354  
FNUS74 KEWX 251242  
FWSEWX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR GRANITE VALLEY...TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX  
642 AM CST WED FEB 25 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 CST ON FEBRUARY 25.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION  
 
NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TODAY WITH A  
RANGELAND FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THROUGH 8 PM.  
EXPECT A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW TO COMMENCE AFTER SUNRISE WITH 20 FT  
WINDS AROUND 10 MPH, FOLLOWED BY A GRADUAL ROTATION TO WESTERLY  
FLOW BY AROUND NOON AND CONTINUING TO SUNSET. SUNNY SKIES AND  
UNSEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WEAKEN BELOW 10  
MPH AFTER 5 PM CST. A DRY LINE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS  
AFTERNOON, RESULTING IN MUCH DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS COMPARED  
TO YESTERDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW 20  
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON, REACHING NEAR 10 PERCENT. WINDS TONIGHT  
WILL BE WEAK AND VARIABLE, GENERALLY 5 MPH WESTERLY. MOISTURE  
RECOVERY TONIGHT WILL BE MODEST, WITH PEAK RH AROUND 45 PERCENT. A  
DRY FRONTAL PASSAGE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE FIRE LOCATION  
MID-MORNING THURSDAY, BRINGING A NORTH WIND WITH MINIMUM RH  
THURSDAY NEAR 20 PERCENT.  
 
   
REST OF TODAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92.  
MIN HUMIDITY........13 PERCENT.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......5400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 21 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (98600 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........14 19 23 19 20 13 6 10 7 5 6  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............53 55 64 72 77 83 88 90 91 92 91  
RH..............80 77 56 39 29 21 16 14 14 13 14  
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 13 10 9  
20 FT WIND GUST.22 22 22 23 22 21 22 21 21 20 16  
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W  
EYE LVL WND SPD.7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 5  
EYE LVL WND GST.13 13 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 12 10  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.9 1.1 1.5 2.6 3.1 3.7 4.8 5.4 4.2 1.7  
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 18 20 21 21 21 20 18 16 14 12  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 11 21 28 41 53 66 81 96 99 61  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD GD  
   
TONIGHT  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.  
MAX HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 TO 13 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3300 KNOT-FT).  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........7 7 6 4 4 4 3 6 8 5 8 5  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............88 82 74 71 69 67 66 64 63 61 61 59  
RH..............16 20 27 30 31 33 34 37 36 39 39 42  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 13 13  
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W  
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4  
EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 8 8  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W W W W W W  
TRANSP WIND SPD.10 9 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 12 13  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR  
   
THURSDAY  
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).  
CWR.................0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.  
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.  
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS UP TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
WIND (20 FT)........  
SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH  
AROUND 9 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 14 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 13  
TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3300 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING  
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (84300 KNOT-FT) IN THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........6 8 6 4 5 5 6 5 3 2 3 4  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............59 58 62 68 73 77 80 82 84 84 84 83  
RH..............44 45 41 35 31 29 27 24 22 21 21 23  
20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW N N N N N N N NE  
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 13 13 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.14 16 17 20 21 22 22 22 22 22 21 20  
EYE LVL WND DIR.W W NW NW N N N N N N N NE  
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7  
EYE LVL WND GST.8 10 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 1.4 2.8 3.5 3.9 4.5 4.8 3.9 1.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W NW NW N N N N NE NE NE NE  
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 13 13  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..5 3 3 6 14 27 43 64 82 84 58 27  
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD FR PR  
 
 
FORECASTER...16  
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH  
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE  
.TAG 2603922.0/EWX  
.DELDT 02/25/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL CSDISPATCH@TFS.TAMU.EDU  
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