000 WWUS84 KCRP 071627 SPSCRP SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1027 AM CST THU FEB 7 2008 TXZ229>234-239>247-072200- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...ENCINAL...TILDEN... GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE...SKIDMORE...GOLIAD... VICTORIA...LAREDO...RIO BRAVO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...PREMONT...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN... PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA... PORT O'CONNOR...SEADRIFT 1027 AM CST THU FEB 7 2008 ...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THREAT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS... A WEAK AND DRY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH INTERIOR SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...A WEAK SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN THE WEAK AND DRY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH. SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWEST BEHIND THE DRY FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WESTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL BECOME SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST...THEN WILL BECOME WEST. VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL DIP INTO THE TEENS ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND BRUSH COUNTRY...AND BETWEEN 20 AND 35 PERCENT ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS AND INTERIOR COASTAL BEND. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO BETWEEN 35 AND 50 PERCENT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. VERY DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS. GRASSES ARE CURED AND PLENTIFUL RESULTING IN AMPLE FUEL FOR GRASS AND WILDLAND FIRES. AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THREAT IS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS GIVEN THESE DRY FUELS...IN COMBINATION WITH THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND MODERATE WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. 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 AND NUECES COUNTIES. REPORT WILD FIRES QUICKLY TO THE NEAREST FIRE DEPARTMENT OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE. $$ JR/BB