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && Mesoscale/Aviation...Williams Synoptic/Grids...LH
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio TX 303 AM CDT Wed Mar 14 2018 TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-150900- 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- 303 AM CDT Wed Mar 14 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South-Central Texas.. .DAY ONE...Today And Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
An arsonist set a house and a recreational vehicle on fire and these spread to consume five acres northwest of Fredericksburg. Two structures and the RV where destroyed.
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