Urgent - Fire Watch issued for Saturday!

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
339 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING OVER ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE COAST PLAINS
DUE TO A DRY COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...

.A MOSTLY DRY COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY AND DRY NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS BEGINNING SATURDAY MORNING AND INCREASING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROP INTO THE TEENS TO NEAR 20 PERCENT AND 20-FOOT WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS BEGIN TO DECREASE AND HUMIDITIES RECOVER ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES.

ALTHOUGH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY...WETTING RAINS WILL BE VERY SPOTTY. SOME STORMS SATURDAY AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING WHICH COULD IGNITE WILDFIRES.

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339 PM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

* 20-FOOT WIND...15 TO 20 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 1 TO 4 DAYS.
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE RED FLAG
WARNINGS.