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Phone: 979-255-0591 | Email: information@tfs.tamu.edu
Wildland Fire Preparedness Level: Level 2
Visit the Texas A&M Forest Service Incident Viewer for information on active and recently contained wildfires.
Current Situation for Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 4:30 p.m.
*This information will be updated Monday - Friday unless significant wildfire activity occurs.
Yesterday, Texas A&M Forest Service did not respond to any new requests for assistance on wildfires across the state.
Tuesday will
feature a dry and breezy post-frontal environment over dry to critically dry
fuel in the northern High Plains where moderate initial attack fire potential
and low potential for a significant fire will continue. Wind speeds are
forecast to peak during the late morning and decrease during the afternoon. Low
potential for wildfire activity will continue in the Trans Pecos and lower
Pecos River Valley Tuesday. If thunderstorms occur near the lower Pecos River
valley Monday evening, there will be potential for lightning ignitions to
emerge.
A cold front is
forecast to move south through Texas beginning Thursday through Saturday. A
cool and moist fire environment is likely to develop across most of Texas on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, resulting in low fire potential statewide as fuel moisture
increases.
Additional details
are posted in the Texas Fire Potential Update, https://bit.ly/TexasFirePotentialUpdate.
There are currently 79 counties with burn bans in place.
Texas A&M Forest Service is not currently responding to any active wildfires burning across the state.
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