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The Fire Weather Planning Forecast for

Nueces 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...CORPUS CHRISTI
556 AM CDT THU OCT 3 2013

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      FRI

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY
PRECIP TYPE           TSTMS        NONE         NONE
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     10           0            0
TEMP                  93           72           93
RH %                  51           95           50
20FT WND MPH(AM)      SE  5                     LGT/VAR
20FT WND MPH(PM)      SE 11        SE 10        SE  9
MIXING HGT (FT-AGL)   4100                      4100
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   SE 16                     SE 13
LAL                   1            1            1
HAINES INDEX          3            3            4

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...

.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 70S INLAND...IN THE
UPPER 70S COAST. 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 INLAND...IN
THE UPPER 60S COAST. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. NORTH WINDS 10 TO
15 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S INLAND...IN THE
UPPER 60S COAST. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
.TUESDAY...CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 50S INLAND...IN THE UPPER 60S
COAST. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. LIGHT WINDS.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S INLAND...IN THE
LOWER 70S COAST. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.