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FNUS64 KBRO 011538
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TXZ248>257-020100-

FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
938 AM CST SUN MAR 1 2009


...INCREASED THREAT OF ERRATIC WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR THIS AFTERNOON...

ABUNDANT CURED FUELS WILL COMBINE WITH BRISK AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS 
AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS TODAY TO PRODUCE AN
ENHANCED RISK OF WILDFIRE SPREAD ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL COMBINE
WITH LOWERING RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON INCREASING
THE THREAT OF ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR IF IGNITION OF EXTREMELY DRY
FUELS OCCUR AND COULD ALLOW FOR RAPID GROWTH OF ANY FIRE ACTIVITY.

THE CURRENT FORECAST INDICATES RELATIVE HUMIDITY CONDITIONS WILL
LOWER BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PERCENT WEST OF HIGHWAY 281 WITH 20 TO 30
PERCENT ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF CAMERON...WILLACY AND
KENEDY. TODAY/S LOW HUMIDITY AND LOW TEMPERATURES FROM LAST NIGHT
HAS INCREASED THE CURRING OF ALREADY DRY FUELS THROUGHOUT DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS. THE COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE INGREDIENTS HAS INCREASED
THE FIRE DANGER THREAT BETWEEN HIGH TO VERY HIGH.

SLIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY TAKES PLACE TONIGHT AS DEW
POINTS REMAIN LOW WITH NO MOISTURE RETURN FLOW EXPECTED UNTIL
LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH FIRE DANGER THREAT IS FORECAST TO
REMAIN INTACT ON MONDAY AS HUMIDITY LEVELS REMAIN VERY LOW HOWEVER
THE THREAT FOR RAPID SPREAD WILL BE DIMINISHED AS WINDS BECOME
LIGHT AND VARIABLE TO LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHEAST DURING THE LATER
HALF OF MONDAY.

LOCAL FIRE OFFICIALS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR ALL FIRE RELATED
PRODUCTS FROM THIS OFFICE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION CONCERNING
THIS POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS WILDFIRE SITUATION.


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