852  
FNUS71 KBTV 121506  
FWSBTV  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR TEXAS NO. 7 PRESCRIBED FIRE...US FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT  
1106 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON APRIL 12.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (802) 658-0207, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND LOWER THROUGHOUT THE  
AFTERNOON WITH RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOPING BY SUNSET. HUMIDITIES  
WILL BE THE LOWEST AROUND NOON TODAY AT 36% AND SLOWLY START  
TO INCREASE TOWARD 50% BY 5 PM AS CLOUDS THICKEN. LIGHT TERRAIN  
DRIVEN WINDS UNDER 5 MPH WITH BECOME UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY AT 4 TO 8  
MPH BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 10 TO 14  
MPH POSSIBLE IN EXPOSED/OPEN AREAS. LIGHTER EYE LEVEL WINDS  
ARE EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES NEAR 40 DEGREES WILL SLOWLY CLIMB  
INTO THE MID TO UPPER 40S BY 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON. A WIDESPREAD  
WETTING RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH PRECIPIATION AMOUNTS  
BETWEEN 0.10 AND 0.25 INCHES BY MONDAY.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...2 PERCENT.  
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.  
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 14 MPH.  
 
TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........70 78 79 92 95 97  
WEATHER COV..... CHC  
WEATHER TYPE.... RW  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 10 10 30  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............43 45 46 47 47 46  
RH..............36 38 40 42 45 47  
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 6 6 5 5  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 12 12 13 14 15  
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 3.1 3.5 3.3 2.6 2.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 8 10 13 13 14  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...6 PERCENT.  
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.  
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING  
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 15 MPH  
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 29 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING  
AND OVERNIGHT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 21  
TO 22 MPH OVERNIGHT.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........97 98 93 92 95 94 91 94 92 94 90 81  
WEATHER COV.....CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 60 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 70 40  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 0  
TEMP............46 44 42 40 40 42 40 42 42 42 43 44  
RH..............53 60 73 82 85 79 89 82 82 86 82 82  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 6 8 10 13 14 14 14 15 15  
20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 17 20 22 24 26 28 26 28 29  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.3 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 13 10 14 17 16 17 21 22 22 22  
   
MONDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN RAIN SHOWERS  
LIKELY LATE IN THE MORNING.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.  
CHANCE OF THUNDER...6 PERCENT.  
BEGIN/END OF PCPN...  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.  
MIN HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO  
AROUND 32 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 24 MPH.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........90 88 87 79 82 84 84 85 85 84 83 82  
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).40 30 40 50 50 60 60 60 70 70 70 70  
CHC OF THDR (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10  
TEMP............44 45 46 48 50 52 54 56 57 57 57 57  
RH..............82 82 83 77 77 80 80 77 77 80 83 86  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 13 14  
20 FT WIND GUST.29 30 29 29 30 31 32 32 30 30 29 28  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.6  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 22 24 23 22 22 23 24 24 23 22 20  
 
 
FORECASTER...TABER  
REQUESTED BY...RYAN HUGHES  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2610103.0/BTV  
.DELDT 04/12/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL ERIC.HUGHES@USDA.GOV,JOSHUA.SHANTO@USDA.GOV,ROBERT.A.GOULDING@USDA.GOV,LINDSAY.R.SILVIA@USDA.GOV  
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