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FNUS74 KEWX 161258
FWSEWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR WHIRLING PINES...COLLEGE STATION DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
758 AM CDT MON MAR 16 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 CDT ON MARCH 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
..RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
DISCUSSION
MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY BUT RH VALUES WILL
STILL BE LOW, BETWEEN 10-20% THIS AFTERNOON WITH NORTH WINDS OF
10-15 MPH, ALONG WITH GUSTS OF 25-30 MPH THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS SHOULD FALL OFF QUICKLY AFTER 7PM THIS
EVENING TO LESS THAN 5 MPH AS RH RECOVERS TO 40+% OVERNIGHT.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 13 TO 16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 25 TO 33 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (38700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (126100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........45 33 22 19 16 13 31 49 63 81
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............43 44 45 47 50 52 53 54 55 56
RH..............31 31 29 25 21 18 17 17 16 15
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N
20 FT WIND SPD..18 20 21 21 21 21 20 18 17 15
20 FT WIND GUST.26 28 29 30 30 29 28 28 26 24
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N
EYE LVL WND SPD.11 12 13 13 13 13 12 11 10 9
EYE LVL WND GST.16 17 17 18 18 17 17 17 16 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 3.0 3.3 3.6 4.3 4.6 4.7 5.0 5.1 4.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N
TRANSP WIND SPD.33 33 33 32 32 31 30 29 28 25
VRATE KT-FT/1K..39 84 91 104 108 126 121 126 117 103
VENTRATE CAT....PR GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS UP TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT, THEN BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 15 TO 24 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 6 TO 12
MPH LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AROUND 6 MPH AFTER 3 AM.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (85800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........76 77 84 78 69 63 58 52 42 32 22 17
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............54 53 51 48 47 45 43 41 39 37 35 35
RH..............16 17 20 22 23 26 28 30 34 38 41 40
20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NE NE NE E E SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..13 9 7 5 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
20 FT WIND GUST.22 20 17 16 13 10 8 7 7 6 6 5
EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N NE NE NE E E SE SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
EYE LVL WND GST.13 12 10 10 8 6 5 4 4 4 4 3
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.9 3.5 2.9 1.5 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N NE NE NE NE NE E E SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.24 22 20 17 15 12 10 8 7 6 6 6
VRATE KT-FT/1K..86 61 11 11 9 5 5 4 3 2 2 2
VENTRATE CAT....GD GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........16 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH UP TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH
LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 14 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (62700 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........11 6 6 5 5 4 3 2 3 3 4 5
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............34 32 34 38 46 53 57 60 63 65 66 66
RH..............41 43 40 35 27 21 18 17 16 16 16 17
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S SE SE SE S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 8
20 FT WIND GUST.5 6 7 9 10 10 12 13 14 15 15 16
EYE LVL WND DIR.SE S S SE SE SE S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
EYE LVL WND GST.3 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.7 1.4 1.8 2.1 2.8 3.2 3.6 4.5 4.9 4.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 7 8 8 9 10 12 13 13 14
VRATE KT-FT/1K..2 2 3 7 14 20 26 32 44 57 63 54
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD FR
FORECASTER...34
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TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 03/16/26
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