Full Notification

...STRONG WINDS AND A DRY AIRMASS BEHIND A DRYLINE AND PACIFIC FRONT WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL WEATHER CONDITIONS... .A dryline advancing eastward Wednesday morning quickly becomes overtaken by a Pacific front. Critical fire weather conditions develop in the wake of these boundaries. These conditions are expected to first develop across Val Verde County/Rio Grande plains and the Southern Edwards Plateau mid to late Wednesday morning. It then shifts eastward across the Hill Country and to near the I-35 corridor during the afternoon. West to northwest winds of 20 to 30 mph develop with gusts up to 40 mph. Expect minimum relative humidities to range in the upper single digits and teens.

* AFFECTED AREA...Hill Country, Southern Edwards Plateau, and Rio Grande Plains..

* TIMING...From Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening.

* WINDS...West-northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 to 18 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Up to 94.

* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop may rapidly increase in size and intensity, move quickly, and be very difficult to control.

* AFFECTED AREAS: LLANO ... BURNET ... VAL VERDE ... EDWARDS ... REAL ... KERR ... BANDERA ... GILLESPIE ... KINNEY ... UVALDE ... MAVERICK ... ZAVALA ... DIMMIT

Instructions:

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