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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1005 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008

...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THREAT FRIDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH 
TEXAS...

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS ON 
FRIDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE MORNING WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST
ACROSS THE BRUSH COUNTRY AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL
BEND BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
10 TO 15 MPH...WITH HIGHER WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH EXPECTED
OVER THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND IN THE AFTERNOON. 

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY WARM ON FRIDAY. MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 90 OVER THE COASTAL BEND
TO AROUND 102 DEGREES ALONG THE RIO GRANDE.

VERY DRY AIR WILL EXIST WEST OF THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE 
ON FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL FALL 
TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT ACROSS THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE
COASTAL BEND...DOWN TO AROUND 8 PERCENT ACROSS THE WESTERN
BRUSH COUNTRY.

VERY DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST ACROSS THE BRUSH COUNTRY AND PORTIONS
OF THE COASTAL BEND. GRASSES ARE CURED AND PLENTIFUL RESULTING 
IN AMPLE FUEL FOR GRASS AND WILDLAND FIRES. AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER 
THREAT IS EXPECTED FRIDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS GIVEN THESE 
DRY FUELS...IN COMBINATION WITH THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED BY 
NOON.

TEXANS FACE SEVERE DANGER OF WILDFIRE AND SHOULD BE EXTREMELY
CAUTIOUS ABOUT ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT MIGHT CAUSE SPARKS OR
FIRES. SPARKS CAN EASILY ESCAPE FROM BURNING TRASH. AVOID USE OF
WELDING OR GRINDING EQUIPMENT NEAR WEEDS AND GRASS. AVOID PARKING
VEHICLES IN TALL...DRY GRASS AND WEEDS THAT COULD BE IGNITED BY
HOT CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. DO NOT TOSS CIGARETTE BUTTS OUTSIDE.
IN SOUTH TEXAS BURN BANS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR LA SALLE...LIVE 
OAK...JIM WELLS...BEE...REFUGIO...ARANSAS...DUVAL...NUECES...SAN
PATRICIO...WEBB AND KLEBERG COUNTIES. REPORT WILD FIRES QUICKLY 
TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE.

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