[Dispatch] Fwd: Fire weather Heads up for today through midnight

[Walter J. Groman]

See the weather update from Captain Denzer

Walter J. Groman, CFE, CFO
Fire Chief
Volente Fire Department

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From: "D. Randy Denzer" <randy_denzer at yahoo.com<mailto:randy_denzer at yahoo.com>>
Date: January 27, 2014 at 8:04:38 AM MST
To: Randy Denzer <randy at randydenzer.com<mailto:randy at randydenzer.com>>
Subject: Fire weather Heads up for today through midnight

   While we had wetting precipitation last week our grasses (1hr’s) are still ready to burn. With today’s high winds and low RH’s we could get some high rate of spread grass fires. Our RH is forecasted to drop to 26% this afternoon, 1% over a red flag. We will get some winter mix and lighter winds coming in after midnight to bring the danger down again.
  I would expect to see some grass fires this afternoon that could be pushed by the high winds even after dark. These may be tough to keep up with.

Initial Attack is key today.

SPC
•  Today Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Windy, with a north wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.
•  Tonight A slight chance of snow and sleet after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.  North northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Fire Weather planning

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
618 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014

...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY DUE TO GUSTY NORTH
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT...

.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS
MORNING. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND DECREASING
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BRING ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
TO ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS MUCH COOLER AIR MOVES IN. THERE IS A CHANCE
OF SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT
ANY AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN LIGHT. COOL AND DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED
ON WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY A WARMING TREND TO ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES BY FRIDAY.

TXZ173-191-192-280430-
WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN
618 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      TUE

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        MCLDY        MCLDY
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     10           20           20
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         SLEET        SLEET/RAIN
TEMP (24H TREND)      47 (-27)     27 (-15)     35
RH % (24H TREND)      26 (+4)      52 (-48)     34
20FTWND-AM(MPH)       N 25                      NE 12
20FTWND-PM(MPH)       N 25         NE 17        N 13
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    2727                      3225
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   N 26                      N 22
CWR                   0            0            10
LAL                   1            1            1
HAINES INDEX          4            2            2




Captain Randy Denzer
Wildfire Mitigation Division
Wildland Firefighting Training Coordinator
Austin Fire Department
4800 B Shaw Lane
Austin, Texas 78744
Office 512-974-1775
Cell 512-825-0731
Pager 512-802-1492
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