821  
FNUS74 KEWX 241253  
FWSEWX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR GRANITE VALLEY...TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX  
653 AM CST TUE FEB 24 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 CST ON FEBRUARY 24.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING WITH GUSTY  
CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY PEAKING EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AS HIGH  
AS 30 MPH. WITH SLIGHTLY MORE MOISTURE IN THE AREA TODAY MINIMUM  
HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT. GUSTS  
LOWER OVERNIGHT BUT WIND REMAINS BREEZY INTO WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST  
WIND IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY WITH LOWER HUMIDITY IN THE TEENS THAT  
AFTERNOON WITH HOT TEMPERATURES NEAR 90 DEGREES.  
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.  
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS UP TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15  
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH  
AROUND NOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 TO 23 MPH INCREASING TO 23 TO 28  
MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6600 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (93000 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........10 9 2 1 3 2 5 0 2 4 8  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............40 43 52 58 63 67 71 73 74 75 74  
RH..............73 73 59 51 48 43 38 35 33 33 34  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S SW SW S S  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 9 12 15 17 20 21 20 18 17 16  
20 FT WIND GUST. 17 23 26 30 31 30 28 26 24  
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S SW SW S S  
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 5 7 9 10 12 13 12 11 10 10  
EYE LVL WND GST. 10 14 16 18 19 18 17 16 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.8 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.0 3.4 2.2  
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 17 20 23 25 28 28 26 25 24 23  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 9 36 60 69 80 90 87 93 86 77  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.  
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 22 TO 25 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (29900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING  
DECREASING TO POOR (7000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE  
NIGHT.  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........9 25 23 3 14 4 4 11 12 11 16 9  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............72 68 64 62 62 60 59 58 56 55 54 53  
RH..............38 42 48 50 50 55 62 67 74 80 83 83  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..14 13 10 10 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14  
20 FT WIND GUST.21 20 16 16 20 24 23 23 23 23 23 23  
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 8 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8  
EYE LVL WND GST.13 12 10 10 12 14 14 14 14 14 14 14  
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.3 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 22 23 23 24 25 25 25 24 23 22 22  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..30 10 7 12 13 14 14 14 14 13 12 11  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
WEDNESDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.  
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 22 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (93300 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........20 19 18 16 16 16 16 13 9 6 8 10  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............54 54 57 62 68 76 82 86 89 90 90 89  
RH..............80 80 75 60 45 31 23 20 17 16 16 17  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.22 22 23 23 23 22 21 21 21 20 17 16  
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 5  
EYE LVL WND GST.13 13 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 12 10 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.8 2.8 3.2 3.8 5.0 5.5 4.3 1.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW  
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 21 21 22 22 22 22 21 21 20 18 17  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..11 14 19 28 40 53 68 93 114 115 81 41  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD GD FR  
 
 
FORECASTER...27  
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2603723.0/EWX  
.DELDT 02/24/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL CSDISPATCH@TFS.TAMU.EDU  
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