National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Fire Weather Forecast (Hempstead County)

LAST UPDATED: 536 AM CDT WED JUN 19 2013

.DISCUSSION... A VERY WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WHICH WAS FOCUS OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON
TUESDAY...HAS SHIFTED FURTHER SOUTH. A FEW AREAS OVER THE EAST
TEXAS LAKES...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA...WELL SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 20...MAY SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY
RAINFALL. A BUILDING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER WESTERN TEXAS...WILL
BRING ABOUT DRIER AIR AND A WARMING TREND TO THE REGION LATER
THIS WEEK. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL MAINLY TO
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 PERCENT EACH DAY...BEGINNING TODAY AS AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES RISE TO THE LOWER AND MID 90S. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...MAY CONTINUE THURSDAY....WITH RAIN CHANCES
BECOMING QUITE OVER OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      THU

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         TSTMS        
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            
TEMP (24H TREND)      89 (+6)      67 (-1)      92           
RH % (24H TREND)      49 (-18)     92 (-8)      48           
20FTWND-AM(MPH)       E  4                      SE  3        
20FTWND-PM(MPH)       E  6         LGT/VAR      SE  5        
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         
PRECIP DURATION       0            0            0            
MIXING HGT(M-MSL)     1947         384          1850         
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)    6388         1260         6069         
TRANSPORT WND (M/S)   SE  4        S  4         S  3         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   SE  8        S  9         S  7         
VENT RATE (M^2/S)     7788         1536         5550         
CATEGORY DAY          3            1            3            
MIX HGT 500 TEMP(F)   78                        81           
STABILITY CLASS       C            F            B