Effective:

2025-03-12T13:39:00-05:00

Expires:

2025-03-13T04:00:00-05:00

Certainty:

Possible

Event:

Fire Weather Watch

Type:

Alert

Severity:

Severe

Urgency:

Future

Areas:

Llano; Burnet; Val Verde; Edwards; Real; Kerr; Bandera; Gillespie; Kendall; Blanco; Kinney; Uvalde; Medina; Maverick; Zavala; Dimmit

...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR BEHIND A DRYLINE AND PACIFIC FRONT WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A dryline advancing eastward this afternoon will be overtaken by a Pacific front. Behind these features, critical to extreme fire weather conditions will develop. These conditions are expected to first develop across the southern Edwards Plateau through the mid afternoon, then spread south and east into the Rio Grande Plains, Hill Country, and potentially into the I-35 corridor late afternoon and early evening. Wind speeds are forecast to diminish after sunset. Another critical fire weather day is anticipated over the same regions on Friday afternoon. * TIMING...Through 9 PM CDT this evening. * WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 to 15 percent. * TEMPERATURES...88 to 100. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will rapidly increase in size and intensity, move quickly, and be very difficult to control.

Instruction: A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now....or will shortly. A combination of strong winds...low relative humidity...and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.

Effective:

2025-03-12T21:29:00-05:00

Expires:

2025-03-13T15:00:00-05:00

Certainty:

Possible

Event:

Fire Weather Watch

Type:

Update

Severity:

Severe

Urgency:

Future

Areas:

Llano; Burnet; Williamson; Val Verde; Edwards; Real; Kerr; Bandera; Gillespie; Kendall; Blanco; Hays; Travis; Kinney; Uvalde; Medina; Bexar; Comal; Maverick; Zavala; Frio; Atascosa; Dimmit

...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY DRY AIR BEHIND A DRYLINE AND PACIFIC FRONT WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A dryline and Pacific cold front are expected to sweep across South Central Texas during the day Friday. Strong westerly winds and very dry air behind the front will likely bring critical fire weather conditions across much of the region. These conditions will quickly spread eastward, becoming widespread along and west of the I-35 corridor by noon. Sustained westerly winds of 15-25 mph are expected. Peak gusts up to 45 mph are expected over the southern Edwards Plateau and Hill Country, with gusts of 25-35 mph along the I-35 corridor and Rio Grande Plains. Relative humidities will be very low across the entirety of South Central Texas with widespread values of 5-15 percent along and west of the I-35 corridor. Winds are forecast to diminish after sunset. * TIMING...From Friday afternoon through Friday evening. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35-45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 5 percent. * TEMPERATURES...80 to 90 in the Southern Edwards Plateau, Hill Country, and I-35 corridor, and up to 100 for the Rio Grande Plains. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will rapidly increase in size and intensity, move quickly, and be very difficult to control.

Instruction: A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.