Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Issued by NWS Corpus Christi, TX
633
FNUS74 KCRP 181249
FWSCRP
Spot Forecast for ANWR Unit 12...USFWS
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
649 AM CST Sat Jan 18 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on January 18.
Please contact our office at (361) 289-0959, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
A cold front will move through this morning with northerly winds
developing behind it, increasing to moderate levels by around the
burn time. RH values will quickly drop off to moderate levels
through the afternoon with mixing height between 1 and 1.5kft this
afternoon. Northerly winds will become gusty in the overnight
hours.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds up to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 18 mph.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
plume dominated fire growth.
TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......PC MC MC MC MC MC MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............58 61 62 63 63 64 64 64 64 63
RH..............90 75 62 56 52 50 50 50 52 54
20 FT wind dir..NW NW N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind dir..310 330 340 350 340 340 340 340 340 350
20 FT wind spd..5 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 6
20 FT wind gust.12 14 15 16 16 16 15 14 14 13
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW NW N N N N N N N N
Eye lvl wnd dir.310 330 340 350 340 340 340 340 340 350
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.7 8 9 10 10 10 9 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.7
Transp wind dir.NW NW N N N N N N N N
Transp wind dir.300 320 350 350 350 340 340 340 350 350
Transp wind spd.13 15 18 16 16 14 14 14 13 12
Haines index....5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 35.
Max humidity........64 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds up to 10 mph increasing to 11 to 13
mph overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 17 mph increasing to 15 to 17
mph after 3 am.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 13 to 22 mph increasing to 23 to 28 mph
overnight.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
fire growth.
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............60 57 55 54 53 51 49 47 45 45 42 40
RH..............58 62 64 61 61 61 61 60 60 55 57 57
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind dir..350 000 010 010 020 020 020 020 020 010 010 010
20 FT wind spd..5 6 8 12 12 12 12 14 15 16 15 17
20 FT wind gust.13 14 16 17 20 22 24 25 26 28 29 30
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N
Eye lvl wnd dir.350 000 010 010 020 020 020 020 020 010 010 010
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 4 6 8 8 9 9 10 11 12 11 13
Eye lvl wnd gst.8 8 10 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.6
Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N
Transp wind dir.000 000 010 010 020 020 020 020 020 010 010 000
Transp wind spd.13 14 16 18 20 22 23 25 24 24 28 28
Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 48.
Min humidity........37 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds 8 to 14 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 10 to 18 mph.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 20 to 28 mph decreasing to around 18 mph
late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
fire growth.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............38 37 36 39 40 42 44 46 47 47 46 45
RH..............57 59 61 57 52 48 45 41 38 37 38 40
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT wind dir..000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 010
20 FT wind spd..16 17 18 17 16 16 15 15 15 14 12 10
20 FT wind gust.31 31 31 31 30 28 25 24 23 22 21 20
Eye lvl wnd dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N
Eye lvl wnd dir.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 010
Eye lvl wnd spd.12 13 14 13 13 12 11 11 11 10 9 8
Eye lvl wnd gst.19 19 19 19 18 17 15 14 14 13 13 12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.3
Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N
Transp wind dir.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 010
Transp wind spd.26 28 28 28 25 24 23 22 22 21 20 18
Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
$$
Forecaster...HARNESS
Requested by...Scott Affeldt
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2500889.0/CRP
.DELDT 01/18/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL nws.corpuschristi@noaa.gov,scott_affeldt@fws.gov