459  
FNUS74 KEWX 231738  
FWSEWX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR CEADER GULCH...TFS  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX  
1138 AM CST MON FEB 23 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1200 CST ON FEBRUARY 23.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS AIDING IN LIGHT WIND TODAY AND TONIGHT.  
WIND WILL BE FROM THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON, SHIFTING FROM THE  
SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING THEN FROM THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT. MINIMUM  
HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 20 PERCENT.  
SOUTHERLY WIND INCREASES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH GUSTY  
CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO WEDNESDAY. MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL BE  
SLIGHTLY HIGHER FOR TOMORROW AROUND 35 PERCENT.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.  
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 7 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (17300 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........9 6 1 0 1 2  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............56 59 61 62 62 62  
RH..............24 23 22 21 21 21  
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 7 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10  
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E  
EYE LVL WND SPD.5 4 4 4 4 4  
EYE LVL WND GST.6 6 6 6 6 6  
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9 3.2 3.8 4.2 3.2 1.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E SE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 7 7  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..17 20 23 24 23 20  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.  
MAX HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
SOUTH UP TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 13  
TO 14 MPH OVERNIGHT.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2500 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........0 1 3 3 3 6 3 6 10 7 16 15  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............60 54 49 46 44 43 42 41 41 40 40 39  
RH..............25 31 36 40 41 43 43 46 44 48 48 50  
20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8  
20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 12 13 13 14 15 16 17  
EYE LVL WND DIR.E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S  
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5  
EYE LVL WND GST.6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 9 10 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S  
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 9 10 10 12 12 13 13 13 14  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 5 6  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
TUESDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.  
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 24  
TO 30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (92100 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........18 42 28 14 15 15 16 14 12 10 10 9  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............38 40 43 51 58 63 67 70 72 73 73 72  
RH..............54 59 62 54 45 41 37 36 35 35 35 37  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 13 15 17 20 21 21 21 20 18 17  
20 FT WIND GUST.18 20 22 24 26 28 29 29 29 29 29 28  
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S  
EYE LVL WND SPD.5 6 8 9 10 12 13 13 13 12 11 10  
EYE LVL WND GST.11 12 13 14 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.7 1.1 1.4 1.9 3.0 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.2 3.5 2.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 17 21 23 26 29 30 30 29 28 25 24  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 10 17 31 50 72 92 110 119 113 86 54  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD GD FR  
 

 
FORECASTER...27  
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2603615.0/EWX  
.DELDT 02/23/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL CSDISPATCH@TFS.TAMU.EDU  
 
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