879
FNUS74 KEWX 231235
FWSEWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR SHIELD TRAINING CL09...TRAVIS COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
635 AM CST MON FEB 23 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON FEBRUARY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE FIRE LOCATION WILL KEEP WIND LIGHT
TODAY AND TONIGHT, MAINLY FROM THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON THEN FROM
THE SOUTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW HUMIDITY AROUND 20 PERCENT IS
FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON. AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE IS EXPECTED
TOMORROW BRINGING HIGHER AFTERNOON HUMIDITY, HOWEVER, WIND WILL
BECOME GUSTY BY MID-MORNING ON TUESDAY. SOUTH WIND WILL GUSTS UP
TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WHILE WIND DECREASES SLIGHTLY TUESDAY
NIGHT EXPECT GUSTY WIND TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING
BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (17400 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........4 12 7 5 3 2 4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............55 58 61 62 62 63 62
RH..............28 26 23 22 22 21 22
20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 5 3
20 FT WIND GUST.13 13 13 13 12 10 9
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E E
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 3 2
EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 8 8 7 6 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 3.0 3.3 4.1 4.5 3.5 1.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 7 7 7
VRATE KT-FT/1K..19 18 23 26 18 22 18
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 4 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH AFTER 3
AM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 10
TO 13 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2600 KNOT-FT).
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........2 3 4 3 3 4 6 9 5 12 18 17
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............60 55 49 47 46 46 44 43 42 41 41 41
RH..............25 27 34 37 38 39 42 44 47 49 53 56
20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6
20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 12 13 14 16
EYE LVL WND DIR.E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.2 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4
EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5
TRANSP WIND DIR.E SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 12 12 13
VRATE KT-FT/1K..3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS UP TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 20
TO 29 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (5500 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (95800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO GOOD (58500 KNOT-FT)
EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
(121800 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........22 25 20 13 15 16 18 13 9 4 7 11
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEMP............40 41 44 53 60 64 68 70 72 73 73 72
RH..............63 72 75 61 52 47 44 42 39 38 38 39
20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 10 12 14 15 16 16 16 15 14 14
20 FT WIND GUST.16 20 22 23 25 28 29 30 30 29 28 28
EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 9 8 8
EYE LVL WND GST.10 12 13 14 15 17 17 18 18 17 17 17
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.8 1.3 1.6 2.1 3.2 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.4 3.9 2.8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S SW SW SW S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 16 20 22 25 28 29 28 26 24 22 20
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 10 19 34 54 77 96 113 122 116 90 60
VENTRATE CAT....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD VGD GD FR
FORECASTER...27
REQUESTED BY...GLEN GILLMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2603553.0/EWX
.DELDT 02/23/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL GLEN.GILLMAN@TRAVISCOUNTYTX.GOV
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