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FNUS74 KEWX 160253
FWSEWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR HICKORY FORREST...SHVFD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
953 PM CDT SUN MAR 15 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 2200 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
RH VALUES WILL REMAIN STEADY OR WILL SLOWLY FALL THROUGH TONIGHT AS
LOWER DEW POINT TEMPERATURES KEEP PACE WITH THE FALLING AMBIENT
TEMPERATURES. 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 WILL NOT RECOVER AS THE CURRENT RH VALUES WILL
LIKELY BE A FEW PERCENT HIGHER THAN THAT EXPECTED AT DAYBREAK, OR
AROUND 28 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 LATE IN THE
EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........28-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 15 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
26 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 21 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
44 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 35 TO 40 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (128800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO GOOD (36600 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........5 9 14 23 17 25 25 23
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF
WEATHER TYPE....HAZ HAZ HAZ
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............65 61 58 55 53 50 47 46
RH..............30 30 28 26 26 28 28 27
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..28 28 29 29 28 26 26 25
20 FT WIND GUST.41 43 44 44 43 41 39 38
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N N N
EYE LVL WND SPD.17 17 17 17 17 16 16 15
EYE LVL WND GST.25 26 26 26 26 25 23 23
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.37 39 40 40 39 38 37 35
VRATE KT-FT/1K..37 60 104 129 122 108 96 79
VENTRATE CAT....PR FR VGD VGD VGD VGD 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 20 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 (46600 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 (%).........31 22 17 25 36 28 35 39 43 53 58 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 55 55 56
RH..............28 28 27 26 25 22 20 18 18 18 18 16
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..23 22 22 22 22 22 21 18 17 16 15 15
20 FT WIND GUST.36 33 33 33 32 32 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 20 20 19 19 18 16 16 14 14 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 1.8 2.2 2.9 3.3 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.32 30 29 28 26 26 25 24 23 22 21 20
VRATE KT-FT/1K..58 47 54 68 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 9 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 (41200 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 (%).........72 80 71 75 79 68 57 46 39 31 24 25
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............55 54 52 50 49 48 46 45 43 42 40 38
RH..............17 18 19 20 22 23 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 12 10 9 7 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
20 FT WIND GUST.21 18 16 14 12 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 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
EYE LVL WND GST.13 11 10 8 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 4
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 3.2 2.7 1.6 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 5
VRATE KT-FT/1K..41 33 25 14 8 6 3 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.......5300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 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 (%).........25 26 20 13 7 6 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 34 29 26 23 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 1.1 1.3 1.9 2.9 3.3 3.8 4.8 5.3 4.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.5 6 7 8 9 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...18
REQUESTED BY...K HALLMARK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 03/15/26
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