obsheader.gif (5524) bytes) lptrans.gif
lptrans.gif

lptrans.gif


WWUS84 KLUB 102038
RFWLUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX
338 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009

...WIDESPREAD RED FLAG CONDITIONS NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...

.PROLONGED CLOUD COVER OVER THE REGION HAS HELPED TO KEEP WIND
SPEEDS LOWER THAN FORECAST AND MOISTURE LEVELS IN THE LOW LEVELS
OF THE ATMOSPHERE HIGHER THAN FORECAST. ALTHOUGH A FEW LOCATIONS
ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHWESTERN PANHANDLE AND FAR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH
PLAINS MIGHT BRIEFLY HIT RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA...THE THREE
HOUR REQUIREMENT ACROSS THE RED FLAG WARNING AREA WILL NOT BE
MET THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELED.

TXZ021>024-027>030-102145-
/O.CAN.KLUB.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090311T0000Z/
PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE-FLOYD-
338 PM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LUBBOCK HAS CANCELED THE RED
FLAG WARNING. 

PROLONGED CLOUD COVER OVER THE RED FLAG WARNING AREA HAS KEPT WIND
SPEEDS FROM INCREASING AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS FROM
DECREASING INTO THE RANGE REQUIRED FOR A RED FLAG WARNING.
THUS...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...BREEZY CONDITIONS
AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN A HIGH FIRE
DANGER ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN SOUTH PLAINS THROUGH SUNSET.

$$