479
FNUS74 KEWX 131052
FWSEWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR WALTER LONG BLOCK I PILES...AUSTIN PARKS AND RECREATION DEPT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
552 AM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 CDT ON MARCH 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
ALTHOUGH SOUTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 20 MPH, MOISTURE IS SLOW TO RETURN WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES
OF AROUND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S CAN BE
EXPECTED. MOISTURE RETURN IS BETTER ON SATURDAY WITH MINIMUM
HUMIDITIES AROUND 40 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS UP TO 7 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (44100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 3
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............43 42 47 57 62 66 70 74 76 77 78
RH..............76 82 76 59 52 47 41 34 32 32 30
20 FT WIND DIR..SW S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 10
20 FT WIND GUST.12 13 15 17 20 21 21 21 21 21 20
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW S S S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 6
EYE LVL WND GST.7 8 9 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.5 2.0 2.3 2.4 2.8 2.9 2.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 14 16 17 18 20 20 18 18 17
VRATE KT-FT/1K..4 4 7 21 31 34 38 40 40 44 40
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS UP TO 6 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (40800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (5500 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........1 2 3 3 4 3 3 4 3 6 15 13
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............77 75 70 65 63 61 59 57 55 55 53 53
RH..............32 36 42 52 58 65 78 83 90 90 96 96
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.18 16 16 15 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 12
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.11 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 13
VRATE KT-FT/1K..41 15 6 6 7 10 10 10 11 10 8 9
VENTRATE CAT....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS UP TO 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6100 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (63400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........23 40 21 31 40 28 16 4 4 5 5 6
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............53 52 53 56 61 66 72 76 80 82 83 84
RH..............96 100 96 93 84 73 61 54 47 43 41 40
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 13 13 13
20 FT WIND GUST.12 10 12 13 15 17 20 21 22 23 23 22
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8
EYE LVL WND GST.7 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 13 14 14 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.4 1.7 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.4 3.7 3.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 20 18 18 17
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 6 10 15 20 27 35 43 54 62 63 53
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR GD GD FR
FORECASTER...04
REQUESTED BY...MATT MCCAW
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605460.1/EWX
.DELDT 03/13/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL MATT.MCCAW@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV
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