Fire Weather Watch for 6-2-11

[Texas Streak]

From the National Weather Service:


URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
221 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY FOR THE
PERMIAN BASIN AND THE UPPER TRANS PECOS...INCLUDING FORT
STOCKTON...FOR 20 MPH WINDS...MIN RH NEAR 15 PCT...AND HIGH FIRE
DANGER...

.SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY AS SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE DEVELOPS TO THE NORTH. DESPITE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS
MIN RH/S WILL STILL BE ABLE TO FALL TO NEAR OR JUST BELOW 15 PCT
AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 90S.

TXZ045>048-050>053-058>063-067>070-075-021200-
/O.NEW.KMAF.FW.A.0065.110602T1800Z-110603T0000Z/
GAINES-DAWSON-BORDEN-SCURRY-ANDREWS-MARTIN-HOWARD-MITCHELL-
REEVES COUNTY AND UPPER TRANS PECOS-LOVING-WINKLER-ECTOR-MIDLAND-
GLASSCOCK-WARD-CRANE-UPTON-REAGAN-PECOS-
221 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR THE PERMIAN
BASIN AND UPPER TRANS PECOS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

* TIMING...THURSDAY 1 PM CDT TO 7 PM CDT.

* WIND...SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...12 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. SMOKE OVER ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

[westtexasmom]

I think in this heat and dry, we should probably watch for fires EVERYDAY............i don't need anyone to tell me that........LOL

[Dragonlady]

They should have started this...this morning. It was WINDY.

[westtexasmom]

I could smell that one last night..............i have a nose for gas or fire. But can't smell vinegar.