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FNUS74 KEWX 160025
FWSEWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR HICKORY FORREST...SHVFD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
725 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2000 CDT ON MARCH 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT MONDAY
..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT MONDAY
DISCUSSION
STRONG NORTH POST-FRONTAL WINDS ARE NOW SPREADING
ACROSS THE REGION WITH CRITICALLY DRY HUMIDITIES. SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
TEMPERATURES COOL RAPIDLY INTO THE 30S TONIGHT. HOWEVER, MOISTURE
RECOVERY WILL BE POOR, WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY ONLY REBOUNDING TO
AROUND 35 TO 45 PERCENT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AFTER
MIDNIGHT BUT REMAIN GUSTY WITH SUSTAINED 20 FT WINDS EXCEEDING 10
MPH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER AND BEGIN TO
ROTATE TO EASTERLIES MONDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH
COOLER MONDAY, BUT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE FORECAST TO AGAIN
DROP BELOW 20 PERCENT.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). HAZE EARLY IN THE
EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 16 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
27 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 22 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
45 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 33 TO 40 MPH INCREASING TO 35 TO 43 MPH
OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (96100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO FAIR (23300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........7 6 5 9 14 21 16 25 24 24
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............75 69 65 61 58 55 53 50 47 46
RH..............31 32 30 30 28 26 26 28 28 27
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..28 29 28 29 29 29 29 28 26 26
20 FT WIND GUST.40 41 43 44 44 45 44 41 39 38
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N
EYE LVL WND SPD.17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16
EYE LVL WND GST.24 25 26 26 26 27 26 25 23 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.33 36 39 40 43 43 41 40 38 35
VRATE KT-FT/1K..23 34 40 52 73 85 89 96 94 77
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 36 MPH IN
THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 13 TO 21 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 36 MPH IN
THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 23 TO 32 MPH DECREASING TO 20 TO 22 MPH
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (40900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (85600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........30 21 17 25 37 30 33 38 45 54 61 55
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............44 43 43 42 45 48 50 53 54 56 55 56
RH..............28 28 27 26 25 22 20 18 18 17 18 16
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..24 22 22 22 22 22 21 18 17 17 15 15
20 FT WIND GUST.36 33 35 33 32 31 30 26 26 24 23 23
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N
EYE LVL WND SPD.14 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 10 10 9 9
EYE LVL WND GST.22 20 21 20 19 19 18 16 16 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.7 1.8 2.2 2.9 3.3 3.5 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.32 30 29 28 26 25 25 24 23 22 21 20
VRATE KT-FT/1K..54 41 48 64 73 75 86 86 83 78 75 60
VENTRATE CAT....FR FR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD GD GD FR
MONDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MAX HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
EAST AROUND 3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5
TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (40700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........74 80 70 75 80 69 57 46 39 31 24 24
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............55 54 53 51 49 48 46 45 43 42 40 38
RH..............17 18 18 21 23 24 26 27 29 30 33 35
20 FT WIND DIR..N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..14 13 10 8 7 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.21 18 16 14 13 10 9 8 7 7 7 7
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N NE NE NE NE E E E E E E
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 8 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
EYE LVL WND GST.13 11 10 8 8 6 5 5 4 4 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 3.2 2.6 1.5 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N NE NE E E E E E E SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 16 14 13 10 8 7 6 5 5 5 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..41 33 25 13 8 7 4 3 3 3 3 3
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MIN HUMIDITY........18 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (64600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........24 24 18 12 6 5 4 3 3 4 4 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............37 37 39 43 47 52 56 60 62 63 64 64
RH..............37 37 35 30 27 24 20 18 18 18 18 19
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 8 10 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 16
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 2 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6
EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.2 0.5 1.0 1.3 1.9 2.8 3.3 3.8 4.7 5.2 4.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 8 9 10 10 12 13 13 14 14 14
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 3 5 11 14 18 30 34 43 54 65 56
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD FR
FORECASTER...62
REQUESTED BY...K HALLMARK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2605874.0/EWX
.DELDT 03/15/26
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