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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
657 PM CST MON JAN 19 2009

...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MODERATE NORTH WIND WINDS AND DRY
FUEL LEVELS POSES A CONTINUED THREAT FOR WILDFIRES ACROSS DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...

DEEP SOUTH TEXAS CAN EXPECT POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS AND LOW DEW
POINTS PERSISTING. A REINFORCING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA MOVING
INTO CENTRAL TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER IN LOW DEW POINTS AND A
MODERATE NORTH WIND THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT
IN VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AND POSSIBLE CRITICAL FIRE
CONDITIONS.

RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE FORECAST TO ONLY RECOVER INTO THE
40 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS WESTERN LOCATIONS WITH 50S TO LOWER
60 PERCENT ACROSS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND COASTAL AREAS
TONIGHT. VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER ATMOSPHERE
COUPLED WITH A NORTH WIND OF 15 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RESULT
IN HUMIDITIES LEVELS BOTTOMING OUT BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT IN
THE WEST AND 20 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE EAST.

ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH RED FLAG CRITERIA
AT THIS TIME A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MAY BE ISSUED FOR TUESDAY WITH
THE LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS ALONG WITH VERY DRY FUEL CONDITIONS
MAINTAINING AN ELEVATED RISK OF WILDFIRE ACTIVITY. FIRES THAT DO
START COULD EXHIBIT CONSIDERABLE GROWTH DESPITE THE POSSIBLE
ABSENCE OF STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS.

RESIDENTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY 
SHOULD REMAIN EXTRA VIGILANCE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AND EXERCISE
EXTREME CAUTION CONCERNING ANY FIRE ACTIVITIES.


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