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FNUS74 KEWX 071143
FWSEWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG SKY...TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
643 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2022
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0700 CDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING. SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING
INCREASE TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON, THEN
BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY THIS EVENING. MINIMUM HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL
BE AROUND 33 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON WITH A GOOD RECOVERY TO NEAR
90 PERCENT BY MONDAY MORNING. THERE ARE SLIGHT CHANCES OF WETTING
RAINS FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE IS
A POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING OUTSIDE OF RAIN AREAS TO START NEW
FIRES DUE TO DRY TO EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION. ALSO, ERRATIC AND
GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 17 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........56 56 56 48 48 25 30 30 30 37 27
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TEMP............72 73 75 79 82 85 88 91 91 91 93
RH..............87 87 79 67 56 50 43 38 37 36 33
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 13 13 12 12 10 10 10 12 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 21 22 21 22 22 21 22 21 21
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.6 6 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 6
EYE LVL WND GST.12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.5 2.3 2.7 3.5 5.1 5.9 6.3 7.0 7.3 6.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17
HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS UP TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH
LATE IN THE EVENING.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 21 MPH LATE
IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 18 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........23 29 23 18 14 13 13 17 19 21 48 48
WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TEMP............92 91 88 85 83 81 81 79 78 76 73 73
RH..............34 38 43 48 53 63 65 72 74 79 87 87
20 FT WIND DIR..S SE SE S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..13 10 10 7 6 8 10 10 10 10 10 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 21 20 16 20 21 21 20 20 20 20
EYE LVL WND DIR.S SE SE S S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.8 6 6 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
EYE LVL WND GST.12 12 13 12 10 12 13 13 12 12 12 12
MIX HGT (KFT)...5.8 5.2 4.1 1.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 16 15 13
HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 6 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........48 48 48 48 24 7 14 21 23 26 28 28
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TEMP............73 72 73 75 79 83 86 89 91 93 93 93
RH..............87 90 90 82 69 57 49 44 39 36 35 35
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 8 10 9 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.18 18 17 17 16 15 15 15 16 16 17 17
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE
EYE LVL WND SPD.6 5 5 6 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
EYE LVL WND GST.11 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 1.1 2.0 2.5 3.6 5.8 6.9 7.7 9.4 10 8.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
FORECASTER...04
REQUESTED BY...MELINDA HORN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2216093.5/EWX
.DELDT 08/07/22
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