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NOUS44 KCRP 011135
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
533 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2008

...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER EXPECTED TODAY...SATURDAY AND TUESDAY...

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW TODAY...DIPPING INTO
THE TEENS AND 20S AWAY FROM THE COAST. WINDS SPEEDS THIS MORNING
WILL BE CONSIDERABLY WEAKER THAN YESTERDAY...BUT WILL INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON TO 10 TO 15 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST AND TO 15 TO 20 MPH
ON SATURDAY. FUELS REMAIN VERY DRY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS...WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF PORTIONS OF VICTORIA...CALHOUN AND ARANSAS COUNTIES.
THE FIRE DANGER TODAY AND SATURDAY WILL REMAIN ELEVATED AS A RESULT
OF THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY...A MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW
RESUMING...DRY FUELS AND HOT SPOTS FROM WILDFIRES YESTERDAY.

THE FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE FURTHER TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND YET
ANOTHER COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT WILL USHER IN STRONG...GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE TEENS ON
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

EXTREME CARE IS URGED DURING ALL OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES WHERE THERE
IS A POTENTIAL FOR GRASS FIRES TO GET STARTED. AVOID OUTSIDE
BURNING. BURN BANS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR LA SALLE...LIVE
OAK...REFUGIO AND NUECES COUNTIES. DO NOT TOSS LIT CIGARETTE
BUTTS OUTSIDE. REPORT WILD FIRES QUICKLY TO THE NEAREST FIRE
DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.

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JR