000 WWUS84 KAMA 100220 RFWAMA FIRE WEATHER WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 920 PM CDT SUN APR 9 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE MONDAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES... .LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH. THESE CONDITIONS COULD COMBINE TO RESULT IN RED FLAG CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES...ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. OKZ001-002-TXZ001>003-006>008-011>013-016>018-101030- /O.CON.KAMA.FW.A.0016.060410T1500Z-060411T0000Z/ CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-HUTCHINSON- OLDHAM-POTTER-CARSON-DEAF SMITH-RANDALL-ARMSTRONG- 920 PM CDT SUN APR 9 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS PANHANDLES. DRY FUELS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MONDAY AFTERNOON...AND WELL ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES COULD COMBINE TO CREATE AN EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE LEVELS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS A SURFACE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE REGION...AND WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT FOR A SUSTAINED PERIOD TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THIS WILL GIVE THE WATCH AREA THE GREATEST CHANCE OF REACHING RED FLAG CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS COULD LIMIT WIND SPEEDS AS WELL AS KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM WARMING AS MUCH AS IS EXPECTED WHICH COULD LIMIT RED FLAG CONDITIONS POTENTIAL. THE EASTERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES WILL HAVE AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER DUE TO THE STRONGER WINDS...ALTHOUGH MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD REMAIN CLOSER TO 20 TO 25 PERCENT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ SCHNEIDER