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<div><b>From:</b> randy denzer <<a href="mailto:randy_denzer@yahoo.com">randy_denzer@yahoo.com</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> March 11, 2014 at 7:06:31 AM CDT<br>
<b>To:</b> Walter Groman <<a href="mailto:wgroman@westlakefd.org">wgroman@westlakefd.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Fw: Fire Weather Heads up for today through Thursday </b><br>
<b>Reply-To:</b> randy denzer <<a href="mailto:randy_denzer@yahoo.com">randy_denzer@yahoo.com</a>><br>
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<font size="2" face="Arial"><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</span></b> "Denzer, Douglas" <<a href="mailto:Douglas.Denzer@austintexas.gov">Douglas.Denzer@austintexas.gov</a>><br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</span></b> Fire Wildfire Staff <<a href="mailto:FireWildfireStaff@austintexas.gov">FireWildfireStaff@austintexas.gov</a>>; "Evans, Harry" <<a href="mailto:Harry.Evans@austintexas.gov">Harry.Evans@austintexas.gov</a>>;
"Fowler, Doug" <<a href="mailto:Doug.Fowler@austintexas.gov">Doug.Fowler@austintexas.gov</a>>; "Bailey, David" <<a href="mailto:David.Bailey@austintexas.gov">David.Bailey@austintexas.gov</a>>; "Clopton, Dawn" <<a href="mailto:Dawn.Clopton@austintexas.gov">Dawn.Clopton@austintexas.gov</a>>;
"Frick, Michael" <<a href="mailto:Michael.Frick@austintexas.gov">Michael.Frick@austintexas.gov</a>>
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, March 11, 2014 7:04 AM<br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> Fire Weather Heads up for today through Thursday
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<div class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Fire Weather Heads up for today through Thursday as a dry line and dry cold front moves through our area. Strong Gusty winds will be with us through Thursday. RHs could drop into the Twenty’s
in our area later today . Fuels will dry out with the heat and high winds. We will have Elevated Fire weather conditions tomorrow.
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<div class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Also note the Critical Fire weather in West Texas and the panhandle (on the graphic below). Today will be the second day of elevated fire weather for the area. We could see some large fires to
our west. </span></div>
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<div class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">SPC</span></u></b></div>
<div class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Today</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a
<span style="BACKGROUND: yellow">high near 81. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph</span>.
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<div class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Tonight</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Clear, with a low around 48.
<span style="BACKGROUND: yellow">West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.</span>
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<div class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Wednesday</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Sunny, with a high near 63.
<span style="BACKGROUND: yellow">Windy, with a north wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph</span>.
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<div class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Wednesday Night</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Mostly clear, with a low around 38.
<span style="BACKGROUND: yellow">North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.</span>
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<div class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thursday</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Sunny, with a high near 65. North wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
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<div class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thursday Night</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
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<div class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Friday</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. South wind 5 to 15 mph.</span></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">639 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014</span></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="BACKGROUND: yellow; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">...ELEVATED TO NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EACH AFTERNOON</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="BACKGROUND: yellow; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="BACKGROUND: yellow; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WINDS...</span><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">.DISCUSSION...</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A DRYLINE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS TODAY BRINGING DIRER</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WARMER AIR. AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">25 PERCENT ACROSS THE WESTERN EDWARDS PLATEAU AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS.</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">BEHIND THE DRYLINE A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH BRINGING STRONG...</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">GUSTY WINDS.
<span style="BACKGROUND: yellow">WINDS WILL REACH CRITICAL LEVELS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE</span></span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="BACKGROUND: yellow; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON</span><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">. THE COOLER AIR WILL HAVE HIGHER RELATIVE</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">HUMIDITY...SO CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WARM AGAIN THURSDAY AND AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP BELOW</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">25 PERCENT. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BRING HIGHER DEW POINT AIR BACK</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">IN FOR THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">SUNDAY BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR WETTING RAIN TO THE EASTERN HALF OF</span></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">TXZ173-191-192-120345-</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">639 AM CDT TUE MAR 11 2014</span></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> TODAY TONIGHT WED</span></div>
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">CLOUD COVER PCLDY CLEAR CLEAR</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 0</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE NONE</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">TEMP (24H TREND) 81 (+10) 43 (-12) 63</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">RH % (24H TREND) 31 (-20) 82 (-18)
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<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">20FTWND-AM(MPH) SW 10 N 23</span></div>
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<span style="BACKGROUND: yellow">SW 14 SW 12 N 20</span></span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 3585 4095</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">TRANSPORT WND (MPH) SW 21 N 28</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">CWR 0 0 0</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND: white" class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">LAL 1 1 1</span></div>
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<div class="yiv6056290093MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Fire Danger is Moderate for central Texas today but could elevate up to High by tomorrow.
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