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WWUS84 KCRP 241053
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FIRE WEATHER WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
453 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008

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453 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2008

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING...PUSHING OFFSHORE ALONG THE COASTAL BEND JUST BEFORE
SUNRISE. A VERY DRY AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY SPREAD ACROSS
THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT AND THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 TO 25 PERCENT ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE
PLAINS AND 20 TO 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND COASTAL
PLAINS. MEANWHILE...STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO
SOUTH TEXAS WILL LEAD TO WINDY CONDITIONS WITH WINDS RANGING FROM
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THIS COMBINATION
OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO A
HIGH WILD FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE REGION ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY
GIVEN THE WORSENING DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND DRY VEGETATION.

PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

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MJG