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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
526 AM CST MON NOV 23 2009
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE...
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD MUCH OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE
TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. AS TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH EARLY TO
MID AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AT OR JUST BELOW 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS PANHANDLE. THIS COMBINATION OF DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED FIRE DANGER.
AS THE FRONT PASSES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO
THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH...INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. THIS WILL COMPLICATE EFFORTS ON ANY ONGOING WILDFIRES.
HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY COOL BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CLIMBING ABOVE 40 PERCENT AREAWIDE BY 8 PM.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL TO AVOID
STARTING OUTDOOR FIRES...AND BE SURE TO PROPERLY EXTINGUISH ALL
SMOKING MATERIALS.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE
FIELD OF THESE EXPECTED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
JOHNSON
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