{"id":17627,"date":"2012-09-07T09:49:04","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T14:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=17627"},"modified":"2012-09-07T15:49:03","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T20:49:03","slug":"critical-wildfire-conditions-possible-this-weekend-in-central-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/09\/07\/critical-wildfire-conditions-possible-this-weekend-in-central-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Critical’ Wildfire Conditions Possible This Weekend in Central Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Map by National Weather Service<\/p>

Low humidity and high winds could lead to "critical" fire conditions this weekend.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you live in Central Texas, particularly in exurbs abutting woodlands and greenbelts, you’ll want to keep a keen eye out this weekend for wildfires.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service is forecasting<\/a> “gust” winds beginning tomorrow morning and increasing in the afternoon, leading to possible “critical fire weather conditions” for a few hours Saturday afternoon. The service says humidity will drop while winds will pick up, gusting up to 35 miles per hour, creating “potentially volatile” conditions. (Update: the service has now issued a red flag warning<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The good news is the danger will be relatively brief. Come Saturday evening, the forecasters say that the winds will die down and humidity will recover. While there will be “elevated” fire conditions Sunday and Monday during the afternoons and evening, they aren’t expected to be as severe as Saturday.<\/p>\n

Here’s a full list of the counties affected, and a map of burn bans in the area:<\/p>\n