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<div>Please see the weather update from Captain Denzer<br>
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<div>Walter J. Groman CFE, CFO</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> "D. Randy Denzer" <<a href="mailto:randy_denzer@yahoo.com">randy_denzer@yahoo.com</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> May 4, 2014 at 10:15:17 AM CDT<br>
<b>To:</b> Randy Denzer <<a href="mailto:randy@randydenzer.com">randy@randydenzer.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>Fire weather heads up today. Red Flag today</b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Fire Weather Heads up for today. Our NFDRS is
<b>Very High</b> for the city and majority of the county and <b>Extreme</b> for the very NW corner. We will be under a red flag from 1300 until 1900.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Our fine Fuels are drying out due to the drought conditions. Our medium fuels are already available to burn which will allow grass fires to transition to more active
brush fires. Any active brush fires should slow down with the drop in wind speeds this evening.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">NFDRS predicted for today
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><img width="540" height="415" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CF6781.49207620"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">624 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">CDT THIS EVENING MUCH OF EASTERN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO LOW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND BREEZY WINDS</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">.DISCUSSION...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE AND SOARING TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON RELATIVE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO CRITICAL LEVELS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">TEXAS.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE REGION WILL REACH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">CRITICAL LEVELS AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS HAS PROMPTED US TO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE AREA ROUGHLY FROM BURNET AND WILLIAMSON<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">COUNTIES SOUTH TO ATASCOSA TO DE WITT COUNTIES. WINDS SHOULD FALL BELOW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">CRITICAL LEVELS EARLY THIS EVENING. MONDAY WILL SEE MOISTURE BEGIN TO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">INCREASE OVER MOST OF THE REGION AND CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">RETREAT TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS WILL ALSO BE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">THE CASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BRING<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">CHANCES FOR WETTING RAIN WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">TXZ173-191-192-050330-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">WILLIAMSON-HAYS-TRAVIS-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">624 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">CDT THIS EVENING...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> TODAY TONIGHT MON<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">CLOUD COVER CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 0 0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">PRECIP TYPE NONE NONE NONE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">TEMP (24H TREND) 90 (-1) 57 (-4) 88<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">RH % (24H TREND) 16 (+7) 86 (+17) 32</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">20FTWND-AM(MPH) SW 12 S 13<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">20FTWND-PM(MPH) S 16 S 13 S 16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 4365 3345<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">TRANSPORT WND (MPH) S 22 S 21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">CWR 0 0 0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">LAL 1 1 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">HAINES INDEX 5 5 5</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525;background:white">FYI:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#252525;background:white"> A Haines Index of 6 means a high potential for an existing fire to become large or exhibit erratic fire behavior, 5 means medium potential,
4 means low potential, and anything less than 4 means very low potential</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Captain Randy Denzer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Wildfire Mitigation Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Wildland Firefighting Training Coordinator
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Austin Fire Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">4800 B Shaw Lane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Austin, Texas 78744<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Office 512-974-1775<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Cell 512-825-0731<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Pager 512-802-1492<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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