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WWUS84 KCRP 042140
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FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
340 PM CST WED JAN 4 2006

...NEAR BREEZY AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL INCREASE FIRE DANGER
THREAT ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

.A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL BEND DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20
MPH DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO
SOUTH TEXAS WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING TO 15 TO 25 PERCENT
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE NEAR BREEZY AND DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS 
COULD SUPPORT EXTREME WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR.


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340 PM CST WED JAN 4 2006

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR SOUTH TEXAS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

MUCH DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO SOUTH TEXAS THURSDAY FOLLOWING A
COLD FRONT THAT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO AROUND 15 PERCENT OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS
TO AROUND 25 PERCENT NEAR THE COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NORTH WINDS
OF 15 TO 20 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO
INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF IT APPEARS THAT
WINDS WILL BE STRONGER...OR FUELS WILL BECOME DRIER THAN
ANTICIPATED...A RED FLAG WARNING MAY BECOME NECESSARY.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
PROMOTE FIRES THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM A LOCAL
BURN BAN WHICH IS ISSUED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS.

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