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The Fire Weather Planning Forecast for

Jim Wells County

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR TODAY...GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM KINGSVILLE TO GOLIAD.
UPPER HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FARTHER EAST INTO THE
REGION...TAPERING OFF RAIN CHANCES FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS
MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WARM TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. A RELATIVELY STRONG
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...BRINGING
STRONG NORTH WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY AND A VERY
DRY AIRMASS TO THE REGION SUNDAY AND MONDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY BEHIND THE FRONT SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.


INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...ORANGE GROVE
556 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2013

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      FRI

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0
TEMP                  93           71           93
RH %                  46           98           44
20FT WND MPH(AM)      SE  5                     SE  5
20FT WND MPH(PM)      SE 10        SE 10        SE  8
MIXING HGT (FT-AGL)   4800                      4900
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   SE 16                     SE 12
LAL                   1            1            1
HAINES INDEX          2            4            4

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...

.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 90S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS. NOT AS WARM. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 70S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID
80S. LIGHT WINDS.
.TUESDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S.
LIGHT WINDS.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.